Dendrobium Orchid Burana Green Star

Common Name: Dedrobium Orchid Cultivar Burana Green Star
Species: Dendrobium Burana Green Star
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

An interesting orchid flower with green petals and sepals, and a strongly contrasting, deep maroon lip.

Dendrobium White Fairy Orchid Cultivar

Common Name: Dendrobium Orchid Cultivar White Fairy
Species: Dendrobium White Fairy
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

A lovely pure white Dendrobium orchid flower cultivar.

Dendrobium Blue Foxtail 'Salaya' Orchid Cultivar

Common Name: Dendrobium Orchid Cultivar Blue Foxtail 'Salaya'
Species: Dendrobium Blue Foxtail 'Salaya'
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

A lovely Dendrobium Orchid flower with dainty, almost transparent purple sepals, petals and lip, the sepals also have white margins which add to the appeal of this cultivar.

Cattleya Orchid Cultivar Claudebec Candy

Common Name: Cattleya Orchid Cultivar Claudebec Candy
Species: Cattleya Claudebec Candy
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

Another, more pink cultivar of C. Claudebec Candy with less speckling.

Cattleya Lulu 'Pnk Blush' Orchid

Common Name: Cattleya Orchid Cultivar Lulu 'Pink Blush'
Species: Cattleya Lulu 'Pink Blush'
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

The petals and sepals of the flowers of this C. Lulu orchid cultivar are white with purple speckles, the lip is white with pink markings that follow the venation.

Hybrid Orchid Cattleya Towering Inferno 'Lava Flow'

Common Name: Hybrid Cattleya Orchid Cultivar Towering Inferno 'Lava Flow'
Species: Cattleya Towering Inferno 'Lava Flow'
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

An orchid flower with thin, leathery magenta peatals and sepals, with a deeper coloured lip with a lighter underside.

Hybrid Orchid Cultivar Laleliocattleya Mini Purple x Cattleya Chocolate Drop

Common Name: Hybrid Orchid Cultivar Lc. Mini Purple x C. Chocolate Drop
Species: Laleliocattleya Mini Purple x Cattleya Chocolate Drop
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

The flowers of this orchid have pink petals and sepals with a glossy sheen, and a similar but darker in colour and slightly wider lip.

Brassolaeliocattleya Mahino Yahiro x Blc. Lucky Strike 'Monkultra Kul'

Common Name: Blc. Hybrid Orchid Cultivar Mahino Yahiro x Lucky Strike 'Monkultra Kul'
Species: Brassolaeliocattleya Mahino Yahiro x Brassolaeliocattleya Lucky Strike 'Monkultra Kul'
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

An elegant orchid cultivar with large, frilly purple sepals and petals, and a large, frilly purple lip with a yellow and red centre.

Uknown Purple Hybrid Orchid Cultivar

Common Name: Purple Hybrid Orchid Cultivar
Species: Unknown sp. (leave a comment if known)
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

An orchid flower with pink sepals and petals and a deep purple lip with yellow highlights.

Cattleya Orchid Caudabec Candy

Common Name: Cattleya Orchid Cultivar Caudabec Candy
Species: Cattleya Caudabec Candy
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

C. Caudabec Candy is a lovely orchid with pretty purple-specked white petals and sepals, a bright pink and white-tinged lip.

Hybrid Orchid Cattlianthe Chocolate Drop Kodama 4N

Common Name: Hybrid Orchid Ctt. Chocolate Drop Kodama 4N
Species: Cattlianthe Chocolate Drop Kodama 4N
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

An interesting orchid with leathery, deep red petals and sepals, and a similar, but more purple lip.

Cattleya guattata x Cattleya gracelis Hybrid Orchid Cultivar

Common Name: Cattleya Orchid Hybrid C. guttata 'Alba' x C. gacelis 'Autumn Leaves'
Species: Cattleya guttata 'Alba' x Cattleya gacelis 'Autumn Leaves'
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

A portrait shot of this interesting hybrid Cattleya orchid.

Cattleya Orchid Hybrid C. guttata 'Alba' x C. gacelis 'Autumn Leaves'

Common Name: Cattleya Orchid Hybrid C. guttata 'Alba' x C. gacelis 'Autumn Leaves'
Species: Cattleya guttata 'Alba' x Cattleya gacelis 'Autumn Leaves'
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

A orchid flower with green and magenta-speckled petals and sepals, and a violet purple lip.

Hybrid Orchid (Epidendrum Cherry King x Epi. Blood Red King) x Epi. Hokulea

Common Name: Hybrid Epidendrum Orchid
Species: (Epidendrum Cherry King x Epidendrum Blood Red King) x Epidendrum Hokulea
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

An orchid cultivar with rich crimson red petals and sepals, and a yellow lip with red frilly margins.

Epidendrum Golden Valley 'Hildos' Orchid Cultivar

Common Name: Orchid Cultivar Epi. Golden Valley 'Hildos'
Species: Epidendrum Golden Valley 'Hildos'
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

Inflorescence of orange orchid flowers with a lighter yellowish lip.

Cattleya Royal Beau Orchid Flower Lip

Common Name: Orchid Cultivar C. Royal Beau
Species: Cattleya Royal Beau
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

A close-up of the beautiful lip pattern on the flower of this particular orchid cultivar, one of the more decorative I've seen.

