tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post2772301771101027122..comments2024-03-24T10:06:36.115-03:00Comments on Bloomingwriter: Gardening in Nova Scotia: Garden Bloggers Bloom Day--Orchids to get through FarchAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12107236871193698777noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-56582888294542832722009-05-10T20:50:00.000-03:002009-05-10T20:50:00.000-03:00Stumbled across this older, but no less excellent,...Stumbled across this older, but no less excellent, post! During a recent landscaping, the crew broke off several labels from my cyms, and I've been trying to find pics to match up with labels and plants when they re-bloom. THANK YOU for that excellent pic of Lipper 'Leo', one of my broken tags. Nice pics!LKPCAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13721251954857353960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-21185790875106518002008-03-20T18:30:00.000-03:002008-03-20T18:30:00.000-03:00Lovely shots Jodi. My father's an orchid-obsessive...Lovely shots Jodi. My father's an orchid-obsessive and has thousands (literally) growing in glasshouses and a shadehouse in his garden. <I>Cymbidium</I>s and most <I>Cattleya</I>s can be grown outdoors in Sydney -- though many of the other orchids you list require a heated glasshouse here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-11990287061305272692008-03-18T17:30:00.000-03:002008-03-18T17:30:00.000-03:00Delightful post and beautiful photos, Jodi ... I a...Delightful post and beautiful photos, Jodi ... I adore orchids and purchased 2 more on Tues, one a gorgeous photogentic slipper orchid, my new best friend! (Takes my eye off the 'enought is enough' gloomy weather)joeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09569378877717221045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-25439284597126258262008-03-18T13:35:00.000-03:002008-03-18T13:35:00.000-03:00Hi Jodi, What a lovely place to forget the lingeri...Hi Jodi, <BR/><BR/>What a lovely place to forget the lingering winter weather! I like that green lost pines orchid, too. <BR/>When I was in college, husband-to-be-Philo and I used to escape the Chicago winter by looking at the orchids in the Lincoln Park Conservatory. The exotic is so refreshing when snow lies outdoors! <BR/><BR/>Annie at the Transplantable RoseAnnie in Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662139490401110432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-63203378525666370852008-03-18T13:08:00.000-03:002008-03-18T13:08:00.000-03:00Great orchid pictures! Each one more beautiful tha...Great orchid pictures! Each one more beautiful than the other. I really can't tell you what's my favouritegintoinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17909773860893386823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-28524637715850477562008-03-18T08:02:00.000-03:002008-03-18T08:02:00.000-03:00OR when folks reach down and touch a baby without ...OR when folks reach down and touch a baby without asking... oh but what annoys us wasn't the topic. Sorry.<BR/><BR/>Ooooo - I am ga-ga over that SLC 'Frolic' you photographed. For some reason I easily ooo and aaahhh over orchids and I don't try my hand at cultivating them. I have a few but don't bother with them once they've spent their bloom and finished their usefulness indoors. I'm learning Meemshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16341998120938921741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-38103369281202446452008-03-18T05:18:00.000-03:002008-03-18T05:18:00.000-03:00Well Jodi I'm glad you got a much needed dose of b...Well Jodi I'm glad you got a much needed dose of blooms. Farch can be endless and as a gardener you need to be out and about and smell the flowers.<BR/>They had a lovely colection of orchids there. I think that Howard's Dream is my favourite; such beautiful colours!Yolanda Elizabet Heuzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02506031220151023088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-91188979274643167602008-03-17T23:56:00.000-03:002008-03-17T23:56:00.000-03:00Instant sunshine indeed! Thanks for sharing all th...Instant sunshine indeed! Thanks for sharing all this beauty Jodi. What a pleasure it must've been for you, and a fantastic way to break up these dreary end-of-winter days.<BR/>I haven't tried orchids yet, but one of these days I will. How would you ever choose between all these gorgeous creatures?<BR/>Wonderful photos!Kerrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18362584475435433892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-90377165652276004662008-03-17T14:36:00.000-03:002008-03-17T14:36:00.000-03:00Orchids are some seriously funky flowers!Orchids are some seriously funky flowers!Mr. McGregor's Daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05911409327006498766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-85854139711239957092008-03-17T14:33:00.000-03:002008-03-17T14:33:00.000-03:00What excellent photos of these lovelies. I had int...What excellent photos of these lovelies. I had intended on posting a bunch more photos from my Butchart Gardens trip for GBBD but ended up working late and just didn't get to it. So, being late, I did a beauty post instead. Oh well, for the next GBBD I can always post some of those lovely Butchart photos -- we definitely won't be anywhere close to having flowers yet next month.<BR/><BR/>Thanks Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-30039032600170459372008-03-17T07:16:00.000-03:002008-03-17T07:16:00.000-03:00Wow! Beautiful orchids! Great pictures...I wish I ...Wow! Beautiful orchids! Great pictures...<BR/>I wish I had the space for them. They can certainly make your day so much brighter when the weather outside is so glum and cold.Sherry at the Zoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087213659575570975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-60937058411758934952008-03-17T06:21:00.000-03:002008-03-17T06:21:00.000-03:00Ahhhh, orchids! Most of mine are just starting to ...Ahhhh, orchids! Most of mine are just starting to send up bloom stalks now, so I too am waiting to get the big-bloom thrills at the orchid show at Longwood Gardens at the end of the month. Thanks for sharing some of the wonderful blooms with us!!! I love the fragrant cymbidiums, too. And I encourage you to try more orchids--I've found them to be much tougher than their reputations and price tags Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-40196375598760299652008-03-17T01:03:00.000-03:002008-03-17T01:03:00.000-03:00Jodi, how on EARTH did you manage to resist those?...Jodi, how on EARTH did you manage to resist those? I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to do it. My amaryllis are the only things getting me through these final days of winter.