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The wet season downunder: My first Peacock orchid is trying desperately to open

bernieh

By Bernieh


The wet season downunder: My first Peacock orchid is trying desperately to open

Here's the very first bloom on my Gladiolus Callianthus (Peacock Orchid) trying to open while being pummelled by heavy rainfall. Sorry the photo is blurry but I couldn't get too close!



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so nice to see the flowers after all that rain..

29 Jan, 2010

 

A lovely thing to see Bernieh. My favorite of the gladioli. :-)

29 Jan, 2010

 

It hasn't quite made it open yet ... poor thing, it's a trier!

29 Jan, 2010

 

I hope all mine come back this year, i left them in the ground.

29 Jan, 2010



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