Here’s another offering of a photo I took at last weekend’s orchid show – a beautiful, prize-winning phalaenopsis (moth) orchid. Click on the picture for the really nice close-up.
Some information from the Orchid House website:
Orchids: The Ultimate Plant Hobby In the world of flowers, orchids are the undisputed champions. Once the expensive interest of the wealthy, orchids today are within reach of all. One of the oldest and best organized of plant hobbies, orchid culture now enjoys worldwide popularity. Their incredible beauty and diversity captivate men and women of every walk of life.
If you haven’t grown orchids, you are missing one of nature’s finest offerings.
If you can grow houseplants, you can grow orchids. With some attention to light and temperature, there are many popular and satisfying species and hybrids that will do well in the home or out-of-doors. Like any other plant, an orchid must have the growing conditions it needs to survive. But they are amazingly sturdy and resilient.
Because there are so many of them, there is always more to learn about orchids. New discoveries are made every day, giving the world of orchids an ever-widening horizon. It is an interest that provides as much of a challenge as you like.
