I'm rather proud that I did the right thing... I marked each row of seeds in my flat with the variety name, date planted, and the seed source! I've made the mistake in the past of not tagging pots with seeds and/or rhizomes or roots... and having to wait until they sprouted and grew a bit before being able to identify them! I find myself staring at pots of soil, thinking, "Now, what in the world did I plant in there, and how could I have thought that I'd remember what it is?!" I'm not certain, but I think that after time, the blonde dye begins to sink into my skull and affect my brain patterns! LOL!

Woods, Vickie brought those, but several us got them from lazygardener-nc that came to one of our plant swaps. It's a Tropical Lady's Slipper. I just keep them out of direct sun, but they seem to like bright light. They're not hardy, but mine did fine in a cold (above freezing) greenhouse last winter and they spend their summers on a north facing porch. They did ok in the house too under a shop light in a cool room. They never die back or go dormant but come spring they have their beautiful bloom. I give them a good soaking about once a week in summer (more when it's really hot) and less in the winter. They do like to be kept moist but not soggy which is why they're in orchid bark. I water mine most of the time with fish tank water but they seem to do fine with rain or tap water as well. Try to not get water into their leaves as I've read that can melt them pretty fast, but I have set those out in the rain before in the summer and they did fine. In the cool or cold weather if I happen to get water into the leaves where it won't drain I usually take a piece of tissue corner and dab it up. Others that have them have told me they have already bloomed out for them this year, but I have one in bloom now. I was pretty nervous about these when I first got them (my first orchids),... just knew I was going to kill them, but they've turned out to be pretty easy and I've never had a bug or disease problem with them. I can't find the pic I have of the blooms but here's a pic of them at our swap.

Ann, Those probably are from me because I brought all 5 of those varieties. Here's a brief description of each: ILDI: An open-pollinated heirloom yellow grape type that is indeterminate and usually gets 5 to 6' tall in my garden. It produces heavy yields of bright yellow oval-shaped tomatoes in clusters. You'll often see Ildi sold as "Yellow Grape" at Farmer's Markets. Is a pretty early producer with a DTM of about 53-54 days. I've grown it in a pot, but it stayed smaller and didn't produce as many fruit per plant as it does when in the ground. GOLD BALL: Also known as Livingston's Gold Ball. This is an heirloom open-pollinated tomato first introduced by A. W. Livingston in 1892. The plants are indeterminate and usually get 5-6' tall in my garden. The plants produce large yields of beautiful canary yellow round tomatoes slightly larger than a cherry tomato--almost the size of a ping pong ball. Some people like to use Gold Ball (and Yellow Pear or both together) to make tomato preserves or tomato marmalade. DTM is about 65 days. Has done pretty well when grown in a large container (10-15 gallon). ROSE QUARTZ: This is an indeterminate open-pollinated plant from Japan that produces deep rose pink cherry tomatoes in clusters. DTM: 65 days. The tomatoes are more grape-shaped than cherry-shaped and some people see "off" shapes like slightly plum-shaped or slightly pear-shaped fruit. Gets about 5' tall in my garden and slightly smaller in a large container. PRIMETIME F-1 HYBRID: From Harris Seed. This is an excellent late-season tomato with a DTM of about 80-84 days. It always produces ripe fruit in my garden in July and August when many other tomatoes have shut down production. The fruit are large, very smooth, round, deep red and quite tasty. The vines are Determinate, but they are large Determinates, usually around 4.5 to 5' tall in my garden. Very heavy yields on very disease-resistant plants. In my garden, they produce better in the ground than in pots, but then my pots are close to the barn and get pretty hot. RED DEFENDER F-1 HYBRID. Also from Harris Seed. New this year for me and one I'm very excited about trying. This is a midseason variety so it should produce ripe fruit in 70-75 days from the date of transplant. Is supposed to produce heavy yields of large to very large, deep red, round fruit on Determinate plants that have outstanding disease resistance, including intermediate resistance to the dreaded Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus. It is said to have excellent flavor and is one of the "new" varieties bred with the flavor gene that gives it larger amounts of furaneol, which you can read about in the attached link. I haven't grown it before, so I am going to try one in the ground and 1 in a container. I hope they all do well for you. Dawn Here is a link that might be useful: Hybrid Tomatoes With Enhanced Flavor

I have one too, the plant, not the worm. Can't remember who brought them and think there were only a couple of plants. Mine isn't as full as yours, but this spring the sun area became a bit shady and am dealing with a wrong planting location.