Winter Solstice Orchids

Cymbidium goeringii 'Epigarden', orchid species flower, green flower, Pacific Orchid Expo 2013, San Francisco, CaliforniaRestrepia orchid flower, pleurothallid, miniature orchid, Pacific Orchid Expo 2013, San Francisco, CaliforniaMaxillaria cacaoensis, orchid species flower, flower side view, Pacific Orchid Expo 2013, San Francisco, California

Masdevallia elegans, orchid species flower, pleurothallid, Pacific Orchid Expo 2013, San Francisco, CaliforniaArundina caespitosa, Bamboo Orchid, orchid species flower, Pacific Orchid Expo 2013, San Francisco, CaliforniaDendrobium papilio, orchid species flower, white flower, Pacific Orchid Expo 2013, San Francisco, California

Orchids can even make the shortest day of the year feel tropical. Enjoy these marvelous blooms in honor of today’s solstice. They are all a reminder that flowers will bud, open, and fade. Long nights will give way to long days. Light will return. The cycles of the earth spiral on.

Dendrobium pendulum, orchid species flowers, Pacific Orchid Expo 2013, San Francisco, CaliforniaMasdevallia asterotricha, orchid species flower, pleurothallid, Pacific Orchid Expo 2013, San Francisco, CaliforniaLycaste lasioglossa, orchid species flower, close up of fuzzy flower lip, Pacific Orchid Expo 2013, San Francisco, California

Chiloschista lunifera, orchid species flowers, leafless orchid, Pacific Orchid Expo 2013, San Francisco, CaliforniaPsychopsis Mariposa 'Mountain', orchid hybrid flower, Butterfly Orchid, Kawamoto Orchid Nursery, Honolulu, Oahu, HawaiiCattleya orchid flowers, Foster Botanical Garden, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii

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One Comment on “Winter Solstice Orchids”

  1. Sky1388 Says:

    Pretty pictures!