Tag / Amaryllis

by princesshotflash

From Cora’s Garden: What a Surprise

While going through old pictures for my mom’s service, I was surprised to find old photos of Cora’s garden in full bloom. They weren’t the best photos, probably from one of those disposable cameras, but the number of blooms was incredible. And I wanted to share them with you (and I guess she wanted to do the same).

Mom with her Honohono orchids

I’m not sure when these pictures were taken. I probably was on the mainland. I asked my neighbors if they remembered the garden filled with blooms, and they said yes. My parents were always in the yard, working on the plants. I wish I loved gardening as much as they did. My goal is to cut back the number of plants in the garden so it is easier for me to take care of them, keep a few of them alive, and get them to bloom again.

In bloom: Honohono, phalaenopsis, daylilies, amaryllis, desert rose

by princesshotflash

Cora’s Garden: Blooms

I guess spring has sprung in Cora’s Garden. There are buds and bloom everywhere, especially on the phalaenopsis orchids (Moth orchid) that we save from the distress plant rack at our local Lowes. Now that I’m the official waterer, I get to see changes every day.

Distressed Phals with blooms
one of mom’s old pals

Besides the Phalaenopsis’ yearly blooms, the first amaryllis decide to bloom. there are three flower spikes. It shares the pot with another plant and I was so surprised it bloomed.

orange Amaryllis

The anthuriums are always blooming. This is still mom’s territory. I haven’t graduated from waterer, pot mover, and cleaner of dead leaves. She been trying something new out with used coffee filters. She puts them in the pot on top of the potting media. Not too sure what this is suppose to do. But the few pots that she tried it out on, are looking pretty healthy.

Left: Obake Anthurium; Right: Brown Anthurium

Another constant bloomer are the geraniums. They are from an original plant from my cousin L. That one is a giant plant. There are several other plants from cutting from the original. They are hardy plant, constant bloomers with light pink buds turn into dark pink blooms. I’m trying to start the pink cherry blooms plant I had in NJ with seeds. So far, not luck. It took several month to take when it was started in NJ. Original plant was from my sister’s old house in Elk Grove, CA. I’ll keep posted if get a plant.