Orchids

In the winter this area is loaded with orchids....just a few now. There was a bench to sit across from the water feature and orchids but it is gone.....probably because of Covid. I loved to sit there./

This looks exotic 

When I was is high school if you went to the prom or any other formal event, this is what you got in your corsage.....very popular back in the day.

LOL

 

Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory

 

The conservatory has been closed for over a year, recently reopening. I was last there in January 2020 and it closed in March due tot the pandemic. So very glad to be back......most of these photos posted today were taken just when I walked in the door. I heard that they had gotten some grant money and if they did it was well spent. Many new plant varieties and not an open spot in any of the beds. It was beautiful! Usually in the summer it is too hot for me under the glass but the day that I was there it was beautiful......on the downside it was crowded. I have more photos to post.

Random Scenes from Belle Isle

 

Elephant Ears

 

Check out this variegated Elephant Ear....at Belle Isle Conservatory

Caladium

 

Bubblegum

 

Lily

I wish that you could smell this beautiful lily. It is scenting the whole back yard. Love it so much

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Hydrangea

 

This hydrangea grows in my front bed. About three years ago it didn’t make it through the winter….there were a few signs of life so I left it. Last year when I had the big blue spruce removed the hydrangea sprang to life and this summer….what a beauty!

Years ago I added a soil acidifier to make the flowers blue….needs retreated as now it’s half and half

Happy July 4th