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| Brassavola Nodosa, 'Lady of the Night', since this beautiful species intoxicating fragrant is only smelled at night. The flowers bloom in groups only intensifying the already deep sweet smell. The flowers can last up to 3 months. |
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| Brassavola Nodosa is a great beginner orchid for any of you still hesitant to start your collection. This beauty was given to me by a fellow FLOS member since she had so many of them. That's how easy they are to grow. Find a local grower & pick one up to get started. |
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| Queen Emma Lily is a gorgeous purple leaved type of Crinum Lily. The plant gets very large in diameter which is perfect to fill empty space in your yard, lol, like any gardener has empty space. ;) |
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| The Queen Emma Lily flowers are very fragrant in a light & gentle way but can fill the air with lovely goodness on humid days here in Florida. The Luna Moth just loves these flowers at night. They almost look like tiny bats flying around the flowers in the evening. |
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| Does anyone know what this small shrub is? Anyone, anyone? LOL. It's called a Chinese Perfume Tree, Aglaia Ordorata. They are hard to find so snatch one up if you find one for sale. |
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| I have our Chinese Perfume Tree in a bold blue ceramic pot on our front porch so our guests can enjoy the highly unusual scent as they visit. The scent is a very unusual lemony, perfumey light but sweet aroma. It's said only 30% of people can smell it. Can you? |
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| A close up of the tiny yellow "perfumey" flowers. These rare trees can get about 8-10ft high in the ground. If you find one in your travels I highly recommend you buy it, I know you will love it. |
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| To my surprise this handful of a Brassavola orchid that I bought from Jamaica was blooming. I have just moved this one into my Lignum Vitae two weeks earlier. So glad it's happy!:) |
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| Orange Plume flower or Brazilian Plume flower is a fast aggressive growing shrub here in South Florida. So buyer beware if you have a small yard like moi! Though they are a great plant to use as a hedge or screen cover. There is even a pink one too! |
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| My little hot fuschia purslane just pops out in the sun. They are sun lovers & with stand the high heat we have here that comes off all the concrete of suburbia. An amazingly resilient ground cover for your gardens since they love spreading out. |
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| Cattelyea Green Emerald 'Ochid Queen' The second set of blooms opened this morning |
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| C. Green Emerald 'Orchid Queen' detail |
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| What this no name beauty looks like today! Still growing new spikes with new flowers, WOW! Super hot tomato red! Everyday it grows more & more, I guess its making up for all those years not blooming or growing. Go baby go! :) |
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| The orchid is in the middle, see how tall it is in comparison to the root system. I believe what did the trick was more light. It really likes lots of bright light! See how its curving outside of the shade house. |
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| Hiding in the background of my wall of orchids in the shade house is this Slc. India Rose Sherwood 'Kiilani'. Just blooming away like is was nobody's business, lol. I bought this intensely sweet smelling orchid at RF Orchids on an FLOS orchid ramble to Homestead & the Redlands way down south. Odom's orchids also has these beauties. |
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| The root system on this unbelievable root bound bound beauty lets you know how healthy & happy happy an orchid is. That is basically their life line to essential water & nutrients to survive. Check out American Orchid Society for more orchid care. |
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