These are so adorable!

recent shot. I wonder if the flowers a long lasting...

Lovely

Cute!

Dendrobium 'Minnie' (Den. johannis x Den. caronii)

Yay, my first little (literally) success with antelope Dendrobiums after killing two of those poor things. Somehow I can`t get the watering right. How often do you water/ mist your Den. caronii in winter, Harvey?

All of my antelope dens get a lot of water. But I use clay pots and lava rock. I could not water that much if I used plastic pots and water retaining medium. Mounted plants of all kinds get water daily.

I guess our conditions are just too different. I found that lava rock still retains too much water for some sensitive orchids here in winter (the Den. canaliculatum cross that I killed was in lava rock in a small slotted plastic pot, my Tolumnias were also in lava rock in clay pots and stayed wet for too long I switched them to charcoal with a lava rock top dressing that works better). It seems like mounting works best for me.

Den. canaliculatum (and relatives like Den. caronii) require a distinct dry period in winter which I find hard to do right (the hairline between too wet and too dry!).

Thanks for your input Harvey!

Eve, just a few thoughts on your Tolumnia. They must dry by nightfall, so that means watering in the early morning and then only on a day that promises to be sunny.

Drainage must be perfect so that means small pots. Plastic is fine provided the drainage holes at the base of the pot are enlarged. Anyway the mix must match your conditions. Charcoal and lava rock sounds good

They do not mind it getting a bit on the cool side at night provided day temps lift and winter

dryness is observed. I water them (All 400 of them) about once a week in winter and maybe twice a week in summer.

As for the antelope type orchids, they are fine for fiddling about and if you have success yippee but you rarely see them at shows or at meetings. Much better in Tropical Queensland Australia , Hawaii or the warmer parts of Florida where that little stream runs nearby off the coast.

My Tolumnias are inside in winter. They would probably take the cold temperatures but lingering moisture might kill them (so the cat has to share her favorite spot in a south facing bay window with them), they get watered once a week.

400 Tolumnias? And they are all different? Do you have them mostly hanging in those tiny 1" pots or mounted or sitting on shelfs? Do you protect them from rain (in winter)??

The Tolumnia, Rodrumnia and Zelemnia are in this small Glass-House. Unfortunately not many pics because the photographers have left home.

Sorry about the link.

Glasshouse with Tolumnia

Thank you for the nice pictures, Arthur. Those Tolumnias sure look very happy.

The photographers are your kids I assume? And I thought my father was the only person that has neither a computer nor a cell phone (with a built-in camera). But I am sure he is just as happy as anybody else that DOES own those gadgets.