Category: Photos

Photos of plants to inspire and amuse.

Paphiopedilum Seedlings from Troy Meyers

In Photos on 3 May 2012 with no responses tagged Flasking, Orchids, Paphiopedilum, Seedlings

I received the deflasked seedlings today and there were at least two dozen individual plants there.

The Orchid Cupid Strikes Again

In Photos on 25 March 2012 tagged Dendrobium, Orchids, Seeds

This time I crossed two small Dendrobium and it looks like it worked!

Tiny Orchid Flowers

In Photos on 6 March 2012 tagged Dendrobium, Ludisia, Orchids

The larger my orchid collection grows, the more I appreciate the small ones.

Two Titans

In Photos on 21 January 2012 tagged Amorphophallus, Titan

Of the eight Amorphophallus titanum seeds I planted, one rotted, two are growing, and the others are still somewhere in between.

First Titan Leaf

In Photos on 2 January 2012 tagged Amorphophallus, Titan

It still lives in a plastic bag, under lights, on a heating mat, but it’s about to outgrow all three.

Punk Rock Solanum atop Buena Vista Park

In Photos on 28 November 2011 tagged Buena Vista Park, San Francisco, Solanum

Don’t get too close. He could totally kick your ass.

Fall at the SF Botanical Garden

In Photos on 27 November 2011 tagged San Francisco, SFBG

It’s fall in San Francisco, a great time to visit the SF Botanical Garden.

Slipper Season

In Photos on 13 November 2011 tagged Bloom, Flowers, Orchids, Paphiopedilum

It’s Paphiopedilum season in Plantgasm Gardens right now.

Stunning Crinum moorei Bloom

In Photos on 24 September 2011 tagged Bloom, Crinum, Flowers

For the last few weeks, it’s been working on a bloom, and this week the first flower opened.

I Always Feel Like Somebody’s Watching Me

In Photos on 10 August 2011 tagged Bloom, Flowers, Pleiospilos, Succulents

My Pleiospilos nelii, aka Split Rock plant, is watching me.