We thought we were going to lose our Bobo today, but the vet came through with some medication that is helping him. His whiskers have turned from black to white with age, but his affectionate nature remains. Notice how he daintily crossed his paws and posed for this #Caturday photo. #Cats

Like all #cycads, the coontie, Florida’s only native cycad, has separate male and female plants. Cycads have cones instead of flowers. On the left is a 9cm female coontie cone, with a pollen-laden 15cm male cone on the rt. Beetles and other insects are the pollinators. (See Alt) 🌱 #Plants #MyGarden

One of the George King varieties of Cattleya #orchids blooming today in #MyGarden. 🌱 #Plants #Flowers #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling

Vanda Ambrosian Discovery (1846 V. tricolor var. suavis x V. insignis) 🌱 #Orchids #Plants #Flowers #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling #Vanda

Prosthechea cochleata #orchid #orchids #photography #nature #flower #bluesky #houseplants

A very long name for this petite #orchid blossom: Vanda tessellata x Vanda Motes Ruby Pixie ‘Alice Motes’ 🌱 #Plants #Flowers #Orchids #MyGarden #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling

More Atala #butterflies on the way! (Eumaeus atala) I counted 18 #caterpillars on one small coontie plant (Zamia integrifolia) this morning. It’s almost totally defoliated now, but that’s why I grow them. More leaves will come out before too long. 🌱 #MyGarden #Insects #Cycads

This wide-eyed Cuban tree frog was inspecting me as I invaded its space tonight in #MyGarden. 🌱 #Frogs #Animals #Wildlife #Amphibians

#Roses and #Orchids. 🌱 #Plants #Flowers #MyGarden FlowerReport #BloomScrolling

Belinda’s Dream - a day late for #RoseWednesday. 🌱 #MyGarden #Plants #Flowers #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling

Gorgeous new blooms today! #Vanda Sromsi Pink x Blitz’s Heartthrob 🌱 #MyGarden #Plants #Flowers #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling #Orchid #Orchids

More #aloe blooms. 🌱 #MyGarden #Plants #Flowers #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling

A Gulf Fritillary #butterfly catching the rays of the morning sun. Queen’s Wreath blossoms in the background. 🌱 #insects #MyGarden #butterflies

A bright #aloe almost in full bloom.🌱 #MyGarden #Plants #Flowers #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling

The beautiful berries and glossy leaves of the native wild coffee (Psychotria nervosa). The #birds and other #wildlife in #MyGarden usually avoid this #fruit. Most of it falls to the ground and re-seeds year after year. 🌱

One of my favorite #orchids - Waironara Tango Fire (AM/AOS). 🌱 #Orchid #Plants #Flowers #MyGarden #BloomScrolling #FlowerReport #Vandas #Vanda

This Cooper’s #Hawk was perched just a few feet away from me in our #plumeria #tree. We have several bird feeders in the tree, creating a veritable hawk cafeteria. The mourning doves seem to be their preferred prey. 🌱 #MyGarden #Birds #Birding #BackyardBirding

This #squirrel sure is enjoying the “bird” feeder attached to one of our windows. This feeder provides lots of entertainment for the cats. Our #mango tree is in the background. 🌱 #Animals #MyGarden #Wildlife

Our beautiful Queen's Wreath (Petrea volubilis) vine has abundant blooms at the moment. 🌱 #MyGarden #FlowerReport #Flowers #Bloomscrolling #MyGarden

This 'Pumpkin Spice' #orchid is just in time for autumn. (Vanda Sonia Daccach 'Pumpkin Spice' (V.Fuchs Harvest Moon x V. Dhongchai Pusavat). It is a prolific bloomer. 🌱 #Flowers #MyGarden #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling #Orchids

This brilliant #orchid is a reliable annual bloomer, and always a stunner! It's an Epicattleya Volcano Trick hybrid (unknown cultivar). It has adapted well to its home in our #plumeria #tree. 🌱 #MyGarden #Flowers #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling

These are the first blooms on this #plumeria that I'm starting from a cutting. I'm not sure of the official cultivar, but locally it's called 'Key West Red.' It has a lovely cinnamon fragrance. 🌱 #MyGarden #Flowers #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling #Trees

Gulf Fritillary caterpillars (Agraulis vanillae) on a pink passion flower vine (passiflora foetida) wet with the morning rain. 🌱 #MyGarden #Butterflies #Insects

This honeybee was working in the rain this morning on this pink passion flower(Passiflora foetida) native to south Texas. Its growth habit here in S FL seems to be less aggressive than in its native range. It’s a host plant for our native Gulf Fritillary butterflies. 🌱 #FlowerReport #BloomScrollomg

A Cattleytonia Happy Face #Orchid blooming today on the orchid rescue tree in #MyGarden. 🌱 #Orchids #BloomScrolling #FlowerReport

#Birds #Birding 🌱

Bluejay visiting our pond.

