Since (Rlc. Exotic Ruby x Rlc. Memoria Mary Anderson) is not registered, I can imagine why it is difficult to find a picture. I know the Mary Anderson is a red and looks like Chia Lin. I am not familiar with Rlc. Exotic Ruby.

Jim

Yep, I guessed that was why.

It will look like this. The name is actually Memoria, but sometimes that gets lost in the names. It is a common error. I found it by broadening the search.



http://articulo.mercadolibre.c...

How about that, Melissa. You are so much more "computer-gifted" than I. How in the world did you find this, when it is all in Spanish? I need a translator!

Googled rhyncholaeliocattleya exotic ruby and scrolled through the pages. Sometimes you can get a picture from the link but it doesn't list on the image link. You actually have to read the descriptions and click the link to find the photo. I can't read the Spanish but the descriptors are usually in English.

I will give it a try and see what I come up with. Thanks, Melissa.

Does anyone reuse mounts? If so, how do you sanitize them?

What sort of mount(s), Carol?

Mostly grapevine , I think, but all branches.

You can make a 1:5 mixture of bleach/water, and soak it/them in that for 10 minutes. Then rinse thoroughly and let it air/sun for a day or two.

Thanks, Ken. That was my first thought, but I wanted some more input.

I have some grapevine and it is tough, tough, tough wood. I would rather have the wine!

And I do.

Carol, if you are into grapevine, here is our dining room table. The glass weighs in at 150 lbs. and the grapevine base weighs in at 225 lbs. The grapevines are over 100 years old and needless to say, the vines are massive.

We saw this table in 'Architectural Digest' magazine back in the 1970's and purchased it at an art studio in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Years later we saw this table again in 'Architectural Digest' but it was only half the size of ours. We visited that same art studio 20 years later, and there was a grapevine table about 1/4 the size of ours. We asked the owner why the table was so small and he said the table bases were so huge and heavy that the artist decided to only produce tables 1/4 to 1/2 that size. He said only six of the size we had were ever produced.

It is a very interesting table and in another decade it will be an "antique".

Ohhh, I love that!!

Beautiful, Ken! I'm guessing it doesn't get moved very often.

Let's just say you wouldn't want to stub your toes on that base. I guess I should have given you dimensions since you can't tell the size of those vines. The glass top is 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 feet. The thickest vine is approximately 8" in diameter.

Great looking table, love it!

Jim

Perhaps it will become a family heirloom?