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"Kaleidoscope" Ixora.  Their blossoms are a mixture of yellows, oranges, and corals.

The lady next door who had two orchids earlier now has a third, amazing one.

All of tyhese blossoms are on one stem.  "Antoinette" Orchid.

The two desert rose plants have more blossoms than ever.

"Ruby McLaughlin" Desert Rose with lots of blossoms.

Pink, white, and magenta Vincas / Periwinkle.  They are more hardy than Impatiens

and also last longer.

Magenta Periwinkle.

White Periwinkle.  Each flower looks like a geometric pattern.

Pink Periwinkle

Maria, my neighbor two buildings down, has several Plumeria / Frangipani trees

outside her condo.  The yellow one is "Hawaiian Punch."  These are used to make leis.

"Hawaiian Luau" Pink Plumeria / Frangipani.

"Orange Glow" Epidendrum Orchids

"King's Mantle."  The dark blue is the usual color; the paler blue is a fading blossom.

 

"Blood Orange" Ixora

"Angel Wing Begonias"  make a very nice bed.

"Sunset" Hibiscus

"Bubblegum Pink" Hibiscus

The beds of white wax begonias are at their best, full and vigorous.

The clusters of blossoms are especially full this year.  "White Wax Begonias."

Building 12 now has this new young "Gardenia" plant which is blooming nicely.

A pair of "Gardenias."

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Orchid Show at Bonnet House

 

"Eileen's Folly" Orchids

This show was different from the AOS (American Orchid Society) shows I have seen in the past.

This consisted of a number of orchid vendors who set up booths and tents on the

grounds of the Bonnet House, and showed and sold thousands of different colors and

shapes and sizes of orchids.

"Tremors of the Heart" Orchids

Some people came to the show with wagons they pulled to take home a number

of orchids and other materials.

"Passionate Embrace" Orchids

The show was outdoors, under the trees close to the mangroves.  The day was

very pleasant, and enjoying the thousands of orchids was particularly nice.

"Flickering Firelight" Orchids

The Bonnet House was a winter home erected by a Chicago businessman in 1920.

It is right across the street from the Fort Lauderdale Beach.  His widow continued

to use the house during the winters until her death in 1995.

"A Night in the Tropics" Orchids

The Bonnet House can be visited, and it has extensive grounds and gardens.

"Dainty Miss" Orchids

The Bonnet House also sponsors many art and musical events during the year.

There are evening concerts with cheese and wine served.

"Flutterbug" Orchids

The prices of individual plants ranged from $12 to $280 on the ones I looked at.

"Merry Widow" Orchids

"April Morning"  Mokars Vanda Orchids

Large plastic buckets held dozens of these tall stalks in many colors.

Mokara Orchids are man-made orchids; they cannot be found in nature.

They are the result of combining three natural orchid varieties.

"August Afternoon"  Orchids

"Mysterious Lady" Orchids

"Dainty Dolly" Orchids

"Blue Dazzler"  Orchids

"Rapscallions"  Brassia / Spider Orchids

"Personal Memories" Orchids

"Dancing at Midnight"  Orchids

"Fun and Games" Orchids

"Freckle Face" Orfchids

"Queen's Mantle" Dendrobium Orchids

They start by sending tall stems upwards from the plant.  As more and more blossoms

open, the weight brings them down, and they end up like this.

"Yellow Cascade" Dendrobium Orchids

"A Tinge of Copper"

"Princess Alexander" Cattleya Orchid

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