First, orchids!
Tolumnia Red Berry something-or-other
Oncidium alliance, can't remember, photographed as an afterthought
Cattleya, NOID. I've nicknamed him the flamethrower though.
...really heats up winter, right?
it's currently Phalaenopsis season. This white one ($1 on clearance) is my favorite. He has glued himself to the wall, 2ft away. His roots look like a spider web. He ain't-a-goin nowhere.
Swapped for this last year, forgot to check the tag, but what a killer plant. First bloom!
Tolumnia 'Genting Volcano' is my guess.... I can't remember the cultivar, but that's what tags are for. Up to 275 orchids now I think.
Probably one of my favorite orchids of all time: Den. spectabile, the Octopus Flower. I saw this desiccated plant on clearance and scooped it up. 2 years invested in it, and it blooms like a mother. What a plant. I am in love. It smells like roses.
Can you imagine being the first to discover this plant
Glorious
The nerdery is just pouring out of me. What a plant!!
Platystele stenostachya. Tiny, cute, bright neon orange. Paul B. takes far, far better photos of this than I.
And now, for a change of pace:
Ceratostema silvicola, one of the neotropical Ericads (i.e. BLUEBERRIES!). That's right, a gorgeous, shiny, neon-colored, nectar-loaded, hummingbird-pollinated :
asses out:: But seriously, this is among the rarest of rare plants. You couldn't find a single place to buy this guy. Seed-grown, first bloom. I have been fighting hard to make this group of plants a major part of the collection.
It only gets bigger and better in the years to come. When I saw this plant, watering over the holidays, I thought that it'd given me a christmas present. What a treat--it's only 2 years old!! I believe that's a record.
SG N. Wolfplant x (thorelii x aristolochioides)
'Red Leopard', a big personal fave. It's so tubby.
D. aliciae direct from the greenhouse of Mr. Barden.
D. natalensis