Monthly Status Reports - April 2008

[quiltergal]

That's sooo true! Why is it the ones we can't keep well call to us the loudest! Not fair!!

I think I may have spotted the tip of a fuzzy little spike peeking out of the newest growth on my new Paph. Magic Lantern. Stay tuned.

[Grandma M]

Susanne

May I come over, kick off my shoes, sit back in a lounge chair, and watch your vandas come into bloom? I'll bring a tunnel of fudge cake.

Marilyn

[kiki-do]

Hmmmm, fudge cake and vandas. Marilyn, you know the rule about travel companions, right. That applies to orchid people, not just project picks. I need to go pack.

[kiki-do]

Update update!
I have news! I found an ever-so-small spike on my Blue Tahourdin x Neofinetia Falcata 'White Flamingo' !!!! Too small to get a good picture, even!

The pics I have to show are:
1) Bifrenaria harrisoniae completely opened.
2) P. Equestris x Princess Midas
3) Cirrhopetalum Elizabeth Ann (I put in a wine basket) last year, and the next pic (4) shows a spike!
5) Den. Aggregatum 'Majus' in full bloom.
6) Some of my phals opened on my sunporch table.
7) Milt. Rene Komoda 'Pacific Clouds' (very fragrant!)
8) A little yellow passion flower and next to it is a yellow phal. (Noid)
9) Close-up of the yellow passion flower that is gorgeous and trailing up the wall. Hope you enjoy!

[cb977]

kiki, they are all gorgeous! Your aggregatum is amazing!
Job well done!

[quiltergal]

Wow Kiki! Great job. It looks so pretty out there. It's so exciting when we spot a "nubbin" on a plant we've not bloomed before. Your aggregatum is amazing! I'm going to show it's picture to my jenkinsii right now!

My Milt. NOID is slowly starting to open. From what I can see so far there is a lot of red on it. Whee! Had no clue what color it was when I bought it out of bloom several years ago.

[kiki-do]

Thanks Terri and Sue! It's amazing when new blooms and spikes come on. It puts a little dance in our step, doesn't it?

[Ross]

Great display Kiki. What's the white stuff out on the ground?

[kiki-do]

Been like that since November! It's been a week of 70 plus degrees and I still have snow !!!!!!!! It's going, but it's fighting us all the way. The robins showed up wearing little snowshoes, and today the tree swallows came.

[quiltergal]

Ross that damned white stuff is still falling here today, and sticking! Did I say I was sick of winter?