tolumniamatt, thanks!! arthurm, at least here in Southern California...when you go to a botanical garden...it's extremely rare to see orchids on trees. Most of the orchids can be seen growing in the display greenhouses. So I think it's largely a matter of people not knowing that so many orchids can be grown on trees here. If they were aware of this fact then I'm pretty sure there would be a big boost in orchid sales. That's a really great idea to tie some keikis to the trees at the golf course! The higher up you attach them the less likely it is that somebody will swipe them. But wouldn't you be surprised to see somebody standing on top of a golf cart trying to grab some orchids! Over in Miami, an orchid enthusiast attached some orchids on the trees in his local dog park...and I think they are still there. The most likely location near my house is a cemetery. I suppose I could attach some orchids on the trees there. But then I'd have to visit several times a week to water them during summer. It's not like they don't water enough...it's just that they don't water high enough. But maybe a few trees get hit pretty high up with sprinklers. Hmmm...actually...what if I set up a drip watering system with a big water bottle suspended from a branch?? I wonder what the slowest drip rate could be for a Laelia anceps during a typical summer day? I should experiment to find out. A cemetery is a perfect place for orchids though...in the sense that the prime real estate is all taken. That's why epiphytes are epiphytes in the first place! Yeah, you're right that you can't show your orchid at your society meeting if it's attached to a tree! Well...you can if it's a miniature orchid attached to a potted tree. In the future every bonsai will have at least one epiphyte attached to it. Epiphytes add plenty of interest and value to bonsais! Here's CB's photos sorted by popularity. Another awesome orchid photographer...orchid dude.

Hmm, I remembered this thread because I have made this many years ago, but used a candied pecan on top. Annie may have her own method, but I also bought what I remember as Turkish apricots that were much more moist than the pieces of leather you sometimes find in the bulk dried fruit area. Posted by AnnieDeighnaugh (My Page) on Tue, May 20, 14 at 18:47 Don't know if you want to bother with 50 of them, but I just made one of my faves for a dinner party. Take a dried apricot, put a spot of mascarpone cheese on it and then a pecan half on top. They are so easy, look so fancy and taste so yummy.

Hah! Yup that was my house alright...that was my landscaper out mowing today...also known as DH. You should've stopped and introduced yourselves...he's certainly heard enough about you and the beach house saga and vacations and fab swim parties...I feel like we already know you. Would love to meet you IRL. Next time you absolutely must stop by. We actually get quite a few strangers stopping by for various reasons... often they're lost... but just this p.m. I stopped to pick up a flyer in the driveway and a stranger pulls in in a jeep. She says she drives by all the time and loves our house. She wants to build a new house down county way as her husband is being relocated, and wants to use our house as inspiration. So we showed her around a bit and she said she'd like to come back with her husband to learn more. Nice lady. We tease our architect that he's created an "attractive nuisance". We should have a get together for local GWers so we can all meet face to face, bring our color and fabric swatches, y'know, the whole 9 yards...or 18 for a sofa! ;)

Maggie I've linked the thread that Annie described her accident on. https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/6232753/no-hiking-for-me-for-awhile#n=63 Annie wishing for total healing for you! Glad that you are able to rest with a little help from the medication.