Blooming size, first blooming size and mature plant size are different animals. I have the following. Epi. Pretty Princess 'Yellow Butterfly'. Started blooming at 6 inches tall. Plant size now from base of plant to top of spike is twenty four inches. This hybrid is not registered in the RHS Database. Epi. Gold Valley 'Hildos' . Registered in RHS Database. My plant is 30 inches from base of plant to top of bloom spike. The other (name uncertain) epidendrums growing as garden plants are much taller. Epi or Epicat? Who knows and we will never know for sure unless the plant gets registered by the RHS. Looks like doesn't count for much when you are dealing with hybrids. Quality flower though.

Yeah, but how much of what happened with Benlate was cover-up and how much was reasonable measures taken to defend against spurious and overzealous claims. I'm sure (and have seen proof that) there was some of both, but have no real handle on the relative amount of each. If the cover-up effort was as massive and malicious as some suggest, those guys are real bad dudes.

Thanks again everyone for your advice! I actually plan to take my plants outside next summer, especially my brand new grafted citrus tree! This summer though I had a College apartment until August and there was not really any space to put my plants outside since I lived on the third floor and by the time I moved back home in mid August I figured there was no use taking the time to harden the plants off to being outside with only a month left of acceptable temperatures. I actually have never even thought of spraying my plants preemptively though! I will have to do that from now on. The Schefflera plant is 2.5 feet tall (not including the pot) but it is a spread out plant with pretty easy access to all the leaves so it shouldn't be too hard to handle. I will clip off the really bad leaf stalks and then will try the methods mentioned before to hand treat it and will hope for the best! As far as the Gardenia, The flowers are actually what caught my attention at the store, I loved their smell and appearance so I bought a already blooming plant (that was back in May) though I was concerned about taking care of it after reading from many places that Gardenia's absolutely require full sun and a very specific temperature range to bloom but the plant has really taken off! it has grown a couple inches taller and I can already tell it will need to be repotted in the spring as it continues to grow new leaves. It continued to flower all summer until just about a month ago then the few remaining buds turned black and fell off, I assume probably because of the days getting shorter and thus it getting less sun. I hope it will bloom on its own next spring but if it doesn't seem to be growing buds I will get one of my grow lights and try what you suggested! Thanks for the link and all the advice, I will be sure in the future to always spray my plants to help keep them pest free. I'm new at gardening and always appreciate advice from more experienced people such as all of you :)

I know that Troy makes several lines of "old" lighting fixtures. Are these along the lines of what you're looking for? Brooklyn collection http://goo.gl/yVoN8 Circa 1910 collection http://goo.gl/2Cck3 Toledo collection http://goo.gl/ANlkE Raleigh collection http://goo.gl/WXoKq Troy doesn't have any of its own stores, they go through distributors but they have them all over. The attached pic is of one of the Brooklyn fixtures. Lemme know if this helps! I love lighting..