A few posts have been entered after my series on orchids ( galore, cattleya, uncommon species. As i analyze the comments, it seems orchids got more commenters. I am not sure now if it was the result of my commenting frenzy in other bloggers' posts, due to the prominent link display of my site in Autumn Belle's My Nice Garden or just "Accidental Synchronicity" as Jodi of Blooming Writer termed it.
By commenting frenzy means visiting all the posts of the blogs i follow plus other commenters in them which caused my fancy; their comments are interesting or sometimes their names are! I also realized after a few weeks of being serious in this blogging escapade that maybe i have sacrificed a lot of working time. It is just maybe "accidental synchronicity" as Jodi puts it or serendipitous chance, that i have fewer workload this time.
Actually, i have not been in the garden yet as our area is in the province, 4 hours from the city where i worked. I just go home for the weekends 1 - 2 times per month, and that certainly is not enough to plant something. Sometimes, i can only prune or water. So i am using all the photos in my photo files yet, not being out in the open for more photos.
So for the Blooming Friday of Katarina, owner of Roses and Stuff, i am posting orchids again. This time it will be the Zygopetalum species, taken from the Quezon City Garden Show '09.
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Oh I love the third one :)
ReplyDeleteI seldom see prominent marks on orchids petals..., almost like butterflies. Beautiful indeed! ~bangchik
ReplyDeleteThe orchid world seemed to amaze me over & over again.
ReplyDeleteNever knew that there as so many more different sub-species.
I just love them all...that is, if they flower.
I have not come across this colour here. Very unique indeed both colour and pattern. Btw, if they are selling also, I hope the price tag was good and not unique he he... Thanks for showing your extraordinary discovery! Nice shots of the orchids.
ReplyDeleteHow extraordinary and fantastic. Lovely photos. Have a nice week end!
ReplyDeleteYers, what a coincidence. Luckliy, there are so many or chids around - the ones you display are new tyo me! Have great weekend!
ReplyDeleteHi Andrea...thank you for the comment that you left on my blog. It is sad when a member of the family passes away. You have my sincere sympathy.
ReplyDeleteThe orchids are so beautiful. The colours so intense.....
They are indoor plants in SE UK....it must be wonderful to be able to plant them in the garden.
I suspose we each have our specialities and that is what makes life interesting.
Andrea, your orchids are lovely and very unusual, just like those from the previous posts. It is indeed 'eye candy', so very suitable for the theme at Blooming Friday hosted by Katarina. Cheers!
ReplyDeleteWonderful orchid-images!
ReplyDeleteHappy Blooming Friday!...Luna
I echo James Missier's thoughts exactly. :)
ReplyDeleteWe have some native orchids in our state that are absolutely gorgeous (Pink Lady's Slipper, for example, grows in my parents' yard), but for the most part they grow of their own accord or not at all.
Thanks for visiting my blog ,your orchid pictures are excellent.I'm Looking forward to the coming spring when our own native orchids will be flowering again when I hope I'll discover different ones in new locations.
ReplyDeleteI got to the third one and said WOW. And then I saw the fourth one and uttered an even bigger WOW. Awesome!
ReplyDeleteThey are beautiful flowers. I have one Zygapatalum and it has a beautiful fragrance.
ReplyDeleteHow beautiful. Some of the patterns in the blooms make them even more interesting to look at.
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I am glad you are showing us all of your photos from your files. The patterns on the orchid petals continue to amaze me with their beauty.
ReplyDeleteHi. I wandered into here from Camellia's blog and have had a lovely time reading your posts and admiring all yor gorgeous photos!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to be able to grow orchids outdoors, but it's just way too cold where I live in the north of England .....maybe when my tea house is finished I'll have one in there?!
I'm getting more and more bewitched - the colours and shapes of those orchids are amazing!
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Beautiful images!
ReplyDeleteDon't worry about how much to blog. Whatever works for you will be good, sometimes more, sometimes less, always good.
wow, my gosh! Those last two were just amazing. These are so unusual - at least for me!
ReplyDeleteFantastic flowers and nice captures. All the species are beautiful and of course unusual for me as always.
ReplyDeleteThankyou for viewing my blog. You have many beautiful orchids in your country. Our native wild orchids start flowering in May, I'll start publishing the photos when the first orchids appear.
