Tish
SF VIP
- Location
- Rural N.S.W. Australia
Slender Sun Orchid
A flower a day ...
- Thread starter MarkD
- Start date
MarkD
Keeper of the Hounds & Garden
- Location
- San Francisco Bay Area
That is a real beauty and I like how you have it sited in your garden. If you ever care to post some wider views around your garden I'd love to see them. If you start a thread for that purpose please @me so I can come see or you are welcome to post them on my own diary thread: Gardening for nature, walks with my dogs and the books I’m reading. Have you started such a thread yourself yet?
MarkD
Keeper of the Hounds & Garden
- Location
- San Francisco Bay Area
Can't recall if I've shared this flower here before but it is worth the risk: Dracunculus vulgaris
Smells just as good as the name implies. Essence of carrion. I think each of my dogs has bit off a center spike once and then left it alone. Some details, starting with the side view on the the cowl which reminds me of a pelican.
Smells just as good as the name implies. Essence of carrion. I think each of my dogs has bit off a center spike once and then left it alone. Some details, starting with the side view on the the cowl which reminds me of a pelican.
Tish
SF VIP
- Location
- Rural N.S.W. Australia
Wow, the green beneath reminds me of a whale; it's incredible.
Tish
SF VIP
- Location
- Rural N.S.W. Australia
The Kowhai flower, NewZealand.
MarkD
Keeper of the Hounds & Garden
- Location
- San Francisco Bay Area
This just came up on my phone and I liked the look. It’s a Clarkia or Farewell To Spring, a cultivar with “Ribbons” in the name. Taken in May a couple years back.
Tish
SF VIP
- Location
- Rural N.S.W. Australia
Tish
SF VIP
- Location
- Rural N.S.W. Australia
Foxglove, I absolutely love them.
RadishRose
SF VIP
- Location
- Connecticut, USA
My garden had some tall phlox
RadishRose
SF VIP
- Location
- Connecticut, USA
Also yarrow
and Shasta daisies
and Shasta daisies
RadishRose
SF VIP
- Location
- Connecticut, USA
They look so graceful and elegant!Another jolt of frivolity while Rome burns down south. Pulling for you Los Angeles!
This is a Bilbergia, a bromeliad that doesn't form a cup to catch water which can actually be planted in the ground. But with these big colorful flower bracts hanging down it is better to plant them high. These replace the Agapetes I loved but could not satisfy in this location.
PeppermintPatty
🐢. 🐳. 🐢
- Location
- Canada
DailyArtsyCrafter
Crafter Writer Artist
- Location
- Southeastern US
Scarlet Flax - grew up like a weed in one of my outdoor potted plants. I'm an amateur photographer who uses a simple PS. I'm proud of this imperfect shot. 
Tish
SF VIP
- Location
- Rural N.S.W. Australia
Butterfly Begonia.
MarkD
Keeper of the Hounds & Garden
- Location
- San Francisco Bay Area
Absolutely love that. Are you sure it is real and not an AI creation?
Last edited:
Tish
SF VIP
- Location
- Rural N.S.W. Australia
I don't really know.
Tish
SF VIP
- Location
- Rural N.S.W. Australia
Caper
Tish
SF VIP
- Location
- Rural N.S.W. Australia
DailyArtsyCrafter
Crafter Writer Artist
- Location
- Southeastern US
O-o-o-o. Gorgeous! My signature colors, chartreuse and fuchsia. Never heard of a caper. Must look it up!
MarkD
Keeper of the Hounds & Garden
- Location
- San Francisco Bay Area
I want them all!
Tish
SF VIP
- Location
- Rural N.S.W. Australia
Corpse Flower, there is one in Sydney right now, I just don't have the time to go down there.
Here is a live link to it.
Corpse Flower livestream: A plant to die for
Here is a live link to it.
Corpse Flower livestream: A plant to die for
MarkD
Keeper of the Hounds & Garden
- Location
- San Francisco Bay Area
I find smelling it once is believing. Revisits are hardly necessary given the impression they make. I do like their foliage even more.