Hi Harvey. Missed this email. Been busy, leaving town on Monday and busy tying up loose ends. Moving plants, setting up timers, testing them, grrrr, times like these I wish I weren't located 'out in the boonies'. No time to check what I might have to trade. After looking at the pics, I'm not sure I have the right plant in mind. I thought Little stars was a small plant, smaller than the nodosa? An OS member gave me a piece of one several years ago and he told me it could take cold temps. Well, should not have trusted the weatherman, instead of 36, temps dropped to 32 and the little plant did not survive!

@brooke - Awesome, thanks. If I recall properly and if the flickr member is who I think it is, you have a really nicely shaped one. Hope mine turns out like that too. Do they have similarly long spikes to rubescens? @smwboxer - that is beautiful. I think I need one of these. @tman - that's fascinating. I've never heard/seen it grown in anything but moss (live usually). I've heard these are difficult and are the holy grail of dend growing (mainly from Nick's and other's posts). Haven't ever tried it, although there is a local grower of masdies and draculas who also grows these. I'm amazed that they are fine with the heat outside - good job!

Bob you are such a pouch pusher!!! Oh what am I talking about I don't need any encouragement to slip further into the "slipper side". I'm just really jealous of all that yummy stuff that you have blooming. Now I will confess how much of an idiot that I am!!!! I have all these paphs and only put one outside this year. I guess my thinking process was "Well it's just aliitle too hot for them so I"ll wait until it cools a bit." Well they never ended up going anywhere. The one I have outside (Armeni White x prim) is sending up a new fan, so that's a good thing.I'm just going to chalk it up as a good resting period. Oh by the way, the paph that got the HCC is STILL blooming.It started blooming in March.It is great throwing everything outside in the summer, bad side is bringing it back in. Oh well I think I'll be heading out to the Home store for a case of light bulbs soon.gb

Scott, how about a Mickey Mouse? Andy says, "... 4" leaves atop 1" stems, short 2" spikes produce 1 to 4 wide open starry blooms, the 2-1/2" flowers have lime green sepals and petals..." And the Minnie Mouse is supposed to be smaller - just haven't run across one yet. WC8 Here is a link that might be useful: Brassavola species (Mickey Mouse), Andy's