My order from one of my favorite orchid dealers (Oak Hill Gardens, in Dundee, IL) arrived today. I received five plants, in pristine condition, for under $100, including shipping. All five are species, although Oak Hill has a lot of hybrids, as well. They are: Oncidium splendidum (the one with the thick leaves, back left) […]
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OT: Christmas in September (Garden Porn)
Posted in garden porn, orchid, tagged garden porn, orchid on September 5, 2008 | 4 Comments »
OT: Epidendrum Garden Porn
Posted in garden porn, tagged garden porn on August 10, 2008 | 5 Comments »
This one’s another orchid. It’s just a garden variety NOID (NO IDea what it is) hybrid Epidendrum. They grow like weeds in FL, TX, and SoCal. Around here, they are treated like indoor plants that like it outside over the summer. It last bloomed three months ago, which is not bad for a rebloom cycle […]
OT: Summersweet Garden Porn
Posted in garden porn, tagged garden porn on August 2, 2008 | 82 Comments »
It’s bizarre how my old Nikon takes better pictures on really sunny days than my newer one, but so be it. This is the only thing that’s blooming at the moment. The honeybees, bumblebees, and hoverbees are all over it. The sedum is getting nice and pink, but won’t really bloom until September, at the […]
Today’s Garden Porn
Posted in garden porn, tagged garden porn on July 27, 2008 | 4 Comments »
We had a phenomenal thunderstorm overnight — so good, in fact, that I took a stadium blanket and pillow out to the glider on my front porch around 4am to watch it. This afternoon, I caught a swallowtail poking around what’s left of my bee balm, and snapped another picture of a hydrangea bloom. The […]
MOAR PRON: Perovskia filigrans
Posted in garden porn, tagged garden porn on July 10, 2008 | 4 Comments »
It’s not often that I can grab a good close-up of my Russian sage (herbaceous perennial). The entire shrub is about nose high, falling over, and had to be propped up on a trellis. For those of you who have been told that there is no such thing as true blue in the botanical world […]
My Portly Pepperpot
Posted in garden porn, tagged garden porn on July 9, 2008 | 9 Comments »
No, it’s not named Monica, and it doesn’t design handbags. Garden porn after the cut. I snapped these right as I smelled rain. Minutes later, we got a t-storm.
Warning: More Garden Porn
Posted in garden porn, tagged garden porn on July 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Behind the cut are a couple of pictures of my species Adenium arabicum. It’s a cauduciform native to the Arabian peninsula, commonly known as a desert rose. The first picture shows most of the plant, including the caudex at the base, some of the top leaves, and a few flowers and buds. The second picture […]