Dendrobium Orchid

Tiny yellow flowers from an unusual Dendrobium Orchid

Water Feature

This water feature was made by sealing an old pot, and planting with Black Magic (colocasia), Water Lettuce, and Fairy Moss (azolla caroliniana).  I keep the plants small by not fertilizing them

Begonias, birds nest fern and other assorted plants in the Garden

Aroid Seeds

Seeds from one of my Aroids

Water Feature -Backyard

This water feature was created by sealing a pot and filling it with duck week, water lettuce and local aquatic plants, and mosquito fish (Gambusia) to control mosquitoes

Papaya Trees and Bananas

The weight of the papayas broke both of my papaya trees in half, but my bananas are looking good.

Mango Shakes

Mango Shakes from the Garden

Amaryllis Flowers

This was my first year growing Amaryllis.  I was impressed with the size of the flowers. Hopefully they will be even more spectacular next year.

Orange Dendrobium Thyrsiflorum Orchid

This has to be one of the most incredible orchid flowers I have ever seen. I bought this Dendrobium Thyrsiflorum orchid at RF Fuchs about 5 years ago, it never flowered before, but patience paid off this year.  The cluster of flowers are about 14'' x 4.5''.  We had unusually cold weather this year. Dendrobium thyrsiflorum likes colder winters than we typically have in Miami, so this may be the reason for the incredible bloom.

Leaves

Not sure what these are called, but the leaves are amazing.