I am happy to start. I have a sunroom and grow a few dozen orchids. Some are blooming, which makes the temps outside not feel so cold. On sunny days, the sunroom is 80F and 70% humidity :)

I posted a few photos earlier this week ("Meyer lemon taken today"). So in my sun room, besides the lemon and variegated pineapple in those photos, I have strelitzia (Bird of Paradise), Oxalis triangularis, sedum morganianum, one Phalaenopsis, one Potinara "Jerry Rehfield", one Miltassia Shelob "Webmaster", a Maranta leuconeura (the prayer plant with the red veins and dark markings), Tradescantia pallida (Purple wandering jew), a golden barrel cactus, a pink grapefruit seedling about 6 years old, two cymbidiums, one pink, one yellow, one Oncidium Parquet "Uptown Girl", a Thanksgiving cactus, an Uncarina grandidieri and three of last summer's "Geraniums" that I'm overwintering.

Got pictures, Bill?

Claire

Claire, now you're giving me a chore.......................... LOL! If I get a chance I will try tomorrow. But for now, the lemon and pineapple photos are in that other post from the other day.

Suze, your orchids certainly look happy! My sunroom is unheated. The temp will usually get to 65-72 on sunny days, and at night probably the mid to low 50's. Once or twice, when we had really cold (near or just below zero) overnight, it got into the 40's, but I keep the ceiling fan on and that prevents the colder air from pooling near the floor, which of course is where most of the large the plants are. The orchids and others are on tables or shelves, and I do supplement with an electric heater if I really need to. Nothing has died so far, so I guess I'm doing the right thing.

This is a good idea for a thread, suzabanana. My indoor gardens are nowhere near as exotic as your beautiful orchids (I especially love the pink one!) but I have a few plants in an upstairs room that gets a fair amount of sun.

(below) One of the geraniums that I grew from seed last summer and cacti, also grown from seed a few years back, enjoying the southerly sunlight. (This is one of the fortunate geraniums. The unfortunate ones are in the cellar hoping to stay alive until summer, but it's a hard life down there!)

Two more geraniums, the small one rooted from the large one.

A pot of oregano, looking rather plucked over after "donating" much of its foliage to a pot of spaghetti sauce, and my half century old rubber tree. (Well it is actually a cutting from the original rubber plant.)

spedigrees: Nice sunny window garden, filled with plants and assorted knickknacks as windows should be.

I don't have exotic plants in the house - just lots of green foliage with an occasional flower.

Ferns, clivias, spider plants and Christmas cacti overlooking the deck where they live in the summer - they get some morning sun from the east and supplemental light all day:

A forest of sansevieria that keep multiplying - enjoying a few minutes of morning sun from the east:

And a shelf-full of hoyas, philodendrons and a pothos in the breezeway:

Claire

A few more to add...

A NOID orchid from Trader Joe's purchased a year or two ago and seems to like it here. This is the 2nd time it's flowered since May.

Dendrobium orchid, also from Trader Joe's. Blooms last for 4+ months.

Phalaenopsis that I inherited from a florist-friend (I have about 20 from her) that would otherwise be thrown in the trash. My first re-blooming of this one :)

Another Trader Joe's mystery orchid. 2nd re-bloom since it was purchased less than a year ago.

Suza, nice orchids. Obviously whatever you're doing, you're doing it right!

Well it's about time that I came back to the New England gardening forum. Here's the first photo I've got but there should be plenty more to come. These are sprouts that I'm germinating for fresh eating, a tray each of mung bean, radish, and red wheat.

The set is from www.johnnyseeds.com; it's called the BioSet Germinator. It comes with a 5-pack of seeds from the company (all organic) and in about 6 days there are fresh sprouts to eat...

Suza, I love your orchids. Tell me, how do you get the humidity up to 70% in your sunroom? Humidifier, I'm guessing. I've also found some interesting orchids at Trader Joe's, and even some garden plants.

Sped, I chuckled at your comment about the 'hard life' down in your cellar. Sounds familiar to me! Before I bring any plants indoors from the gardens, I ask them if they have the will to live. That cactus that you grew from seed is very impressive.

Claire, you say you don't have any exotic plants, but your sunny window garden is so lush. I especially love clivias, but mine became too large and so I gave them away to a gardener friend with a greenhouse.

Persimmons, do you grow many vegetables from seed and do you have an indoor area dedicated to starting them? Curious.

