Hi Everyone. It has been an "eventful" year since I last posted. I *was* doing quite well up till the point I made the mistake of re-potting the orchids. I picked the correct time to do it etc., etc., etc., -- indeed it was "by the book", and even had my homemade "book" opened throughout the procedure. Long story short: every last one of them DIED, including the one I got to bloom. I swore off orchids for good... that was until I met someone with the Tucson Orchid Society, who connected me with someone else at the TOS, etc., suddenly I found myself a member of the Tucson Orchid Society. I am rebuilding my small collection with the exact same plants that died, and a few new ones including a seedling. One advantage of joining the TOS is they have a "Cat"(tleya) person who is willing to help me next year when it comes time to re-pot my one and only (so-far) orchid ( Blc Chia Lin 'Shinsu #1' AM /JOGA ), and it is in dire need of re-potting!! (I also have a seedling but it is being raised in a joint and protected environment until next year, so it has not been counted... YET!!) This time I will have expert advice as I go through the procedure. Me?!? I suspect it was not so much my technique -- though it very well might have been -- so much as it was the combined shock of the re-potting plus the extreme environment it which it was asked to re-establish itself in. The next time after the re-potting I hope the gentleman will temporarily house the orchid in his greenhouse just long enough until it can re-establish itself. I have one question for Sarah: I am very impressed by her "indoor" greenhouse -- the one with the shelving, and what *appears* to be some type of heavy duty transparent plastic on 3 sides. Is that what I am looking at?!? If so was this some type of do-it-yourself project?!? How much did it cost you to put together?? If commercial, where did you get it from and how much did it cost?? It really is quite impressive. In many ways is similar to a poor man's Wardian Case, which would solve the problem of supplying adequate humidity. I do have one question: Given that I live in a rental unit and the walls are made of Dry Wall, management would frown on mold on their walls -- they frowned on my hanging up sheer curtains on the porch to cut down the the HOT western afternoon sun, so mold on their interior walls is probably a non starter. Still the idea of having a small interior greenhouse shows great promise. I like your design. Has anyone else built an interior Wardian Case aka an interior greenhouse?? What types of problems did you encounter?? For those of us who are renters, have restricted space, or for whatever reason where building an external greenhouse is not possible, the building of an INTERIOR greenhouse / Wardian Case by a window might just be the just the ticket. I have attached to this post the picture of Blc Robert Ferguson 'Florida Sunset' that I got to bloom last year. This was the orchid that you may recall rode the wild Wind Called Mariah... that went flying, then crashed to the floor while in bud, the damage which can be seen in this photo. This will be my third purchase (I almost forgot the seedling, plus I have a raffle winner ). DesertLynx

Jean: I have Win 8.1 and it took me several tries to figure out. I have read recently that they will be making a change to Win 8 and make it more like Win 7 which mirrored closely with XP. If your uploading pics from your Picture folder on your PC this is how I did it. Open Pbucket and click on UPLOAD, then on the next screen in the upper left corner your will see a tab that says "Your Bucket". From the drop down menu, choose where you want to save the files. AFTER you choose where to save the pictures from the drop down menu, click on Choose Photo/Videos tab in the center of the screen. It should open another screen on your hard drive which has a file labeled "LIBRARIES" among other files.The icon looks like a bunch of file folders. Click on "LIBRARIES" and choose the PICTURE folder. Your photos should be viewable and just choose the ones you want to upload and then click on "OPEN" button on the lower right hand side of your screen. It should close and Pbucket should start loading. Just the best way I know to explain how to do it. Julia

I posted this also in the thread in question. With the link that the OP posted, I can see the pictures. With the clickable thumbnails that Sue provided, I can see them. When I click on the bird bath picture, I get The action that you were trying to perform has failed. . When I click on the barn picture, it takes me to the OPs photobucket where I can see the picture. Why I can see one and not the other is a mystery. I'm using FF with no add-ons. Bernie

You "Guys" are waaayyyy too nice! Thank you very much! Guess I wasn't prepared for compliments on something I thought was pretty pedestrian....AT BEST! I THINK it was a Betty-Crocker mix?!?! (Red box) Frosting was out of the plastic jar! Cream-cheese White I think?! (also B-C) Renaissance-Man?!?! Hmmmmmm...I could get used to that! I DO have lots of interests. Check out the PAINT forum here! (a "Renaissance-Man" project!) My entry-door sidelite casing was pretty scratched-up from Callie. I'm using FPE-stuff to level it back out. Couple pics there too! Lots of PITA detail sanding....sittin' on entry floor, etc. Oh my achin' back! Faron