<BR/>Those are absolutely gorgeous and I can only imagine the wonderful fragrance!Kylee Baumlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04288354709094515651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-89933144006039880962008-03-16T23:44:00.000-03:002008-03-16T23:44:00.000-03:00OOOooooo...beautiful indeed! I especially love the...OOOooooo...beautiful indeed! I especially love the red/ornage ones!<BR/>Hang in there..I have tangible evidence that Spring is heading northward!<BR/>CarolCarol Souleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10258005075798417360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-46971918553218842582008-03-16T23:28:00.000-03:002008-03-16T23:28:00.000-03:00Jodi - I did think the first picture was of your o...Jodi - I did think the first picture was of your orchids - until I read on. You will certainly have to get some. I appreciate that my orchids like to bloom in winter, so as to brighten up these months. Thanks for the great pictures!Gardenistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08129253261044774675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-32996747489411253392008-03-16T23:17:00.000-03:002008-03-16T23:17:00.000-03:00Jodi - wow - those photos are amazing. I'm sure t...Jodi - wow - those photos are amazing. I'm sure they brighten your days up there. Spring is just around the corner, I promise. I am STILL resisting all the orchids around me in the stores - i prefer to let them live! Pam's right - just keep thinking about how much you will be enjoying your summer while we're choking on the heat and can't leave the house and the air conditioning!Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08681758051433522246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-3570014795829059952008-03-16T22:23:00.000-03:002008-03-16T22:23:00.000-03:00Orchids are so lovely, but they seem too complicat...Orchids are so lovely, but they seem too complicated for me. I bought my first one a few months ago, if it lives and does well, I might just have to get a few more.Robin's Nesting Placehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05894844125547373328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-54179853101947626682008-03-16T22:03:00.000-03:002008-03-16T22:03:00.000-03:00Farch, the dark days of the gardener's soul . . . ...Farch, the dark days of the gardener's soul . . . it almost makes me want to apologize for the snowdrops. Almost. Like the others, I am rooting for you, and am glad you got to spend an afternoon among orchids.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106962533729909868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-9881685714549797502008-03-16T21:14:00.000-03:002008-03-16T21:14:00.000-03:00I thought I would pick a favorite and tell you whi...I thought I would pick a favorite and tell you which one, but the more I tried to decided, the more i just didn't know! I don't think I could grow them, as I would want of each. Thank you for the wonderful pictures.beckiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06400859161321357279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-34469366596093976602008-03-16T17:55:00.000-03:002008-03-16T17:55:00.000-03:00Beautiful photos! At our local Cactus and Succulen...Beautiful photos! At our local Cactus and Succulent Society annual show, we have the same problem with visitors touching the cactus and succulents. Some of these entries are 40 years old and very fragile, and although there are signs everywhere, it seems people just can't keep their hands off. Not even the spines scare them away.<BR/>AiyanaAiyanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04525758484165324330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-61091202287655184272008-03-16T17:45:00.000-03:002008-03-16T17:45:00.000-03:00Hi Jodi .. I'm afraid I am going to yield some day...Hi Jodi .. I'm afraid I am going to yield some day too .. I am afraid of killing an orchid .. and I missed the boat when there were such pretty ones available last few weeks .. now the push is on for for reality gardening ? haha<BR/>BUT .. I think next winter (ugh .. can't believe I said THAT) .. I will stick my big toe in and get an orchid .. now if you have any suggestions for an orchid with 'CanadianGardenJoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18130452541076704075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-68468391695989755352008-03-16T16:01:00.000-03:002008-03-16T16:01:00.000-03:00Jodi - fabulous orchids. If you can grow those, yo...Jodi - fabulous orchids. If you can grow those, you should have no trouble growing the Billbergia you saw at my Garden Wise Guy blog. I did a google search using "Billbergia houseplant" and got some promising info. I think you should give it a try. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for stopping by my blog, too!Garden Wise Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05785776337799149082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-51731733620666838102008-03-16T15:00:00.000-03:002008-03-16T15:00:00.000-03:00It's getting harder each day to hope Spring is aro...It's getting harder each day to hope Spring is around the corner. I'm beginning to think it took a wrong turn somewhere.<BR/><BR/>Your photos help to cheer me up but I'll soon go back to scratching at the door with the cats waiting to be let outside.WiseAcrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13383341492994868833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-48344170967742307042008-03-16T14:51:00.000-03:002008-03-16T14:51:00.000-03:00Dear Jodi,thank you for this wonderful Orchid-Coll...Dear Jodi,<BR/>thank you for this wonderful Orchid-Collection. We have the same favourite, but I missunderstood the name IBLC, Brassolaeliacattleya ok, but what means the "I"? I have no idea?<BR/>Have a great week WurzerlWurzerlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05502884449024330990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-53180810371966990552008-03-16T14:13:00.000-03:002008-03-16T14:13:00.000-03:00Thanks for that lovley tour of orchids! I've got a...Thanks for that lovley tour of orchids! I've got a weak spot for orchids - especialy during the dreary winter. <BR/>/Katarina (Roses and stuff)Katarinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06622903367597082775noreply@blogger.com