I love your mounties!!!

Summer culture is important but if your current conditions were unbearable, they would blast or worse, die....so I wouldn't worry about it. You grow some pretty awesome sh*t! And that's how impressed I am, I'm actually cursing!

I'm glad med school hasn't made you neglect your 'chids.

Thanks Steph...I just rigged up my automatic misting system today. Fingers crossed that I don't come back from the vacation to boxes of dead plants

Nice ones Calvin, but what's with the apartment? How are you growing these now? I feel ludicrously overprivileged having a huge garden that I can put orchids anywhere in. Wish I could send you some of our sunshine...

Ian: wouldn't that be nice Christmas present, especially with the summer season starting for you guys down there. I have some fluorescent lights that I use...they're adequate but by no means ideal :(

I can't grow anything too big or anything that needs too much light, but one day, I'm going to build a huge grow room/green house and finally grow some of those amazing laelia purpuratas, cattleyas, and an entire wall of species phals.

A lovely selection Calvin, must have been very satisfying photographing them.

An impressive group of beautiful bloomers!

Wow, Calvin, I am so impressed. Great growing, I can't believe you got them to flower in the basement. The Aerangis takes my breath away.

Just fabulous!

Jane

Thanks for stopping by everyone. I'm currently back home with the family for the break, so my fingers are crossed that my misting system/lighting time doesn't conk out during the next 2 weeks. Seriously stressful leaving everything in a rush after my last exam, but I think I got things setup properly in time.

How did you manage to transport all of them?

Lovely, Calvin! The Pteroceras reminds me of Sedirea japonica. I hope everyone looked happy when you returned.

Carol

Carol - Dessication but no losses (reservoire ran dry, crappy misting setup), thank goodness. However, I will be spending 4 weeks in Northern Ontario this summer so I need to seriously get my automated system up and running properly soon!
Nelson - I have a van and just packed em all in boxes...they're mostly miniatures!

Gorgeous orchids!~Charm

You are doing better than me! It is the rainy season here. You have probably seen reports of the floods on the news. That is LOW season for flowering....Exception: Stanhopeas. I have made a recent post.

Calvin, let me know if you'll be coming our way this summer.

Carol