A Brassavola nodosa #orchid hanging on our front porch. The blossoms have a heavy fragrance at night. 🌱 #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling #MyGarden

Julia #butterfly (Dryas Julia) in #MyGarden this morning. One of three local Florida native #butterflies (along with the Zebra longwing and Gulf fritillary) that use Corkystem passionvine (Passiflora suberosa) as a host plant. 🌱

‘Belinda’s Dream’ #Rose 🌱 #Roses #MyGarden #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling

Such dramatic colors on this rain-drenched ‘Colorific’ rosebud. A bed of Citronella is in the background. 🌱 #Rose #BloomScrolling #FlowerReport

Firespike is living up to its name in #MyGarden this afternoon, just after a summer shower. 🌱 #BloomScrolling #FlowerReport

A colorful Tillandsia (air plant) blooming today in #MyGarden. 🌱 #BloomScrolling #FlowerReport

Vanda John Farrar ‘George’s Delight’ AM/AOS (V. Srimahapro Star x Van [Vasco] Sasicha). 🌱 #Orchid #MyGarden #BloomScrolling #FlowerReport

More blooms on our Vanda Crownfox Golden Dawn #orchid. 🌱 #MyGarden #BloomScrolling #FlowerReport

The first blooms on my Encyclia tampensis #orchid. 3 years ago I mounted tiny seedlings on this Joewood tree and now patience has paid off. They are native here in S. FL, but have become scarce due to overdevelopment and poaching. Our garden club has “planted” hundreds of seedlings in local parks. 🌱

‘Colorific’ #rose blooming in #MyGarden this morning. 🌱 #BloomScrolling #FlowerReport

Beautiful medinilla blooming in #MyGarden this morning. 🌱 #BloomScrolling #FlowerReport

Looks like lots more blooms coming on this #orchid. The tag has been lost but I think it’s Vanda Crownfox Golden Dawn. It has been a reliable bloomer for several years now in #MyGarden 🌱 #BloomScrolling #FlowerReport

This #plumeria comes into full bloom about a month later than the other #trees in #MyGarden. 🌱 #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling

This No-ID Papilionanda #orchid is looking good today in #MyGarden. We have lots of Vandas mounted on our plumeria trees. It was an ideal location until back-to-back cold spells damaged them in early 2024. It has taken all of this time for them to start blooming again.🌱 #FlowerReport #Bloomscrolling

The blood lilies (Scadoxus multiflorus) are in full bloom today. The blooms look like exploding fireworks. Unfortunately they only bloom once a year for 2-3 days, but the wait is worth it. 🌱 #MyGarden #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling

The Atala #butterfly (Eumaeus atala) is one of the joys of living in South Florida. Once thought to be extinct, it has made a comeback in part due to gardeners planting its only host plant, the coontie (Zamia integrifolia). Here are the 4 life stages: eggs, caterpillars, chrysalises, and adult. 🌱

Rainy season (and hurricane season) began abruptly last week, and the rain lilies are true to their name! 🌱 #MyGarden #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling

We’re in the height of #mango season, and it’s common for friends and neighbors to share in their bounty. A friend dropped off these beauties to us, and we stocked the freezer with the fruit. Our own mango tree didn’t produce very much this year. 🌱 #FruitTrees

We harvested our first ripe mangos this week, so it’s mango smoothie margaritas for this Friday evening! 🌱 #Mangos #FruitTrees

Another photo of these beautiful flowers. I *think* it’s Caesalpinia pulcherrima, but it has many common names. Here in #SanAntonio they call it Bird of Paradise. In South Florida I’ve heard it called Dwarf Poinciana. 🌱 #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling

In #SanAntonio they call this flower “Bird of Paradise.” 🌱 #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling

One of my favorite #SanAntonio treats - an icy, refreshing mangonada.

Passionflowers seen in #SanAntonio. 🌱 FlowerReport #BloomScrolling.