Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum var esquirolei (syn Paphiopedilum esquirolei) 2007-12-10 01
Originally uploaded by JVinOZ
Keywords: orchid, purple orchid, hair
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Paphiopedilum Hirsutissimum
Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum var esquirolei (syn Paphiopedilum esquirolei) 2007-12-10 01
Originally uploaded by JVinOZ
Keywords: orchid, purple orchid, hair
Leptotes Bicolor
A lovely white orchid with a fushia center. This orchid grows from trailing stems. It is sweet and fragrant.
Keywords: White orchid, bicolor orchid, flowers
Keywords: White orchid, bicolor orchid, flowers
Catasetum Trulla
This lovely green orchid is fringed along the main petal. Some have speckled petals. The grow in clusters along stems. Delicious.
Keywords: Orchid, Catasetum Trulla.
Keywords: Orchid, Catasetum Trulla.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
White Lilac
Some French lilacs have double blooms. This white lilac is simple in its delicate petals, which will brown more quickly along the edges of the petals than the purple ones do. But they are beautiful when fully in bloom and smelling as sweet as honey. Plant both white and purple and cut them for your house in the early summer.
Purple Lilac
While growing up in Spokane, Washington, the lilacs heralded spring and the Lilac Parade and the crowning of the Lilac Princess. The blooming bushes wafted a sweet fragrance that could only be topped by the roses blooming come summer. Lilac was my favorite color and my bedroom curtains, bedspread and rugs where all handmade by my mother in a lilac plaid.
Purple Water Iris
"Juicy purple iris detail," by Jaki Good. Lovely water droplets dotting the unfurled center of this iris. This iris has yellow centers on its outside petals. The water iris is hardy and grows in damp areas.
Peach-Pink Rose Spirals
Spiraling petals of this lovely fragrant rose. Imagine a wedding with bridesmaids dresses in this color, the bride in white, the flowers all peach-pink and white.
Pink Water Iris
Pink water iris with three signals hiding yellow accent. These lovely iris add interest to wet areas in your yard. Easy to grow. Lovely as a cut flower.
Georgia O'Keeffe Poppy
I planted this poppy in my Kingston yard. It is as fabulous in bloom as Miss O'Keeffe's paintings.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
White Flower
This is a flower from Manito Gardens. The white petals are delicate, the center light and lively. The bush was covered in this gorgeous flowers making a spectacular display.
Keywords: Flowers, Manito Gardens, Perennial Garden
Keywords: Flowers, Manito Gardens, Perennial Garden
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Manito White Iris
Manito Garden's White Iris. I love roaming around the gardens when the flowers are in bloom. There are so many to photograph, so many unique flowers. People amble through the gardens, or paint them. It's very relaxing and regenerating to be around flowers.
Yellow and Purple Iris
Manito Garden's Iris Garden, Purple and Yellow Iris. I photographed this iris last summer. The yellow and purple are reminiscent of iris in older gardens I've had.
Manito Purple Iris
Manito Park in Spokane, Washington hosts a beautiful rose garden, a perennial garden, a formal garden, and iris garden. Also you can visit the green house with tropical flowers and blooming cactus. It is lovely.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Monday, April 14, 2008
Orchid Blossoms a Second Time
Orchids will continue to bloom, year after year, with the right conditions, that is. They like to be root bound and have enough light and water. They like to have humidity, so bathrooms and kitchens make great places for these lovelies to thrive. And the blooming process is amazing to witness: a spike, buds, then swelling and opening. Amazing.
Hawaii Orchid- Oct 2007
Wedding bouquets including orchids are some of the most delicate and sweet arrangements around. Fragrant, too.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Hawaiian Iris
A spidery purple and white flower from Hawaii. The varieties of flowers in Hawaii include some that are found nowhere else in the world. On top of Haleakala is a grass that is a new plant form on this earth. New life in abundance and smelling deliciously sweet.
Friday, April 11, 2008
Orchids at one of Oahu's Botanical Gardens
Orchids from Oahu's Botanical Gardens. The orchids in Hawaii are lush and vivid in color. On the big island, I wandered through a botanical garden that was jungly, big flowers, large leaves, paths growing in on themselves. Beautiful, fragrant, humid, alive. All of it amazing.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Hawaiian Hibiscus
Although hibiscus love the tropics, they are also lovely potted and set on porches during the summer. There are many varieties, some with flowers the size of saucers. They continue to bloom through the winter if you bring them inside--that is, if you don't live in the tropics.
Hawaiian Flowers
Pumeria are fragrant flowers used in leis. The experience of wearing a lei is like nothing I have every had before in my life. There is the softness of the flower petals against the skin, the sweet fragrance, the delicacy, yet weight of the flowers around the neck. If you ever get the chance to wear one, be sure to.
Hawaiian Orchid
Orchid from Luau, a lovely purple lei. I wore a lei when I visited Maui. The humidity and heat versus the coolness of the flowers around my neck felt delicious.
Flower Power
Caracas, Venezuela. These colorful flowers look like a daisy or zinnias to me. And I'm pretty sure the color is forced. We used to put carnations in water colored with food coloring added. You could turn a white carnation blue if you wanted.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Color Spike
Tropical bromolaid. In Hawaii, they grow everywhere, many varieties, many colors. The pineapple is a good example of this plant. You can cut the top off of a pineapple and stick it in a pot of soil and it will grow. It makes a lovely house plant.
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Saturday, April 5, 2008
White Ranunculus
Such tender petals. This is my sister's favorite flower. She is a wedding florist and will include these in bouquets if she can. They are delicate, bruise easily, but so sweet.
White Orchid
The simplicity of this orchid is soothing. I'm reminded of the time I went to Hawaii and was greeted by my friend Michael with a beautiful lay. The strung flowers are so cool to wear. They felt like tiny fingers stroking my skin. I'd wear it for awhile and them put it in the refrigerator, then later, I'd put the cool lay around my neck and listen to the ocean in the humid heat.
Oriental Enchantment
Paphiopedilum. I'm intrigued by the cup shape at the base of the petals. Maybe it is there to catch the dew. Imagine it in the morning rain forest, all the tropical birds singing, the smell of the forest floor, sweet orchids, and vegetation. It's stimulating, the whole notion of it.
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