On Orchids


1) Orchid at National Gardens, Singapore


 
2) orchids – Toronto Orchid Show – Feb 12/13, 2011


I am a self-professed orchid lover. Not a fanatic like some but I do enjoy looking at orchids, visiting orchids and growing orchids. G would perhaps say I take better care of my orchids than him but that is simply not true. Seeing that it actually snowed here today – despite spring being in the air – I thought I would share a number of photographs of orchids I took whilst in Singapore and again at the Toronto Orchid Show I attended with Blee in February.

Finally, a photo or two of my much loved orchid here at the condo that has once again bloomed and is showing two stems – one with what will be 11 flowers; the other, with an amazing 19 flowers once they all release. Gotta love it.


3) entrance to the Singapore Botanical Gardens; 4) a beautiful star orchid


5 & 6) the Singapore Gardens have specially designed orchids honouring famous folk


7 & 8) more famous orchids


9 & 10) more famous folk

 
11) Singapore


13) the variety and size or orchids never ceases to amaze; look at this one in Singapore


14) Singapore


15) Singapore


16) Singapore


17) Singapore


18) Singapore


19) Singapore


20) Singapore


Now onto some more photos I took here in Toronto at the Toronto Botanical Gardens at Lawrence and York Mills.

21) some winners!



22 & 23) Toronto


23) lots of folks like me; 24) Toronto


25 & 26) Toronto

Lastly, a couple shots of my oh-so-wonderful in bloom orchid here at the condo. Let spring reign!

  
27) the orchid looking splendid first thing in the morning


28) one stem up close


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