Thanks for sharing that Ron. I did not know any of those stories. They all touched me, and they made me think of many other stories there are out there. I travel a lot on my job and in pursuit of my other passion in life; trout fishing. I see men and women in uniform in almost every airport I travel to, but I particularly see many on my trips to Charlotte. Some of these folks are going "over there" (or getting ready to) and a few of them I've met were coming home. I never go by without letting these people know that many people here at home, whom they have never met, care deeply about them, worry for them, wish them a swift and safe return, and thank them for their service. I hope these people never ever want for their fellow Americans respect and concern. And I hope that if you are reading this that you will reach out to these people when you see them in your own life, shake their hand, thank them for the job they do, and let them know in some small but sincere way that you care. You'll be doing that person and yourself a great deal of good in the process.

Isn't that something? You know, I've still got some putting up scapes and it got down to 30 last night....probably need to cut the scapes, but dang I hate to do that!! I checked them today, and they don't seem to be hurt at all. It's going back into the 70's here by the weekend. Guess I'll just let them be. Hey, maybe I'll have dl's blooming for Christmas!! LOL Thanks for sharing your lovely photos Michelle. Jan

Clean deeply veined foliage, closely packed, cupped/frilly looking sepals on heavily pigmented heads, small to mid in stature.....Looks like Mathilda Gutges to me...That's my best guess anyway.....yg Here is a link that might be useful:

Yasminshi, I use Photobucket to upload the pictures, then in my message I copy the 3rd link address (to the picture), paste it in the message, make a new line, then copy the next picture's link and paste it, etc. Brooke, our move was so fast I didn't have time to ship individual plants out to friends that weren't local, so gave the bulk of them (like 2 pickup loads??) to good koi friends that also had greenhouses and lived in nearby cities. And selecting which orchids to keep and which to give away was also a very difficult thing for me to do! Sharon