On Our Walks
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@arpie
Your phalenopsis orchid is beautiful and in good condition. The leaves are a giveaway. Ian is most envious as he has not this one. Most of ours are yellow, white or purple. We have not been able to acquire the spotted multi coloured phalenopsis orchids.
I would love to see the franjipanie photo that is the colour of the "post comment" box.
We have the common white, Darwin Red, yellow and the multi coloured tropical franjipanies. I am trying my hand at grafting a white and yellow. So far I've not had much success. But I will keep trying. Eventually 1 must succeed.
Desert roses are another favourite plant. I love how the base of a desert rose becomes bulbous when the plant is confined to a pot. Desert roses do well when they are pot bound.
@tigerbeth I wish wisteria would grow up here. It looks just great tumbling over the timber fence.
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This mornings view from Ettalong Beach.
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I can feel the serenity from here.2
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@kmakm do not want to head back to Sydney. I was just settled in on the balcony with my Netflix0
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Sounds different to my experience of the region @Kiwi Angel. Back-breaking grape picking at minimum wage and hailstones the size of softballs and almost knee deep. But I was young and fit and had a ball!2
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Sat in my backyard with camera yesterday & took these. Haven’t done any photography since being diagnosed
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Thank you SO much for all that info, @Annie C !! I didn't know it's name! I will put it on a sticker on the plant!
It IS gorgeous, isn't it?? (I assume Cam knows it - he is the one in the middle of the Daffodils photo!) He's only gotten into plants (orchids in particular) about 10 years ago!! He has also grown Hoop Pines from seed - whatever seeds he can find in the wild, he'll have a go at propagating!!
Hmmm .... Not 'quite' the same colour - but pretty close!!! He cross pollinated the 'Fruit Salad' one with another one & then grew the seeds up - and THIS was the result of ONE of the seeds! None of the other seeds were this colour. We've been given permanent load of it - it is to revert to the family eventually, as it is the only one in existence!! It is just sprouting shoots again now. He gave this one to me at the same time as the Orchid - as Congratulations after all the BC surgery & results.
He's called it "Child of Nambour'' (a town in Qld where we spent our first few years - we had heaps of Frangipanis there!)
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@Sister I remember doing strawberry and apple picking when I was young back in New Zealand - tough work!0
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And never do selective apricot picking!...0
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I can imagine you don't @Kiwi Angel!0
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Gorgeous photos!
@Sister scabby potato paddocks hardest work I’ve ever done! And I’ve roused is shearing sheds, milked cows, cut thistles by hand and carted hay in the height of summer 14 hours a day and still would never ever volunteer to pick a scabby paddock ever again3 -
@arpie
A beautiful franjipanie. I hope it puts out another seed pod and your brother is again successful.
You did the right thing with your phalenopsis orchid by raising it up from the water. That is keeping it dry and helping to keep the humidity up around it.
@Doodoo
The bee in the flower shot is delightful.
When you visit the Kimberley just make sure that you bring your camera. There will be lots of flora and fauna to photograph. We will take you to some great places in and around town.
Ian is also a keen photographer. We once owned a Kodak Express Shop in town, back when print film was king. We sold the first digital camera to a major government department. It cost $1800 and took 8 digital photos!5 -
@tigerbeth. I've been thinking of you and wondering how you are going. xx Your wisteria photos are gorgeous.
@Annie C love the bush mechanic story.0
