As promised, here are some that Jason has bloomed. The first two are actually some that survived with no care at all for probably a year, in the greenhouse, until we started preparing to move in. With a little tender loving care, much to Jason's surprise, he found that he can grow orchids. So we've gone nuts and bought a lot more, some in bloom at the time of purchase. The first orchid, Dialaeliacattleya Elfstar, a cross of several other orchids, shown a bit smaller than lifesize, was the first one to bloom and we found that we were allowed to name it as that cross had never been named before. We contacted the people who had made the cross, Riverbend Orchids, whom Ed had actually known for years and offered them the option but they graciously allowed us to name it. Based on the parent names, we decided to call it Elfstar. The next to bloom was Barkeria dorotheae, a species from the Mexican desert, shown much bigger than life. Third is a Dendrobium cross that has been tentatively identified by a friend, who's something of an expert, as Dendrobium New Guinea, but this has not been verified.
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