Lepanthes fimbriata putting on a miniature show!❤️

Finally found a happy place for my Promenaea Florafest Cheetah. First bloom in several years!❤️

Maxillaria tenufolia (the coconut orchid) blooming for me for the first time❤️

Royalty and Miss Canada lilacs blooming in the yard… amazing colour and fragrance❤️ #lilacs

Found my first native orchid in bloom while out for a walk yesterday… Striped Coral Root #orchids #calgary

Leptotes bicolor just starting to bloom in my terrarium❤️ #orchids

My first successful Miltoniopsis blooming, I usually kill them long before the bloom. This is Mltps. Princess Diana ‘Red Baron’

My Thanksgiving, Christmas cactus has now become an Easter cactus… Third round of flowers this winter❤️

Picked up this little cutie at the orchid show in Edmonton last weekend… Bulbophyllum lemniscatoides, flower spike looks like a caterpillar on a stick❤️🤣 #orchids

Spring is poking up in the yard… hepaticas and crocus in the thyme patch❤️

Saw this at my local Calgary Safeway this week… they still have a ways to go I guess 😒

A hopeful sign for spring on my walk this morning ❤️

Cymbidium Red Beauty ‘Carmen’ just opening. Cymbidiums can be so hard to bloom in Calgary with their need for a long cool fall to set buds. It’s been several years since the last time it flowered.❤️ #orchid

I bought this cactus many years ago on an impulse from a local garden centre… it’s a treat every spring to get these massive flowers (3 inches across)❤️

Dendrobium nobile var. virginalis just open; it’s the last of mine to flower❤️

My Dendrobium nobile and a couple of it’s hybrids putting on a show

Happy (take back our) Flag Day

Happy 60th birthday to our great Canadian Maple Leaf flag! 🇨🇦 Symbol of Canada’s sovereignty, independence, and a beacon to those who value kindness, neighbourliness, good governance, and respect the rule of law. #CanadianInAlberta #Canada #CanadaSky #cdnpoli #TeamCanada #BuyCanadian #TravelCanada

Paphiopedilum Mrs. White, had 2 flowers this winter…

A newly-awarded #orchid, just awarded this past Saturday, at the Hilo Judging Center. Photo by Ben Oliveros. C. lueddemanniana h.f. coerulea-flamea 'Blue Brazilian Flame' AM/AOS

Some of my Dendrobium hybrids starting to bloom long with Cattleya mendelii❤️ #orchids

Dendrobium secundum flowering in the kitchen window❤️ #orchid #Dendrobium

Only looking at and only posting #OnlyBeautifulThings today as an act of solidarity and to preserve my sanity. #Art #Photography #CanadaSky #Canada 🇨🇦 #Alberta #yyc

* big sigh * 😞

The cactus has decided to do a second round of flowers❤️

Oncidium Nichirei Geresto starting to unfurl with the petals turning from pale yellow to white. 🌿 #orchids #orquídeas #nature #conservation

#orchids This one is called: Dracula marsupialis 'Captain Kangaroo' CHM/AOS. Any guesses as to why they named this genus ‘Dracula’? (Hint: Look at the picture with the pot.)

A beautiful sunset with Venus

I decided to make an orchid terrarium today out of a plastic shoebox with some moss/fern/carnivorous plant companions. It felt good to create something. 🌱

I know the blooms are tiny, but this orchid blooms more often (constantly, all thru the year) than any of my others. Surprised this species isn't in cultivation more. Daily watering & regular feeding is all it asks for. Dozens more buds yet to open. 🌱: Pelatantheria insectifera 🌿 🌸 🌴 🌸 🪴 🌸 🌴 🌸 🌿

Dendrobium Ecuagenera Vibes, 1st time I’ve kept one of these cuthbertsonii hybrids alive🎉

Oncidium Prince Ahmad, a pretty red starry shaped bloom 🌿 #orchids #orquídeas #nature #conservation