"I am willing to sacrifice a few pseudobulbs outside if I can give >them half a chance." Hi Jim: Sacrifice you will, for although the plants' foliage is quite hardy the tubers aren't . Years ago I lost a great collection of Ophrys, Barlia, Serapias, Dactylorhiza et al. to an unexpected hard frost as my plants were in exposed pots on a bench. I had taken them for granted. Something of interest about these gems is that pictures are deceiving. Despite their great attractive the flowers are really minute. When one see images of them they look as if they were Disas or Cattleyas in size. Regards Alberto _________________________________________________________________ MSN Amor: busca tu ½ naranja http://latam.msn.com/amor/