Fortunately for me the deer don’t permit such a profusion of day lilies to grow in my yard. Obviously they haven’t found this overly colorful group. It’s along the road to the soft serve place in Accokeek. Please notify them when you see them.
Category: #Flowers
Maybe you don’t want to pick flowers that ants have picked already…
Stems of yucca flowers are so beautiful. Ants love them too so please avoid picking them.
More crazy orchids!
No wonder moth orchids are one of the most popular orchids in the trade! Sturdy and cheerful and covered with blooms! Some botanical genius put these two moth orchids in the same pot! My son gave them to me many years ago and their blooming periods still overlap annually. They started blooming when my last crazy orchids were about to finish their season. We’ve had orchids for months!
In case you missed all my earlier orchid blog posts this year, here are the truly crazy phaius tankervilles that brightened our lives for months! Can’t wait for next year!
What is your definition of beauty?
A fallen flower petal…
A dried orchid leaf…
Crayola Moment
Crayola moments are among my favorites! This is another view of my chocolate, vanilla and raspberry orchid. My drawings are done directly in ink on the page. No pencil or eraser involved. It’s scary and exciting to watch a line cut across a white field, wondering if my mind will wander or when my body will flinch.
Daffodils can be complicated!
If you think daffodils are easy to draw, try this one!
Crayola Moment!
I think this is the flower I drew but several days older…
Not the one I drew but blossom in photo will open to reveal the same crazy flower!
37 backsides, an anatomy lesson & a Crayola Moment!!
37 backsides of Phaius Tankervilleae orchids viewed from the top. Wouldn’t you know, best lighting is from the back. Petals are like parasols! Anatomy lesson: actually what I think of as petals are 3 sepals, remains of the original flower bud, and 2 petals. The “cup” part of the orchid is the lower (3rd) petal. It is used by the flower to provide a landing platform for its pollinator.
Here’s another Crayola Moment! I think there are 12 blooms on this stem. If I can’t count them, how can I possibly draw them?!
“Much of the reason orchids are so widespread is thanks in part to humans’ affinity for and desire to grow them. Mirenda thinks that the symmetry of the flower could have a lot to do with why people are so fond of orchids. An orchid has bilateral symmetry — like a human face — so if a line is drawn vertically down the middle of the flower, the two halves are mirror images of each other.
“When someone looks at an orchid, it looks back at you,” said Mirenda.”
“Chin up!”
