It’s been a while since I’ve posted about something new, mainly because I haven’t really been getting new orchids or if I have they’ve not been in bloom and also I’ve been just busy keeping on top of taking care of them all 😂
My sister was visiting me and I took her to the botanic gardens. With only a hint of hidden agenda of seeing what orchids they might have currently in bloom on display. They’ve had quite a few lovely orchids, though my sister wasn’t much impressed with them.
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They’ve had quite a few Coelogynes in bloom. I’m kind of wishing now that I’d taken note of the species name.
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That’s another Coelogyne
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A lovely Cattleya or similar.
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A delicate looking Phragmipedium
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Dendrochilum longifolium. I took note of that one as it needs to go on my wish list 😉
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And an amazing Brassia!
But guess what, they have a gift shop there, and I “accidentally” stumbled upon some orchids. The Cattleya from which all of this started had been purchased at that same gift shop and so it was difficult to leave empty handed.
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