Thank You, Gloria !
Ebay has two sellers at the moment on the bid list.....H&R orchid nurseries sells them....Diamond Orchids sells them blooming size on a 2" pot for $15....They are reputable farms and maybe they have the certificates and permits to sent to Canada....give it a try

Thank You, Tony !
The trick is grow as many tiny plants ....several medium sized ones and some large orchids....make sure you have large turn of the century windows (livingroombaywindow, bedroom window, bathroom and kitchen window) and then invest on small tables with tiered wooden pot stands....hang hooks on the ceilings a foot away from the glass window and hang four to five plants in each hook....any flowering orchid has to be at the centerpiece of the dinner table; foyer table and the kitchen breakfast table....
I dont know...I get to bring home an orchid or two and still have a place to tuck it in my apartment(one bedroom apartment in the east village that is an old 1920 bauhaus on the corner south & east facing)
*people have assumed that apartments in Manhattan are a hole in a wall.....most tenement houses for the poor built in the 70's are elevator buildings up to 36 floors with large baywindows.....the 1960's buildings have foyers and verandas ....
its just a matter of looking for great spaces for a bargain

Very nice, Bud. Your alba has better form than any sanguinea I have seen. You should take it to an AOS judging for sure!

Thank You, Gage!
I have never been to a show. The street at the back of my building is the farthest place my blooming orchids have ever been to.
Maybe someday....when I have the confidence.

Get real, Bud! You've got some awesome plants that people need to see (in real life, not on computer screens)! By the way, AOS judgings aren't all at shows. I don't know where they are held for your part of the US, but I'm sure there is a judging center with seasonal judgings near you. Wait, you've never been to a show at all???? And you aren't a member of any orchid society???

Very nice! How large is it? Is it fragrant?

Confidence? You should be very proud of what you are doing with those orchids! :)
I understand about the windows. When we were looking for a place, south-facing windows were a priority. Now I just wish we'd looked for a place in a tropical environment. :)

Thank You, Leafmite!
The flower is an inch and a half in diameter the longest leaf I have is three inches; it is in a 2" pot....

'confidence' means that I can go out in public and display my orchid and not deck the judge on the chin or anyone who hurts my orchids feelings....

I also have to be a member of an orchid clique and go attend a show once and for all....

Having a bargain apt in NYC it is worth more than any AOS award. No bargains anymore. rents never go down. only bargains were bad neighborhoods that went up.