Pacifica Blooms
Don’t hate us because we can garden year-round on the California coast! As a peace offering, please enjoy these pictures of a few orchids blooming outside on our back patio. I snapped these photos during a recent break in the rainy weather.
The small Pleurothallis in the first two photos had just opened its strange little bloom when I took these shots, but the Masdevallias, Epidendrums, Coelia, and Zygo have already been flowering for weeks. They’ve survived lots of winter winds and rains. The blemishes on these blooms are badges of toughness, not signs of weakness. In fact, the white Cymbidium pictured below has had its flowerpot knocked over by the wind more times than I can count. Yet its flowers haven’t stopped, and they’re only a little worse for wear. No matter how close we are to the cold North Pacific Ocean, Pacifica has plenty of orchids to enjoy.
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