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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Forest orchid


Forest orchid, Chinese ground orchid - Bletilla striata***, growing in pots beneath my mother's indigenous Buddliea auriculata. (Shrub. Large shrub. Small tree. Whatever.)

You forget about these beautiful plants until they bloom and then, Oh!  A common garden plant in Japan, here in Cape Town it is something of an exotic oddity.

*** 1-18-12: I am wrong. This is not Bletilla striata.

So what is it??


***! 1-20-12 - Bamboo orchid! Arundina...
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5 comments:

  1. meemsnycJanuary 18, 2012 at 3:47 AM

    It's beautiful.

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  2. Ellen ZachosJanuary 18, 2012 at 9:03 AM

    I've tried growing them here but no luck. Hope I'll get to see (and photograph) a bloom.

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  3. DonatellaJanuary 18, 2012 at 9:08 AM

    *sigh*

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  4. webbJanuary 18, 2012 at 11:48 AM

    Blooms in my garden, too, but not like that! gorgeous color.

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  5. MarieJanuary 18, 2012 at 4:01 PM

    I am wrong wrong wrong! And now I am frrrrrrrrustrated.

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