Hold the phone! Kitty, am I to understand that Cymbidiums can tolerate colder conditions than some other orchids?? I just love orchids, and have been trying to find a few types that will flourish in more northern indoor climes! My Phal is very unhappy with the environment I can provide, however, the Epidendrum I have is doing great! Dare I add a Cymbidium to my collection? Lizalily - your arrangement is spectacular! Well-chosen vase partners, I must say! I have Limona, but not Lemon-Lime or Lemon & Lime... not only do I adore the color, but as Cindee says, the green flowers seem to be very prolific and very fertile! Frank - I started with a list like yours... only too soon it became a two page "Wish List" with a "Must Have" category! It's almost three pages long now, and I've added a category comprised of "other amaryllis-like bulbs I need to get", which includes Nerine, Sprekelia, Scadoxus, Rhodophelia, Crinum, Lycoris, and so on... it doesn't end, I tell ya! It grows and extends into other lily type flowers! What an addiction!

Peter: It is a whole other world taking pics like that during the day. My friend is trying to figure that out although he gets some great cloud formations before and after the storms. Nice work. I hope to see more pics by you. Jojo: I have heard the monsoons can be quite dramatic! I have even seen the storm drains dug all around the outskirts of peoples home but never saw them fill up. I can only imagine that. I have seen lightning from a distance and been very frustrated chasing them because the roads there a long and straight with no way to turn down another for miles to catch up to it..lol Been there done that. Have you ever seen lightning drop from the clouds over the prairies or horizon? It must be majestic! It is nice to meet Peter. It is always nice to see new faces. I would never come there without visiting some very nice people here if the offer is there. Going there to see people I know would be so nice. We would have to visit the Indian Reservations though, Saguaro Cactus Preserve, and look for turquoise jewelry..lol I have danced with the Navaho tribes once before! I hope many others come here with nice pictures. I would of loved to have sene the hail storm ones that some here have experienced! Mike

Marin, I had a meyer lemon and a Kumquat in pots for 5 yrs. or so and it did very well...I just this past Spring decided to plant them both in the ground since I lost a mango tree and Lychee trees(froze to death)...in its place. Not sure about the others but might get pretty large in pots...the grapefruit and Navel I would think would do better in the ground if you have the room.The other two might be okay in pots with a yearly trim. One thing in my neighborhood every other house has Grapefruits...so there's no reason for me to ever plant one(not my favorite) and the tree gets HUGE...NO room in my yard...gotta save it for Mango trees,lol... Here's my meyer lemon when I had it potted up...Good luck and congrats with all your new citrus! Oh...I also have a Calamondin...this one makes an excellent potted Citrus!

Barb I have 2 out of 15 cherry tree grafting's out of 15 that have grown. 12 have died and one is in the ICU and still in critical condition. I am positioning my rootstock US897 seedlings and Kuharske Citrange rooted cutting in the rooftop garden for summer grafting. I now have a Giant Turnbull and a Maxine pears grafted to a full size bradford hybrid pear seedling capable of 50 feet at maturity.