Behind the cut is a picture of one of my orchids, in bloom. It’s a species — Cymbidium alnifolia. I’ve had it for nearly a decade. I originally made a trade for it, as a three-bulb division, with another orchid collector.
Warning: the trader was a gay teen in Houston-land.
*duhn, duhn, duhn duhn . . .*
HOLY CRAP! That’s a GORGEOUS flower.
I approve!
that’s an absolutely striking flower. I love the contrast between the deep violet and the creamy yellow.
I love it when they look like they’re reaching out to eat something
Other people pimp their writing. I’m content to pimp my orchids.
That is amazing! SAdly I have no green thumb and have been known to kille plastic plants.
They look like they’re about to break into song!
I lurves garden porn. Gorgeous. I agree with Git. They look like a chorus line.
And to Kody — Big hugs, and you go get ‘em, hon!
Tell it like it is.
hehe, thanks Louise. I tell it MORE than like it is, lol.
Go on Rusty, tell the truth… you’re really Nero Wolfe, aren’t you?
LOL! A friend of my mother’s gave me her entire Rex Stout collection when she moved into a smaller house. “The Black Orchid” was, in fact, the first Stout book I read. Of course, nobody in his right mind would live on 34th between 8th and 9th, nowadays.
It looks so delicate, Rusty, but gorgeous at the same time.
I love the garden porn! More, more!
I keep thinking how sinister orchids are in every way.
I love it.
I just discovered a new bloom spike on an Oncidium yesterday (a hybrid called “Sharry Baby” that smells like chocolate when it blooms). There’s also a new bud on the yellow and rust colored one that looks like a samurai. That one blooms sequentially, so I never get one big spray of flowers all at once from it.
Oooh, I dig the “Samurai” blooms!