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Thursday, January 15, 2015

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - January 2015

It is mid January and I'm still recovering from the busy Holiday season. Here are just some of the current blooms.

Bougainvillea

Anthurium 'Black Queen'

Crown Of Thorns

Anthurium 'Orange Glow' - at dusk.

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Monday, December 15, 2014

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - December 2014

These are some of the blooms at this moment in December.

Adenium Desert Rose

Pink Spathoglottis Ground Orchid

Purple and White Spathoglottis Ground Orchid

Adenium Desert Rose

Purplish Hard-Cane Dendrobium Orchid

Purple Hard-Cane Dendrobium Orchid

Dendrobium 'Sripho Stripe' Orchid

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Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Poinsettia 2014

I've been mostly absent from this blog for the past few months. I need to make some time to blog. The Holiday season is upon us and I just can't resist the seasonal poinsettias. Red is most common, but other colours, including white and pink, are also available. I purchased this small red one recently and it's at my office for now.

Care of poinsettias courtesy of Colorado State University Extension here.

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Happy Diwali 2014!

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Saturday, August 02, 2014

Dendrobium Pure Doreen

I originally purchased the parent plant of this hard-cane dendrobium two years ago as a bareroot. It was labelled "Pure Doreen". I can't seem to find pictures of this cultivar online to confirm, but I hope it's not a mislabel. I have reason to be skeptical because I have received too many orchid mislabels.

Only afterwards did I notice something didn't look right with the canes. It turned out that the plant was dying, but it did produce a long beautiful spike of flowers, its swan song of sorts. Fortunately, all was not lost, as it also produced a keiki just before it died.

The keiki grew slowly, as most orchids do, and finally graced me with its lovely maiden blooms. Its purple and white two-toned flower is quite pleasing.

For the care of hard-cane dendrobiums, see previous post here.

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Thursday, May 22, 2014

Miniature Pink And White Adenium (Desert Rose)

Adeniums, also known as desert roses, are growing in popularity. Commonly available in a single pink flower form, newer cultivars feature double and triple blooms in a wider variety of colours.

Adeniums are succulent shrubs from Africa and Arabia. They require at least moderate sunshine and well draining soil. Poor drainage leads to rot.

I recently acquired this miniature adenium. It bloomed for the first time today.