Stanhopea Assidensis is an orchid hybrid dating back to 1922. The flowers have a vanilla fragrance, though this one was a bit high even for me to check that. The reason it’s high up is that these must be grown in a basket as the flower spikes emerge through the sides or bottom of the baskets!
This week’s Sunday Stills Color Challenge is ‘Yellow and/or Gold.’ See more responses here.
The idea of The Numbers Game is to enter a number into the search bar of your computer and then post a selection of the photos that turn up. This week’s number is 154. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.
Two Nenes establish the pecking order (Original post here).
Last week was the annual Hilo Orchid Show. It’s been on my list of things to see for a long time, but I’ve been adept at missing it, either because I forgot to make a note of the date, or because I was working. This year though, purely by chance, I got it on my calendar and headed over to Hilo.
The show was held in Edith Kanaka’ole Stadium, a covered tennis arena that’s open to the air at both ends. I have to say, it was well worth the trip. Only $6 to get in and lots of orchid growers with stalls there too, so there was a golden opportunity to part ways with several hundred dollars more, which I resisted. But best of all was the stunning array of orchids on display. It wasn’t hard to see how people can become obsessed with these beautiful and exotic plants.
For more information about the show and the Hilo Orchid Society, which organizes it, go to https://www.hiloorchidsociety.org/.
The idea of The Numbers Game is to enter a number into the search bar of your computer and then post a selection of the photos that turn up. This week’s number is 153. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.
This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Afloat.’ See more responses here. Let’s start with boats.
But they’re not the only floating things.
I saw this Black Witch Moth resting on the trunk of a palm and liked the backdrop of palm fronds.
Raindrops bead up on the petals of a Plumeria flower.
