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Dec 5, 2012 2:35 PM CST
Name: bree
North coast NSW Australia
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Ursula that Bc Binosa 'Tetraploid' is really nice.
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Dec 5, 2012 5:26 PM CST
Name: Kathy
Western MA

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Love that one. Lovey dubby
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Dec 5, 2012 5:43 PM CST
Name: Jim Hawk
Odessa, Florida (Zone 9b)
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Great show, Ursula. My favorite would have to be that wonderful Gongora. Very nice, all of them.

Have to love the purpurata alba, Bree. I know the fragrance is delightful.

Out in the OC, Epidendrum ciliare is blooming nicely.
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Den. antennatum is one of my largest species orchids:
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Epi. Lime Drop X Epi. schomburgkii is blooming away.
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Dendrobium Chan Chao has filled out her spike.
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Yet more new blooms on Lc. George Baldwin X C. Trithena. What an incredible orchid!
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Slc. India Rose Sherwood is blooming again. She has long roots like a Vanda and seems to want to bloom twice a year. I included a plant picture.
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Bc. Maikai 'Spotted Star' is just covered with blooms.
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Potinara Hoku Gem 'Freckles' has put out a new spike and the first bud has just opened.
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Schomburgkia undulata got my attention when it put up a 7 foot spike two years ago. Last year I got nothing but this year it has three spikes, each over three feet long and growing. It will be interesting to see how tall they get. I don't expect blooms soon as it takes time for them to grow these tall spikes.
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Here is one I really like, Brassolaelia Memoria Bernice Foster.
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Out in a big pot by an oak tree is Cym Milton Carpenter 'Everglades Gold'. It's the first Cym I've had in bloom in a while.
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That's it for now, Have a good evening.

Jim
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Dec 5, 2012 8:51 PM CST
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Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a
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Holy smokes, Jim!! Lovey dubby Lovey dubby I think the OC is really working out great for you! Your Orchids look lovely, what a great show!

Bree, very nice L purpurata alba! Lovey dubby
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Dec 5, 2012 9:47 PM CST
Name: Elaine
Sarasota, Fl
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Fantastic, it's such a treat to see all your beautiful orchids, Jim.

Isn't this pretty early for Cymbidiums to be blooming in your garden? Mine aren't even showing any spikes yet.
Elaine

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Dec 6, 2012 4:44 AM CST
Name: Kathy
Western MA

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Nice Jim! They all look so happy!
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Dec 6, 2012 2:33 PM CST
Name: lindsey
wesley chapel, fl
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They DO look happy! What a great collection!
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Dec 6, 2012 4:14 PM CST
Name: Jim Hawk
Odessa, Florida (Zone 9b)
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Elaine, I've had that Cym for several years and it has bloomerd as early as September and as late as December so it is pretty much on time. I have several others that bloom in March.

I think the orchids are happy because the weather has been just wonderful. We have had low humidity and highs around 80. We could use a rain shower or two mainly to water the lawn and fill the rain barrel.

Jim
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Dec 6, 2012 6:06 PM CST
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Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a
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Sounds lovely!
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Dec 6, 2012 7:50 PM CST
Name: Carol
Santa Ana, ca
Sunset zone 22, USDA zone 10 A.
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Doesn't it though? You aren't doing too bad either, Ursula! Hilarious!
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Dec 6, 2012 8:31 PM CST
Name: Elaine
Sarasota, Fl
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I think that Cym is going on my Wish List. So great to have something come into bloom at this time of year when most of the garden is going dormant. Is it fragrant, Jim? Sadly, they're expensive and hard to come by. You have a real treasure there.

I've looked online and at shows for Milton Carpenter's cyms which he bred to be more tolerant of Florida conditions, but not many growers carry them. I even e-mailed Mr. Carpenter himself and he replied that a grower in SC - Carter and Holmes - was the only one he had sold stock to in recent years. They only have two of his hybrids, at big dollars for little plants a year or two at least from blooming.

here's the link to Everglades Orchids, last updated in Nov. 2010 http://www.evergladesorchids.c...
Elaine

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Dec 6, 2012 9:19 PM CST
Name: Carol
Santa Ana, ca
Sunset zone 22, USDA zone 10 A.
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Santa Barbara Orchid Estates carries some "heat tolorant" Cyms, but they aren't cheap either, and if you add shipping....
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Dec 6, 2012 9:42 PM CST
Name: Kathy
Western MA

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I got most of mine on eBay. I have lots of warm tolerant ones.
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Dec 6, 2012 10:20 PM CST
Name: bree
North coast NSW Australia
Region: Australia Plant and/or Seed Trader Seed Starter Herbs Dog Lover I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
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good old ebay! Hurray! Rolling my eyes. I have some from ebay that are heat tolerant also.
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Dec 7, 2012 1:34 PM CST
Name: Jim Hawk
Odessa, Florida (Zone 9b)
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Here is Vanda Sinlak X Vanda Bitz's Heartthrob. The flowers are still cupped a little but I couldn't wait to show her off. I really like the first picture.

Jim
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Dec 7, 2012 1:49 PM CST
Name: Carol
Santa Ana, ca
Sunset zone 22, USDA zone 10 A.
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Beautiful, Jim!
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Dec 7, 2012 2:24 PM CST
Name: lindsey
wesley chapel, fl
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I really like that first picture too Jim!
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Dec 7, 2012 2:33 PM CST
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Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a
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I agree Lovey dubby
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Dec 7, 2012 3:06 PM CST
Name: bree
North coast NSW Australia
Region: Australia Plant and/or Seed Trader Seed Starter Herbs Dog Lover I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
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Lovey dubby Vandas!
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Dec 8, 2012 1:53 PM CST
Name: Jim Hawk
Odessa, Florida (Zone 9b)
Birds Master Gardener: Florida Hibiscus Greenhouse Charter ATP Member Garden Photography
Bromeliad Region: Florida Orchids Roses Tropicals Region: United States of America
Thanks, guys. Just opening two blooms today with three more large buds at the ready is Blc Annie Belle. She is a big, spreading Catt that I have had for years. I think she scores pretty high on the floof scale, don't you?

Jim
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