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By Amy


Acidanthera

Planted in pots last year and are only just coming into bloom this year ...



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lovely Amy, mine have grown but still have no flowers.

24 Sep, 2010

 

Beautiful - looks like you've had some rain too.

24 Sep, 2010

 

really lovely Amy...

24 Sep, 2010

 

Oh how beautiful well done Amy......

24 Sep, 2010

 

Lucky you Amy....Mine didnt flower this year...:>)

24 Sep, 2010

 

Wow..beautiful Amy.

24 Sep, 2010

amy
Amy
 

Thanks everyone ... I came back last night after spending a week visiting our son and grandchildren in Blackburn , it was a nice surprise for me to see this in flower this morning ....

It has been pouring down with rain Gee my washing was wetter when I brought it in than it was when I put it out .. :o(

Thats odd ,I wonder what has made them all so late or not to flower at all ?

24 Sep, 2010

 

lovely amy ;o))

24 Sep, 2010

amy
Amy
 

Thanks San :o))

25 Sep, 2010

 

Thats a beauty Amy, hope you are having a drier day than yesterday, sunny, breezy and quite cold here today;00

25 Sep, 2010

amy
Amy
 

Thanks Carole , it's no better today it's been pouring down all day ... :o( I hope it's going to improve tomorrow !

25 Sep, 2010

 

Gorgeous Amy does this smell is it an orchid.

25 Sep, 2010

 

I love this Amy.....a real showstopper for late summer is it a corm or bulb?

26 Sep, 2010

amy
Amy
 

It isn't an Orchid 6p , but the scent is wonderful ... It's a corm Janey it isn't hardy so the corms must be lifted before the frosts and then replanted in the spring ... we grow them in pots and then put them in the greenhouse for the winter , it saves a lot of digging up and replanting .. :o)

26 Sep, 2010

 

Absolutely beautiful ... we commonly call them 'Peacock Orchids' here. The botanic name for them here is more likely to be Gladiolus callianthus rather than Acidnathera ... but whatever you call them, they are stunning!

2 Oct, 2010

 

Wow, I love it with the water droplets :o)

2 Oct, 2010

amy
Amy
 

They are called Peacock Orchids here as well Bernieh .. .. they do look and smell gorgeous .:o)

Thanks Pip :o)

2 Oct, 2010



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