Some Orchid pix from my back yard

[voluptuary_manque]

This Laelia albidais blooming for the very first time since I've owned it



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Mama insisted on this one. I forget what it's called.


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Each of these blossoms is about a eighth of an inch long but look how many!


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And a new, truly spectacular Laelia hybrid! Wow!


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[rgraham666]

Gorgeous.

Very cool, VM.

 

[Safe_Bet]

So pretty. Thanks VM.

 

[Stella_Omega]

WOW! just beautiful. I agree with Hot mama-- you needed to have those sexy tiger-striped blooms (are they vanadia?)

 

[_Lynn_]

Very cool. Thanks VM.

 

[fieryjen]

Very pretty. Thanks a lot for posting.

I'm rubbish with outdoor plants, sadly.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

WOW! just beautiful. I agree with Hot mama-- you needed to have those sexy tiger-striped blooms (are they vanadia?)

I went out and checked. Those, hard as this may be to believe, are Miltonia! I never would have thought that Miltonia could be grown out doors but there they are . . .

 

[TE999]

"Mr Bear, Nero Wolfe on Line four..."

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Roflmao

 

[DesertPirate]

Outstanding VM

 

[kimbalee]

So beautiful! I think the hybrid is my favorite. And congrats on the Laelia albidais!

 

[voluptuary_manque]

So beautiful! I think the hybrid is my favorite. And congrats on the Laelia albidais!

We bought a "little" one of the Laeliacattleya. The specimen plant in the center (for auction, minimum bid $500) was about three feet across and had over 20 blooms on it. Ooooo . . . this is going to be innnnnnnnteresting.

 

[kimbalee]

We bought a "little" one of the Laeliacattleya. The specimen plant in the center (for auction, minimum bid $500) was about three feet across and had over 20 blooms on it. Ooooo . . . this is going to be innnnnnnnteresting.

I can't even imagine how much the ones I worked with when I was employed at a greeenhouse were worth. They had litterally hundreds of gorgeous blooms... but were the ugliest plant I ever saw.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

That's orchids for you, gorgeous blooms . . . ugly little plants!

 

[AllardChardon]

Orchids are so sexy and what Georgia O' Keffe did with flowers is beyond sensual. Thanks for the trip to your garden.