My mother's day gift. I just hope I can keep it alive!

Orchid in orchid house at Lincoln Park, Chicago

This is a no-name Dendrobium hybrid. It was a keiki from a plant originally from Thailand. It looks to be a Den. moniliforme and nobile hybrid. Very dwarf, about 5" tall!

This orchid sits on the windowsill in my kitchen, where it seems to thrive. The early morning sun on it caught my eye and I reached for the camera.

The type of the species, many times mistankenly labeled as var. semi alba.

The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY -- March 6, 2010

The orchids at the botanica garden are my favorite part of the display, I usually manage to spend the most time right there at the orchid wall. These yellow and pink ones are one of my facorites there too. I love the sunny color combination of yellow and pink, always cheers me up.

Taken with the Lensbaby 2.0 with wide angle atachment Processed in RAW

Happy HBW... Planning a get away to NW Arkansas and Tulsa OK the next couple days, so I may be a while getting caught up on comments. Things to see, Grist mill and restaurant in Fayetteville AR, Natural Falls outside Siloam Springs AR across the OK border , Thursday afternoon expected temps 50 degrees, sounds about like heaven right now. I will be back Saturday

Orchidaceae, commonly referred to as the Orchid family, is a morphologically diverse and widespread family of monocots in the order Asparagales. It is currently believed to be the second largest family of flowering plants (only the Asteraceae is larger), with between 21,950 and 26,049 currently accepted species, found in 880 genera

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So Calif Orchid Fest

Gublers Orchids

Landers Calif

Oct 2, 2011

Primary hybrid, this is Laelia purpurata by Cattleya aurantiaca.

1132

Longwood Gardens, PA

March 15, 2015

Home Orchid

A beautiful species found from China, Assam, Bangladesh, Eastern Himalayas, Myanmar and Thailand. Line breeding has brought out the colours and tessellation in this species.

#orchids at new york botanical garden. photo by lia chang

A hanging but blooming Orchid

Orchid spp.

Family Orchidaceae

Private Residence of Dr M. Snow, Miami, Florida, USA.

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Beautiful orchids in Sheraton maldives Fullmoon and Spa Resort! I really miss this place now.

South Yare Wildlife Group Ashwellthorpe Woods Walk With Photography (13 May 2012)

Was just testing the Aperture Trial. Quite a powerful piece of software but I find Photoshop much easier, so I won't be buying!