Hi LeeAnn!!! I've been crazy busy with work, my two and a half year-old daughter (hard to believe) and the Koi Health advisor program. I lost you guys with all the board shuffling, and have been posting mostly on koi forums. I still have my plant ponds (up to 7-8 not counting the orphanages), but gave up on the tropicals. We just don't have enough space to overwinter them. I still have the blue taro Marilyn gave me, but that is about it. Everything else is hardy. Lotus are still my favorites. As long as they have enough space, they are tough, but drop-dead gorgeous. I have two lotus bogs, two smaller ponds just for lotus and then the big pond for potted bowl lotus. My lilies don't get the attention they need.
I lost Gonnerre last year (didn't repot in time), but dumped yards of dirt in the big pond, so when I can track down a start, I will let it grow wild. I figure that Gonnerre and Arc en Ciel are well-behaved enough to turn loose. Texas Dawn may stay potted. I don't even know what other lilies I have anymore. I've given a bunch away (anything red or white and most pinks). Mottled Cream Monster is thriving in a friend's mud pond.
Thanks for the welcome, and it is good to rediscover my coffee-club.