Flowers, flowers, flowers.

ChrissyBz

I've been LOVING my new camera. I can't give you the full effect or they would take HOURS to load. But here's a few from the last few weeks.


Backlit Hippeastrum.




From the side. Can you see the golden iridescence?



Frangipanis in bloom. I wish you all could smell these. Mmmmmmmmmm.





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One of my "Blue" Hybrids.



A Cattleytonia Hybrid.



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A local terrestrial orchid species.







Most of the teresstrials are deciduous bloomers so when they bloom you just see these random flowers popping up out of the ground. You will only see Leaves when the Blooms are done.

Vanilla



Yes this is where real vanilla comes from. And yes it's an orchid.

That's it. Thanks for looking.:-)

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One random shot of how DRY the ground is here.

Shaina

Ooooo pretty, Chrissy! As it grey, rainy, and nasty here, I really needed that...thanks!

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Sugar Daddy Otis

Awesome Chrissy-Thank you I wouldn't be standing on ground that looked like that- afraid it would split wide open underneath me!!! lol Beautiful!

digits mama

Lovely Chrissy...Thanks so much for sharing..I just looove your flowers

sillylilykitty

You have Plumeria's! Hehe! They are my favorite flower. That is what my name means, Melia is Plumeria in Hawaiian.

Here is a picture of some Plumerias on my island.

The regular yellow is my favorite of all their colors.

ChrissyBz

I SO did not know that! I love plumeria. Did you know that every color smells different? I have some rose pink ones that smell like coconut.

Beautiful name meaning Melia. I knew a woman named Hong, That means rainbow in mandarin. unlike our boring english names.

cshellenberger

Wow, Love the Orchids, I grow them too and would LOVE a Vanilla like yours! The next plant I get will be a Plumeria, I just love the way they smell.

BTW, Hong in Vietnamese means Rose.

ChrissyBz

Really? Cool. I wonder if she was joshin me. IDTS tho because she was always kinda serious. and she was in the staets on a student visa. From China. I'll have to see if I can find out from my friends in town.

and SDO, the ground here is hard like a rock when it's that dry. No worries about falling in. Although some of the cracks are nearly two feet deep.

The first two inches of rain, and the cracks will be gone. The next two and it'll be a wet slimy mess.

Patt

You did an excellent job with the pics. Gorgeous flowers!

Renoman

Chrissy, beautiful flowers and with all those wonderful smells it must be heaven when the breeze goes through the house....

ChrissyBz

For the last 3 months the restaurant has been full of the smell of copocabana suntan lotion.

This little one is the culprit.. Maxillaria tenufolia. AKA locally as Coconut.





Soon our main species blooming season will be over, but I ALWAYS have something blooming. Be it species or hybrid.

Rough_Collies2008

Absolutely beautiful Chrissy! My favorite is the Frangipanis. Stunning flower!

cshellenberger

OOOH, I have one of those and it smells WONDERFUL!!!! I love scented orchids!

5 s corral

wow the flowers are beautiful thanks for sharing


jamie

ChrissyBz

I have a 4'x10' table full of 4", 6", and 8" pots of this. (sorry Carla, couldn't resist) You like species? I'll post more when my other species bloom then. I'm so glad one person here knows exactly the scent I'm talking about. It really is intoxicating.

cshellenberger

Yes it is, I also have a masdevilla that's in bloom, the one they call the "Lady of the Night" The blooms are beautiful, and the scent, which is released only at night is fabulous (something between Jasmine and Moonflower). I just took a few shots of it, I'll get them downloaded and post them in the morning.

cshellenberger

Crissy, I got the species wrong, this is my Brasia Nodosa which is in bloom right now hanging from the Sliding glass door scenting my Living room and office right now.

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