Thanks, Elaine and Glen ( your thumbs up are appreciated and I love the Kniphofia)
Beautiful and hot Summer weather here, I love it. I look forwards to see more of your Copper Queen.
Now can you stand another one? The second Stanhopea I bought in June 2013 from Cal Orchids just popped open, these don't cease to wow me.
This is Stanhopea tigrina 'Predator' FCC/AOS
(The crazy, wild looking birds of sorts are similar to the nigroviolacea I posted last month, the accepted name of that one by KEW seems to be Stanhopea tigrina var nigroviolacea.)
Again, these here are strongly scented.
pictures taken in the cage, I thought the light was fine there this morning.
