In the meanwhile, some stuff here in bloom -
C. Sacramento Rose


Bl Tiny Kiss


My mixed Encyclia basket, I love the scent


some blooms on Epi secundum


Den Love Memory 'Fizz' still opens some blooms here and there


Neofinetia falcata


And the teensy Lepanthopsis astrophora 'Stalky', see the tag as size comparison.
@Shadytrake has this plant also Melissa?

Beautiful, all, Ursula. Do you have any reed-stem orchids?

Yes Ken, the Epidendrum secundum v album is one of them, I also have a pretty and colorful dark fuchsia or so colored Epi secundum type.

I think my Oerstedella centradenia is the only reed-stem orchid I have. I have 2-3 Epi., but I don't think they are reed-stem types.

Wait a minute, I do have a four foot tall Oerstedella, have to look into the cage which species.
I did lose my centradenia last year after growing it for many years. I always liked those blooms.

Not only do I love those tiny lavender-pink flowers, I love the way all those keikis and aerial roots grow. Mine all grow on cork.

I just checked, I have Oerstedella schweinfurthiana. I am growing it for a few years now, It gets really tall, 4 foot tall is about right, haven't seen blooms yet.

There is a cool breeze blowing as I have my coffee on the screened in porch overlooking a small lake with a corn field in the distance. High temps still running in the mid 70s and clear skies all around. Long jeans and a golf shirt have become my daily dress. Petunias and evergreen trees are everywhere.

Very nice show, Ursula. Pretty color on the Sacramento Rose and I like your idea of putting together an Encyclia basket. The Tiny Kiss has that lovely Brassavola form that we all seem to admire.

I am beginning to wonder what is going on back in the OC.

Jim

That's the best part of going away, Jim - Coming home to see what has grown in your garden since you left.

Must admit that the 70ish temperatures sound really nice right about now. It did get down below 80 last night after a good thunderstorm, and it felt somewhat fresh outside early this morning, but it's a sauna out there now.

It will be hot hot hot?
It is sticky and very warm here today.

So excited to see first bloom - so very pretty and in one of mine favorite color; I was told it is a type of reed stem orchid.

Nice Dendrobium !

Betsy, your dendrobium has a nice color saturation. Not a reed stem because they are epidendrums. Den like to be under potted, and these should be easy to grow and reblooming in a pot much smaller.

I was hoping those two huge buds on my Stanhopea tigrina 'Predator' would be open today, but it looks like one of the buds might be damaged on the bottom and has trouble opening.
Here is the other - the bloom is strongly scented.

That's quite a flower. It looks like it would fit right in at Jurassic Park. What's the "fragrance"?

Ken, the scent is very heavy and sweet. Roman Kaiser in his book The Scent of Orchids describes it as extremely heavy and sweet with aromatic-spicy accords. Touches of Vanilla notes and cut grass are present too.

Fabulous, in your second shot it looks like a (nicely scented) zombie pirate from one of the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies.

Zombie Pirate? Love it!!
I have a couple more blooms, here are Trichopilia marginata and tortilis.

And Restrepia antennifera has a few cute bugs

Oo, love the tortilis' twisted petals! Nice colors.

That tortilis is really nice!

Jim