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Happy New Year! 💥🎊💥
And along with the celebratory fireworks let me start up a new thread for January!
Paph spicerianum plays along with a bunch of buds

My old Dendrobium Luz del Dia 'Kiilani' usually blooms until Spring




Brassavola cordata is very fragrant at night


Dendrochilum javieri blooms

and Jumellea comorensis blooms its best this Winter



Please all join in and post away!

Happy New Year 🎆🎊🎈 Everyone!

Great blooms to kick off the New Year Ursula!

I may have to find another Renanthera. I had a few, but they died in 2010 in the greenhouse deep freeze when the heater failed. Surprisingly, a lot of my Vandas made it. But none of the Renantheras, this photo was from a long time ago. The bright cheery red make me want it again

Gina, it was a beauty!

BigBill send me this yesterday

This is my most recent bloomer. Paph. Cape Arago. It is Paph. Hanes Bay x Paph. John Hainsworth.
This one is very pretty from the large dorsal, spotted basally, large petals with a creamy yellow picotee and a glossy red pouch. Honey/yellow staminode.

It is a really nice one, Bill! I love this type of Paphs

Happy New Year all. Great way to start the year, Ursula. Just love your collection. I have some buds that will be opening soon. Cym's, Zygo's and a couple of Paph's. And looks like the first time for a Phrag.

Say hi to Bill!

Will do! I do expect him perhaps to pop in every so often to read along....

Andy's Orchids is having a New Year's sale - 20.23% off everything, including shipping. I love their plants! But I'm afraid to look because I'll find something I can't live without and I'm to the point of, for every plant I add, I have to rehome something.

I moved Cattleya Fire Magic 'Solar Flare' from an east facing, nothing obstructing the view to a south facing, some obstruction last summer. I may have to find a space back in the east facing side. I had heard that a change in light might affect the blooms but this is radical!

This year:


Last year (and every year before)

He does!

I do pop in often.
Hello Gina
Hello Gigi
Hello Ted
Hello Lindsey
Hello Elaine
Hello Lucy
Hello Terra
Hello DraDiana
Hello Alex
Hello one and all! I apologize if I forget people, I am so sorry.
And Hello Ursula. 😍🤪😛

Bill

Wow Lucy! That is wild!

Lucy, I think the This Year pic is the 'normal',whatever that is, look to your Cat. I Googled Cattleya Fire Magic 'Solar Flare' and that is what they show. But to be honest I think both are very pretty.
And thanx for the Andy's reminder. Now that you have twisted my arm(lol) I will check him out. We are about 70 mins from his nursery.

I think I just posted something in the wrong chat. Anyways, Cymbidium sinense Jin Hua Shan decided to put out 3 stalks!!


I willl get shots of the bracts and petals soon. I need to improve my orchid photos in the database for these, haha.

Ursula said: He does!
Bill

Hope you start posting again Big Bill, you can just have a new alias! Happy New Year to you and your family!

GigiAdeniumPlumeria said: Hope you start posting again Big Bill, you can just have a new alias!

NewBill? OldBill? PreviouslyBigBill?

Lucy68 said: NewBill? OldBill? PreviouslyBigBill?

How about Big Bill 💵 in Spanish "Mucho Dinero 💵"

LargeActofParliament? GiantCheck?

sedumzz said: LargeActofParliament? GiantCheck?

And just searched online there is Dr. Bill's Orchids. Lots of beautiful orchids too!
https://drbillsorchids.com/sea...

@sedumzz
I am happy to see your nice Cymbidium spikes in this thread! They look really promising! Well done!

Happy New Year everyone!
Lucy, Gigi and sedumzz!
"William at Large" was what popped into my head.