curlyoak Posted May 21, 2025 Report Posted May 21, 2025 This is Dendrobium wassellii. A species from the northern tip of Australia. That is tropical Australia. Fragrant. Growing on a tree near the street. It attracts a lot of people when blooming. My climate is a lot like tropical Australia. There it never goes below 50. I must protect it when it gets colder here. Not often. 2 Quote
curlyoak Posted May 22, 2025 Report Posted May 22, 2025 On 4/25/2025 at 5:34 PM, Tpt life said: Yes. Job offered and accepted, waiting on HR for next steps. where in Florida? Quote
Tpt life Posted May 22, 2025 Report Posted May 22, 2025 On 5/22/2025 at 5:31 AM, curlyoak said: where in Florida? Sebring! 1 Quote
curlyoak Posted May 22, 2025 Report Posted May 22, 2025 On 5/22/2025 at 6:09 AM, Tpt life said: Sebring! about 2 hours drive. If you are in the area stop by and I'llv give you an orchid tour and buy you a beer. What kind of work do you have lined up in Sebring? 2 Quote
Popular Post Tpt life Posted May 22, 2025 Popular Post Report Posted May 22, 2025 On 5/22/2025 at 3:00 PM, curlyoak said: about 2 hours drive. If you are in the area stop by and I'llv give you an orchid tour and buy you a beer. What kind of work do you have lined up in Sebring? I am a teacher. I took a middle school band job. 8 Quote
Popular Post curlyoak Posted May 23, 2025 Popular Post Report Posted May 23, 2025 Weather wise we are coming into the worst. Summers are hot and humid and hotter in places like Sebring even hotter away from the coasts. Try to find a local produce stand and find some mangoes. Warning. If you taste a no good mango dont assume they are all the same. When you find a good mango you will know it. And mangoes are my salvation for the hot and humid. Valencia Pride is the best mango I ever tasted. I have a big tree. Last year was a bumper crop. None this year. I know where there is a tree that is unattended with permission to pick. I must mail them 2 to Upper Ny. Fair trade! And I know of other Valencia Pride trees with fruit. 4 Quote
Popular Post drzaius Posted June 18, 2025 Popular Post Report Posted June 18, 2025 Here's what spent the day and most of the night right beside our front door. We have a large urban deer population and have had multiple births either in or just outside our yard in the back alley. Though they have an appetite for the landscaping, the deer are a delight to have hanging around. 8 Quote
Popular Post Tom King Posted June 18, 2025 Popular Post Report Posted June 18, 2025 Mama is not far away. She'll be back for it. They leave them and stay only far enough away soon after they are born to distract any threat that shows up. When I was little, my Dad picked one up out of the woods and brought it home, not knowing any better, thinking it had been abandoned. It stayed around our house, drinking out of a bottle when it was little and eating out of our hands when it got bigger, until it was full grown with a big rack. It left when the time came for it to have a job to do. 3 Quote
Popular Post Tpt life Posted July 26, 2025 Popular Post Report Posted July 26, 2025 Ok Curly, this is the truck they gave us. Anyone believe in signs?? 6 Quote
Popular Post Beechwood Chip Posted July 26, 2025 Popular Post Report Posted July 26, 2025 Is that a giant mosquito? On a "come visit Florida" type poster? 1 3 Quote
Tpt life Posted July 26, 2025 Report Posted July 26, 2025 I think that is a hummingbird moth. 2 Quote
Popular Post curlyoak Posted July 28, 2025 Popular Post Report Posted July 28, 2025 That is the ghost orchid. Endangered and aggressively protected. No leaves on the plant. Just roots show, like the truck, and the flower when in season. Grows in a large swamp in Southwest Florida. An excellent true story and a book on the subject is The Orchid Thief. Couldn't put it down. The mosquitos add to the protection of the plant. They are thick in the swamp. Lots of stagnant water. It takes a lot of gumption to hike into that environment. 4 Quote
Popular Post curlyoak Posted August 19, 2025 Popular Post Report Posted August 19, 2025 Nicknamed the scorpion orchid because the top pedal curves like a scorpio tail stinger. The botanical name is Arachnis. Which is latin for spider. I think. Regardless the flower is easy on the eyes... 4 Quote
Popular Post curlyoak Posted November 4, 2025 Popular Post Report Posted November 4, 2025 In the front part of the property. Brassavola 'Little Stars' a primary hybrid, meaning both parents were species. Orchid species are the oldest living things on the planet. Species come from the wild and are millions of years old. The species, not any one plant. There are around 24 brassavola species. They all have the nickname Lady of the Night. Because they have a sweet and spicy aroma. Only at night because their pollinators were nocturnal. So pedestrians walking past at night this time of year get a pleasant aroma. The various species of Brassavola are from the warm parts of the Americas. Including the Bahamas and Caribbean. The flower is average looking for orchids, but its night time tricks of sweet and spicy make the Lady of the Night desirable world wide. 5 Quote
Popular Post curlyoak Posted December 7, 2025 Popular Post Report Posted December 7, 2025 My morning walk had a dense fog. 7 Quote
Popular Post Sergio Escudero Posted December 9, 2025 Popular Post Report Posted December 9, 2025 Just a photo of me posing with a shield I made last year for a client. Canon 500D, Canon 50mm F 1.4 at F 4.5, 1/250s, ISO 100. 6 Quote
Popular Post Tpt life Posted December 9, 2025 Popular Post Report Posted December 9, 2025 I now live close enough to the Starlink launches to have fun chasing images. 9 Quote
Coop Posted December 10, 2025 Report Posted December 10, 2025 On 12/9/2025 at 3:39 PM, Tpt life said: I now live close enough to the Starlink launches to have fun chasing images. Wow! I’ve gotten spoiled with the iPhone camera but that is real neat! 1 Quote
Popular Post legenddc Posted December 30, 2025 Popular Post Report Posted December 30, 2025 Was at the Botanic Gardens in DC yesterday and I know many of you are fans of orchids. 8 Quote
Popular Post Tpt life Posted December 30, 2025 Popular Post Report Posted December 30, 2025 I moved to Florida, and now all three of my phals are putting out spikes. I am starting to plan to branch out to other species groups now. 6 Quote
Popular Post Tpt life Posted February 22 Popular Post Report Posted February 22 The Cattleya has started to open. 8 Quote
curlyoak Posted February 22 Report Posted February 22 On 2/22/2026 at 12:52 PM, Tpt life said: The Cattleya has started to open. Do you have a name tag for that Cattleya? Quote
curlyoak Posted February 23 Report Posted February 23 On 2/22/2026 at 7:00 PM, Tpt life said: Cattleya Maxima- “Barbara” Cattleya maxima is a species from Peru. Mine is called the alba form. fyi. if the plant is a species use a small m in maxima which indicates species. Upper case M indicates hybrid Quote
Tpt life Posted February 23 Report Posted February 23 On 2/23/2026 at 5:32 AM, curlyoak said: fyi. if the plant is a species use a small m in maxima which indicates species. Upper case M indicates hybrid I assume hybrid, as this came from Ecuador and a famous hybridizer. Now that I look again, the m is small on the paperwork. Quote
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