Molie - I use a warm mist humidifier for humidity. Trader Joe's is fun for plants, but I get frustrated that they don't include ID tags for their orchids.

Absolutely true, Suza, about the lack of info from Trader Joe's. Carefully reading the tags that are included has led me to some orchid growers, such as Matsui Nursery, one of TJ's main suppliers. We have a few of Matsui's Intergenerics; however, it is practically impossible to name each.

Seed starting happens at my parent's in their bay window... The humidity is controllable, and the bay window is above a heating unit so the seedlings get some much needed warmth and sunlight. Here in Somerville where the houses are packed so close, we've got very little light shining into the windows. For us, it's strictly sprouts and houseplants (and even then the houseplants struggle for light).

We do have a Thanksgiving Cactus (Schlumbergera) about to bloom again--the moon and sun are just about right--but this second bloom typically lasts longer because of the lack of sunlight through my windows this time of year.

Lovely plants, everyone. Someday I should try orchids.

Nothing exotic, but I do think my Amaryllis Christmas gifts are beautiful!

My 30+ year old Christmas cactus is winding down, but has been blooming since November.

Susan

Suza......very nice bloom !! Great green thumb.

I'm enjoying this thread.

Suzabanana, your Trader Joe's mystery orchid is particularly exotic looking. It's a shame that you don't know what variety, and also that I don't have/can't create the right conditions in my house for growing orchids, because that one is a beauty!

Persimmons and Susan, your Christmas cacti are so pretty! I had one for many years. If I did not need all the window space for my geraniums, I would get another!

Persimmons, your description of houses so close together as to block out all the sun reminds me of our first apartment on Beacon Hill in 1969. It was a rat trap, but one of the only places available to rent in the summer because all leases ran from September to September and this one was available only because the previous residents had defaulted, aka fled, as did we and our neighbors once our leases were up! It had a couple big windows but zero direct sunlight because of all the surrounding buildings. I bought a rubber tree plant from the flower shop next door to where I worked at the time, and it suffered greatly during its months on Revere St. I kept it on the fire escape in the summer months in hopes it would get at least a little more indirect light out there, but it pretty much stayed barely alive until we moved to a place two blocks over with glorious sunlight and a view of something other than brick walls! I still have a descendent of that tree. Anyway, you must be one very determined gardener to grow any plants with so little sunlight!

Hope y'all aren't sick of my orchids...

Various Phalaenopsis that have been inherited from my florist friend or rescued from Home Depot/Lowes etc.

Mini

Love the orchids, curious about the Dendrobium. I was given one by a woman who did not know how to take care of it last spring. It is still alive and growing but I do not really know what to do with it. I mist it every day, soak it once a week and fertilize it every other week or so. I do fine with the Phalaeonopsis but not sure how to go about making the Dendrobium thrive any sage advice?

Well, it depends on the type of Dendrobium. Feel free to post a photo and I can try to help or head over to the Orchid Forum where there are some amazing folks who know decades more than I do! This might help to start you off: https://www.aos.org/Default.aspx?id=197

Mostly I have Hippeastrum growing in my bay window and a few Hosta that I've brought in early. I'm not good with Orchids. But I did grow this Primula that I brought in last Fall and it has begun to flower.

This is Primula auricula 'Chehalis Blue'

Steve

Beautiful primroses, Steve--such a rich colour!

Here are some of my indoor things:

A 'Lucky Bamboo' my daughter bought for my son as a housewarming gift 4 years ago. It was less than 1 foot high originally, & came to live with me feeling very poorly (looked dead) for a while--now working on 4 feet.

A Schlumbergera that's never bloomed.... (Those little bits of colour aren't blossoms).

They are supposed to be bare. Eventually they may shrink and shrivel down. Yours looks perfectly healthy. Some recommend giving it a "winter rest" or "dry winter" meaning less water in the winter time which is typically the dry season. I generally water all my orchids less frequently in winter because temps are lower and nothing spells a sure death to orchids like cold, damp conditions (there are exceptions to this, but Phals and Dens are not the exception). If you have the ability to put your orchids outside during the summer in a bright but shaded spot, they will reward you. They love nothing more than to vacation outdoors in the summer :)

Some of them have shriveled and of course I freaked out cause I thought I had killed them. Good to know it is normal and nothing to worry about. I put it out last summer and it absolutely loved it. I would water it every once and awhile when I was out in the garden if it had been dry. Glad to know all is well thank you!