Lepanthes fimbriata putting on a miniature show!❤️

Finally found a happy place for my Promenaea Florafest Cheetah. First bloom in several years!❤️

Maxillaria tenufolia (the coconut orchid) blooming for me for the first time❤️

Royalty and Miss Canada lilacs blooming in the yard… amazing colour and fragrance❤️
#lilacs

Found my first native orchid in bloom while out for a walk yesterday… Striped Coral Root
#orchids #calgary

Leptotes bicolor just starting to bloom in my terrarium❤️
#orchids

My first successful Miltoniopsis blooming, I usually kill them long before the bloom. This is Mltps. Princess Diana ‘Red Baron’

My Thanksgiving, Christmas cactus has now become an Easter cactus… Third round of flowers this winter❤️

I might have to name a few of my favourites, I think that’s a cool idea. Unfortunately, I have a few too many to remember a lot of names🤣🤣

I think it’s great that you name your plants! Much more personal than the Latin names😁. I talked to mine every morning, that way I keep an eye on them. I think what you’re seeing are actually new roots on a healthy plant.

Picked up this little cutie at the orchid show in Edmonton last weekend… Bulbophyllum lemniscatoides, flower spike looks like a caterpillar on a stick❤️🤣 #orchids

That’s beautiful!

I might have to look for a white one, sounds lovely!

Spring is poking up in the yard… hepaticas and crocus in the thyme patch❤️

Saw this at my local Calgary Safeway this week… they still have a ways to go I guess 😒

A hopeful sign for spring on my walk this morning ❤️

Cymbidium Red Beauty ‘Carmen’ just opening. Cymbidiums can be so hard to bloom in Calgary with their need for a long cool fall to set buds. It’s been several years since the last time it flowered.❤️
#orchid

They might just like the company😉

Beautiful!

I bought this cactus many years ago on an impulse from a local garden centre… it’s a treat every spring to get these massive flowers (3 inches across)❤️

I’ve had exactly the same experience and after sending 4 emails over a week and no response I’ve given up🫤

Beautiful colour combo!

My nobile types bloom in late winter after a several week dry, cool and bright rest

Dendrobium nobile var. virginalis just open; it’s the last of mine to flower❤️

My Dendrobium nobile and a couple of it’s hybrids putting on a show

Happy (take back our) Flag Day

Large Canadian flag on a wooden dowel ready to be hung up outside.

Hostess basket of Made In / Product of Canada treats: ketchup chips, maple syrup, dark chocolate crisps, onion & thyme spread, local guacamole mix, potato seasoning named “less haters, more taters.”

Shop Canadian sign from Save On Foods in Calgary.

Happy 60th birthday to our great Canadian Maple Leaf flag! 🇨🇦

Symbol of Canada’s sovereignty, independence, and a beacon to those who value kindness, neighbourliness, good governance, and respect the rule of law.

#CanadianInAlberta

#Canada #CanadaSky #cdnpoli
#TeamCanada #BuyCanadian #TravelCanada

Paphiopedilum Mrs. White, had 2 flowers this winter…

A newly-awarded #orchid, just awarded this past Saturday, at the Hilo Judging Center. Photo by Ben Oliveros.

C. lueddemanniana h.f. coerulea-flamea 'Blue Brazilian Flame' AM/AOS

Lovely!