Ok, I've reached the threshold of 5 postings so here are the pictorials (...drum roll please):
Big Rhys One:
Big Rhys Two:
Hanging out time:
Bath time:
Oops, it's a Vanda!
This latest edition I'm afraid is not a Rhys. At the stall where I bought it the seller was no where in sight, just his/her phone number left on a cardboard sign. Consequently, between the old couple from next door who did not seem to be well versed in orchidspeak, and me who was not well versed in Thai speak period, we quickly came to the conclusion that this is an "elephant" (ie rhys) to my complete satisfaction (and/or because of my utter conviction that it is so, translated to "I won't leave without it!").
Back home I learned that its daintiness which was what seduced me in the first place definitely de-classifies it from being a rhys. Am I right or am I wrong?
[I don't know I just look at it and think of the Nile, though I've never been to Egypt....]