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November just blew past me!
Here is the start of the new thread for the month of December!
Bc Carnival Kids 'Green Gem' is a small plant, a nice repeat bloomer.

Bc Hippodamia starts up

Cute little Angraecum distichum blooms


and Oncidium Sharry Baby blooms again, a twofer with Guarthroleya Judy Congdon



Please all join in and post away!

Beautiful start of the month Ursula!

Thanks Gigi!

Ursula said: Thanks Gigi!

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What a gorgeous start to the month! That Carnival Kids just makes me smile, both the name and the great color combo.
A couple of December appropriately colored flowers have opened here


Rlc. Subprasert purchased off the markdown table at Palmer Orchids last year and blooming for me for the first time.


and blooming for the second time this year
Pot. Rubescent Magic 'SVO'
& Pot. Rubescent Fire 'Fire Bomb'

Man Lindsey, you have found a couple of Beauties there!!!!
I think that both are very pretty.

Gorgeous blooms, Lindsey!

I LOVE this time of the year!
My view this morning, the sun was just coming up over the trees , bathing the backyard in a golden glow.

This is out of this world gorgeous!

I popped the lightbox thingie into the infobox! This way we can see it longer!

Oh my, isn't that just gorgeous?!?!?
I just had to throw a fistful of acorns your way Lindsey! That did my heart a lot of good to see that!! 💕❤️💕💛💕💞❣️❤️💕💙❤️💕

Thank you for lifting me up from another 35 degree cloudy Michigan day!!!

Wow guys...thanks so much!
I was just sitting out there this morning drinking my tea , basking in the perfect 72 degrees when the yard just lit up, making a gorgeous backdrop for the plants on the bench. My Mom was adamant about getting this lot when she decided to take a chance on this new community out in the middle of nowhere . First thing she did was plant a bunch of spindly oaks and I know she would be so happy to see how her vision played out. I'm positive she would be thrilled that so many beautiful orchids seem to be very happy here too.

I have a couple things to share. The first is my third clone of Bulbophyllum rothschildianum to bloom under lights.


It is not as red or as pink as most of the clones but it is still a very nice flower. There is more of pale gold or pale yellow between the longitudinal stripes.


But when you look at the dorsal sepal and petals, there still are tons of burgundy red Doodaflatchies or cilia, maybe fringe or hairs along the margins.
This was a nice size plant from last June's Michigan Orchid Society's picnic/auction that I just had to have. I am hoping for more flowers since I have several new leads coming.






It is so nice to have something that does well under lights.
Here is the other little gem to bloom. This is Phalaenopsis Eiderstedt. It is a new, unawarded hybrid. It is Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi 'chattaladae' x Phalaenopsis venosa.
Venosa is a small, full, brownish or copper colored little flower that is typically about 4.2cm. natural spread.



The cornu-cervi variety is a starry deep, blood red flower of 3.0cm. natural spread. The lip on this variety is tri-colored with a white front lobe, a bright red center and a canary yellow base.
Here the hybrid is kind of mimicking that three colored lip.



The extra fourth color, amethyst, is seen on some venosa clones. So in a smallish flower that is 2.9cm. natural spread, you have white, red, yellow and amethyst in the lip.
The plant is growing like a weed and there is a second spike coming. Fragrance is spicey!!

The large flowered Phalaenopsis can be beautiful but these little charmers can be so "eye catching".

Bill, your rothschildianum is GORGEOUS and so very happy with its situation there under your lights.
Great growing!

Thank you. You do a pretty good job yourself!!

Looking great!Happy plants! The Bulbo is adorable!

And here is Rlc Taida Eagle Eye again with two new blooms and the C. Bob Betts, two pretty Paphs still flowering and there is my old Coelogyne Golden Bug blooming for many weeks.





- moving things around, we can enjoy the yummy scent of Onc Sharry Baby a little better.

I have a new Phragmipedium to share with everyone. This is Phragmipedium Don Wimber var. flavacolor.



Phragmipedium Don Wimber is Phrag. Eric Young x Phragmipedium besseae. I think the the color kind of shows true here, it is kind of the color of salmon or maybe a peachy color but it is bright and easily captures one's attention.
I was hoping for a bit extra with the "flavacolor" varietal name but I do not see anything outstanding. If you were to look at Don Wimber images, you would find medium orange flowers, dark orange, reds, darker reds. All of that depends upon which besseae was used and what color was it? There are dark red besseae's, orange ones as well as a yellow clone.
Eric Young comes in several shades of orange, peachy and red as well. However it is a medium sized single growth plant with a strong inflorescence. The flower measures a full 10 centimeters wide! That is 4" for the metrically challenged like ME!!!








She is grown under lights using the media/sphagnum/media method. Dubbed by me as my "Oreo method"!

Nice one, Bill! I like everything with besseae in it!

Me too.
Looking at the first photo, I like the wide, flat dorsal even with the slight twist at the tip. The petals look like mirror images of one another. That is pretty cool. To be extra picky, when you look again at image #1, the staminode seems properly aligned with the dorsal too. Then look at the pouch, towards the bottom of the pouch it seems to be shifted a bit to the right.
Not trying to be tough in my assessment but just pointing out a couple of minor points about flower form. In my mind this is a keeper!! Is it awardable?? Probably not! Too many other awards to the grex but since I wanted a Don Wimber, I craved a Don Wimber, I am "tickled salmon" with this Don Wimber.
(There seem to be 3-4 more buds coming)

Just follow the center line of the dorsal, down to the center line of the staminode down through the central line on the pouch. You'll easily see that central line move to the right.