Today I am going to voice a complaint. Although there are many beautiful flowers that are available in my local markets - they very seldom include the registered names of the flowers. It doesn’t seem to matter how much the flowers cost - for example this beautiful green cymbidium orchid was priced at […]

The Phalaenopsis Orchid is one of the most popular orchids grown today - and no wonder.  They are easy to grow and very rewarding.  They bloom for an extended period of time - normally in the winter when very little else is blooming and their bloom time can extend into the summertime.  They mature fast […]

Have you looked at the tags on what you thought were cattleya orchids and been puzzled by the Lc, Blc, Bc before the names of the orchids. This gorgeous orchid is an Lc - so what does that mean. Lc is a hybrid - a cross between Cattleya and Laelia
from Wikipedia:
Laelia (L): Breeding […]

My Sunday posts from now on will be a photo of a beautiful orchid - either from my collection - or a photo that has been contributed to me - or a photo that I have found in my travels around the web. My own collection is growing - but since I have had […]

Most days I scour the web looking for beautiful flowers - looking for flowers to buy, or just to look at. I always look at the orchids - at flickr - at anyone who has beautiful pictures. Today I decided that I would start posting some of the prettier flowers that I find […]

I can’t seem to get enough of the cymbidium orchids.  I truly love them.  Here is a photo of an arrangement of pink cymbidium stems.

When I am not feeling well, as I have been for the past couple of weeks, I seem to crave my flowers and yellow flowers particularly. Green is supposed to be a very healing color - and yellow cheers the mind. These yellow cymbidiums and the white cymbidium orchids fit the bill. […]

Are you not amazed at the many forms and colors of life?  The varieties - the textures!  There are so many different varieties and forms of orchids.  Isn’t this special - and amazing!