Our backyard photo journal - a collection of pictures of Skippy and the plants and flowers in our backyard. Also pictures from Skippy's walks & stories of his therapy work. Skippy is working hard at learning to be a Therapy Dog.

Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Dendrobium and coleus

The orchid is dendrobium Ise x Sachi. Coleus are beneath it and my herb garden and pond behind. I took this picture early this morning. Well, about 9 am - that's early for me.

posted by kathy at 12:27 PM

2 Comments:

Blogger Silvia Hoefnagels . Salix Tree said...

You have the orchid growing outside? Looks wonderful! So many flowers on it!
I was given an orchid 2 years ago, it's doing quite well. Only one flower stalk at the moment. But I keep it inside. Didn't realise it could possibly be grown outdoors.

11:20 AM

 
Blogger kathy said...

I leave them out during the summer when the weather stays above 50 degrees. The extra light and airflow is really good for them. And I don't have to worry about watering them because they get rain and are under my sprinklers. My orchids thrive and revive in the summer outside and then struggle with the dry air and low light inside during the winter.

9:56 AM

 

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