Orchids

they live in a converted china cabinet, drilled, vented, and illuminated by 4' flourescent bulbs.

they get personal names when the bloom and i get inspired about "personality"
Sasha  - Dtps. Mount Beauty (Dtps. Hamikina Beauty x P. Mount Kaala)
Miranda  - Onc. Sharry Baby 'Sweet Fragrance' AM/AOS
Possibly Den. Muang-Thai or Den. Sri Racha
Danielle  - Den. 'Mt. Kelly Beauty' ('Plum Heritage' x 'Shorty')
Lillian  - Lc.  Mini Purple 'Lea'
Big Sonia  - Den. Sonia #17 Mutrate
Baby Sonia  - Den. Sonia #17 Mutrate
Onc. varicosum var rogersii
Den. kingianum

occasionally i lose one...

in one occasion, a minor disaster struck the cabinet - an infestation of both a fungus and sap-sucking bugs ultimately killed several.
Alexis  - Den. Ram Misra 'Black Sapphire' x (Den. Thailand x Den. Udomsri) (deceased)
Adrienne  - Den.  Fran's Gem 'Green Jade' (deceased)
Den. 'Lemon Ice' 'H&R' (deceased)
Phal. violaeca var. coerulea  (deceased 1998.11)
Neof. falcata (deceased 1999.05.24)
Onc. Private Stock (Celebrity '1' x Joy 'B')  8879 (deceased)
Onc. Excel (Robsan '5' x Lisa '1')  8486 (deceased)
Phal. Gladys Reed x Phal. Brother Buddha (deceased)
Rasma  - Onc. ornithorynchum (deceased 2001.05)

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