Catasetums looking good over here too...

[Roberta]

I'm getting some action on the "left coast of the US" as well! Ctsm expansum grows for me super well - the first to bloom just had 2 (male) flowers, but there's another spike on the way. (flowers are fading fast... I probably triggered pollinia in the process of moving it into the house) Then, another Ctsm. expansum has a nice spike, going to get females (buds already have the shape. male buds are more pointy), but there's another spike starting, I can hope for males. (Another division of that plant is just starting a spike, getting less light, so maybe..) and hybrid Ctsm. J&R Solar is getting to pop - and will be male so I'll get a nice show. And more spikes too. Definitely an excellent year underway - I can't recall when I got so much blooming activity so early. Maybe it's because the plants are maturing, but a very young one from SVO's sale last fall bloomed even earlier.