Feeding the Beast Within
 

The title is the name of a section in my audio discord where we post our new acquisitions. I thought it fitting, since the music habit and the orchid habit are virtually the same. Here are the new plants I got at our recent show and sale.
Encyclia bractescens
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Den. cruentum
https://i.postimg.cc/qMc1vs5Q/20240409-133830.jpg
Bc Yellow Bird
https://i.postimg.cc/fRwBt34s/20240409-133817.jpg
Tolumnia Jairak Rainbow
https://i.postimg.cc/JzPKb1mk/20240409-133801.jpg
C. walkeriana 'Midnight Blue' x C. intermedia 'Blue'
They also had the opposite cross.
https://i.postimg.cc/GptKKZhS/20240409-133630.jpg
Lc. Fire Dance 'Patricia'
https://i.postimg.cc/25twK21j/20240409-133507.jpg
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I came expecting recipes, but the photos are great!

:love: Oh my, isn't Patricia glorious :love:

Fred Clarke sent out the summer catalog and the beast reacted! Two new catasetums. I'm hopeless.
https://i.postimg.cc/C5VXyzrG/20240710-084640.jpg

Don't be shy, gang. Let's see those new plants!

New aquisitions
 

Well, I've been misbehaving and my fingers won't stop clicking on offerings online!
This week it was: Coelogyne rochussenii, Coelogyne 'Unchained Melody', Stanhopea reichenbachiana ’Eve’ x tigrina ‘Glory of Mexico’, and Stan oculata. I need my head examined!

All very nice!
I did a few orders a couple of weeks ago. I am going to pretend that it was just a few plants....

I visited a local society member's greenhouse recently and spotted a small Sophronitis (Cattleya) cernua that she was having some trouble with. I'm a sucker for ailing miniatures, so I asked how much. I bought the plant with the intention of picking it up later. When I went to pick up the plant, she had four more waiting for me. The only issue with them was culture. Some didn't like the heat, which wasn't something she could change.
So now, aside from the cernua, I am owner to
Laelia itambana x briegeri
L. briegeri 'Ochid Eros Flare' x 'Palila' AM/AOS
C. wittigiana
and a noid cattleya which the tag was misplaced. Hopefully, we can ID it when it blooms.
I'm hopeless, I tell you!

Enc bractesens is a very good choice. I've had mine for more than 15 years. Grows in a wood slat basket, never transferred. When it grows it moves laterally so my husband adds slats to only the top of the basket. it takes hot to very cool temps, tolerates being left dry for days, and gives a show late spring/early summer like a mobile or chandelier. I'm sure you will grow to love yours.
Cheers,
Maryanne

Ive, gone past the hopeless stage onto the deadly one. I just have to have plants I see even if I can tell they havent a chance in @@@. Ive got to overcome that urge same I did with cigaretes.

Well....
Since Sept I've bought
Dendrochilum filiforme
Dendrochilum wenzelii
Rlc. Neil Hammer 'Destiny Dixion'
Catt. Sierra Skies 'Leone Blue'
Rlc. Subprasert Red
Rlc. Rustic Spots 'H&R
8 Sarcs
Also have another 7 Sarcs ordered, just waiting till after the holidays for delivery.