On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 12:34:26 -0700, "wendy7" wrote
in 6NZMg.15035$WK4.1829@fed1read06:

I like the new varieties out now, shorter & more flowers.

You must be referring to these:
http://www.calorchid.com/CALO/2Epide...dendrum01.html

Jim and Lauris Rose have been steadily developing their line of
reed-stem Epidendrums. The flowers of their latest seedlings are 2"
to 2-1/2" each, and all the inflorescences en masse swaying in the
breeze look like so many balloons ascending.

I wish they'd put the full spectrum of their work with Epidendrums on
their web site. It's truly a new dimension in Epidendrum hybrids.

And they're nearly always in bloom, and cold tolerant...