Succulent Show 2016

Another plant show and another terrible failure at trying to only buy a couple of plants. I'm losing my mind this year with more plants. This year I ended up with some cactus and a Pachypodium which I haven't had before! Of course, this meant I had to repot my whole collection, pull some leaves and root some new stuff.

My new plants!

My little cactus is flowering like a champ.

All my old and new plants ready to be worked on.

Everything done.

I put all my new plants in here (minus the Pachypodium & cactus)

Orchid Show 2016

I went to the annual orchid show looking for two Bulbophyllum plants. Oh, I did find those and so many more! I don't have a lot of windowsill space so I was on the hunt for mounted orchids. Here's what I ended up with.

From my mom, a cymbidium pup from her outdoor one.

Cirrhopetalum Elizabeth Ann buckleberry

Dendrobium anceps

Dendrobium had a tiny flower!

Bulbophyllum robhschildianan "Haverhill"

Bulbophyllum eberhardtii "Okayama"

Cymbidium intermedia var. orlata

Orchids taking a bath

Yuri Orchid

My Yuri Red Velvet orchid was rescued back in April 2009 from a coworker. I've repotted it a couple of times over the years, but other than that, it just trucks along on the porch. This year, it threw out three spikes of gorgeous flowers!

Sea Ranch 2016

Oh Sea Ranch. I love your nature.

Spring Flowers

I made a couple of arrangements for friends and family lately. I'm loving the bright mixes.

February Succulents

My succulents have been looking really good this February. Usually I wouldn't expect that in February but some nice sunny days have made them thrive.

A very up close photo of the String of Pearls

 

Crowded Orchid

My phalaenopsis rescue orchid from 2008 has been such a little trooper and rebloomer! The blooms have become more white (from its original pink) over the years.

It's been in a clear plastic container and just so happy with dark green roots pushing the container to the limits. I almost had to break it out. It was hard as a rock so it took a while to dig all the moss out, cut the dead roots and clean it all up.

It's now all packed up with bark in a new terra cotta pot and now it doesn't fall over from being top heavy! Let's hope it likes its new digs.