ReplyDeleteYour orchids are gorgeous! My house bound orchid is about to rebloom for the first time, and I am thrilled. I guess I'll try to grow an avocado pit again, but the last two times have been failures! Here, we put toothpicks in them and suspend them over a jar of water till they grow roots.
ReplyDeleteWonderful images of flowers, very colorful and very unique orchids.
ReplyDeleteThe Royal Botanical Gardens of Kew UK list 880 genera and nearly 22,000 accepted species, but the exact number is unknown perhaps as many as 25,000 ???
If this is true, we have a lot of orchid flowers to show in our blogs;)
- Cheers Gisela.
Hi Everyone who showed up here. I cannot contain my joy from your appreciation and kind words, how i wish more eyes can see them! I hope you can also browse on my older posts especially of orchids.
ReplyDeleteTo Bangchik, James Missier,Lillibeth, Luna, Sweet Bay, Hocking Hills Gardener, Kyna - thank you and may you all have successful and happy gardening lives.
Stephanie - i haven't seen the prices of these orchids yet as they are just on exhibit where i saw them. I also hope prices are not unique and exeptional.
Foto Chip, Camellia - this is your first visit here, i hope i keep you entertained for the future as well.
Thanks Cheryll for the sympathy, we already interred my nephew this afternoon.
Autumn Belle - i try to make my plants as unique to most as possible, even to those of you who share conditions with mine. I thought if they are ordinary, lesser eyes will be enticed to visit my site. Thank you always for your patronage, we are members of the "mutual admiration society", hehe.
Orchids and Nature - i already put your link to mine so will be waiting for the native orchids unique to your environment. That would be great.
Easy Gardener - yes they have wonderful scents, lovely isn't it.
Nutty Gnome - glad to meet you here and i will provide you the summer blooms all year round, when you cannot yet grow yours. But of course i also love to see your temperate species, which we don't have in the tropics.
Noelle, Katarina, Kathleen, Wendy, Birdy - the details and colors of these Zygopetalum really amazed me too!
Msrobin - growing avocado roots above water is amazing! Growing recalcitrant seeds will fail if wilting commences before roots emerge. I bet they are also susceptible to dry environment even in your climate, that's why they dry before they root. Can they not root faster in moist soil so that at least the cotyledons are covered?
Guild-rez - nice to meet you too here. I agree with you, we will not run out of orchid species to post, and i will try to always show you the best. thanks.
Fabulous..beautiful photos..I love the gorgeous puprle hues..magical.
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Oh my goodness, Andrea! Such beautiful orchids! I would LOVE having that fourth one. I'll be seeing a lot of orchids on Friday at the Ft. Wayne show. The orchid society is always there with such beautiful things.
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting my site, Our Little Acre. I hope you'll visit often! Happy Gardening!
I love them Andrea - I'm used to photographing the first 2 as they are the most popular ones over here but the others I've never seen before - they are just like little butterflies.
ReplyDeleteMy sincerest thanks also to Kiki, Kylee and Rosie. Your visit and appreciation are much appreciated. Kylee - i will wait for those photos you will get at Ft Wayne show.
ReplyDeleteAndrea,
ReplyDeletethank you for visiting and leaving a comment.
We have winter in Canada and the garden is covered with snow.The tropical plant pictures series in my blog originate from our recent vacation in the Dominican Republic.
Hope you enjoyed my blog.
- Cheers Gisela.
Greetings from Wang Tong Village in Hong Kong. You have gorgeous photography of amazing flowers. Hope you'll take a look at our garden:
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Thank you for linking to my new site, Andrea. (I hope it does not continue to give you problems with loading the photos! Please let me know, if so.)
ReplyDeleteThese photos are gorgeous. The second-to-the-last orchid is my favorite, such a dark and dramatic beauty, she is. :)
Hello Andrea! I'm just starting to explore your blog and I'm enjoying your thoughtful words and beautiful photos :) Your orchids are stunning and I will look forward to learning more about them!
ReplyDeleteHello Andrea, Thank you so much for visiting my blog and commenting. Your orchids are so beautiful! I love the tropical flowers that you share on your blog- Gloria
ReplyDeleteAndrea, such orchids are an exotic treat here in the cold north. You are so lucky to see them like this. They are most beautiful!
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