Cattleya Orchid Royal Beau

Common Name: Orchid Cultivar C. Royal Beau
Species: Cattleya Royal Beau
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

A lovely orchid with frilled soft apricot petals and sepals and a decorative yellow and violet coloured lip.

Hybrid Orchid Laleliocattleya Mini Purple 'Lea'

Common Name: Hybrid Orchid Lc. Mini Purple 'Lea'
Species: Laleliocattleya Mini Purple 'Lea'
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

A small purple-flowered orchid cultivar with a deeper purple inner lip.

Unknown Purple Orchid Cultivar

Common Name: Purple Orchid
Species: Unknown sp. (please comment if known)
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

This phto is of quite a pretty purple orchid flower with a lip as large as the other petals and lighter pink sepals.

Green Orchid Rhynchosophrocattleya Hawaiian Passion 'Kermie'

Common Name: Hybrid Orchid Rsc. Hawaiian Passion 'Kermie'
Species: Rhynchosophrocattleya Hawaiian Passion 'Kermie'
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

The flower of this hybrid orchid cultivar exhibit an amazing contrast, the sepals and petals are bright green, while the lip is bright pink.

Sophrolaeliocattleya Jungle Gem 'Golden Eye Catcher' x Cattleya Caudebec 'Southern Cross' Hybrid Orchid Cultivar

Common Name: Hybrid Orchid Cultivar Slc. Jungle Gem 'Golden Eye Catcher' x C. Caudebec 'Southern Cross'
Species: Sophrolaeliocattleya Jungle Gem 'Golden Eye Catcher' x Cattleya Caudebec 'Southern Cross'
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

Another interesting orchid with brown-speckled, green-tinged yellow petals and sepals, and a white and violet lip.

Laleliocattleya Mari's Song 'Taka' Hybrid Orchid Cultivar

Common Name: Hybrid Orchid Lc. Mari's Song 'Taka'
Species: Laleliocattleya Mari's Song 'Taka'
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

A very elegant orchid indeed, it has flowers with pink sepals and a lip and petals with georgeous violet and white markings.

Sophrolaeliocattleya Jungle Gem 'Golden Eye Catcher' x Cattleya Caudebec 4N

Common Name: Slc. Jungle Gem 'Golden Eye Catcher' x C. Caudebec 4N
Species: Sophrolaeliocattleya Jungle Gem 'Golden Eye Catcher' x Cattleya Caudebec 4N
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

This interesting Slc. x C. orchid hybrid has a flower with magenta-speckled, green-tinged petals and sepals, and a white and pink lip.

Cattleya Brabantiae Orchid

Common Name: C. Brabantiae
Species: Cattleya Brabantiae
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

This Cattleya orchid has flowers with magenta-speckled pink petals and sepals, and a white lip with a violet marking at the tip.

Hybrid Orchid Cultivar Rhyncattleanthe Momilani Rainbow 'The Gypsy'

Common Name: Rth. Momilani Rainbow 'The Gypsy'
Species: Rhyncattleanthe Momilani Rainbow 'The Gypsy'
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

The flowers of this orchid cultivar have pale pink sepals, and a lip and petals with yellow in the centre and white to violet markings around the margins. The colours are quite soft and pastel toned, very elegant.

Brassolaeliocattleya Toshie Aoki 'Robin' Orchid

Common Name: Hybrid Orchid Cultivar Blc. Toshie Aoki 'Robin'
Species: Brassolaeliocattleya Toshie Aoki 'Robin'
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

This orchid cultivar has flowers with bright yellow petals and sepals with magnenta marking which sometimes blend with the yellow to an apricot colour and a deep magnenta lip.

Hybrid Orchid Cattleya Caudebec 4N x Sophrocattleya Batenanniana

Common Name: Hybrid Orchid C. Caudebec 4N x Sc. Batenanniana
Species: Cattleya Caudebec 4N x Sophrocattleya Batenanniana
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

The hybrid orchid cultivar has pink speckled sepals, gorgeous deep pink petals with white lateral margins and venation, and a magenta lip with white markings.

Laeliocattleya Tokya Magic x Potinara Little Toshie Orchid Hybrid

Common Name: Hybrid Orchid Cultivar Lc. Tokya Magic x Pot. Little Toshie
Species: Laeliocattleya Tokya Magic x Potinara Little Toshie
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

This hybrid orchid has flowers with yellow sepals and petals constrasted with a spectacular magneta lip.

Pink Ornamental Pineapple Fruit Close-Up

Common Name: Ornamental Pineapple, Variegated Pineapple
Species: Ananas comosus ‘Variegatus’
Family: BROMELIACEAE

A close up of the pink-fruited ornamental pineapple cultivar Variegatus.

Variegated Pineapple Ananas comosus ‘Variegatus’

Common Name: Ornamental Pineapple, Variegated Pineapple
Species: Ananas comosus ‘Variegatus’
Family: BROMELIACEAE

Variegatus is one of the more common cultivars of ornamental pineapple and has variegated foliage with a white stripe along the leaf margins and small bright pink fruits.

Dendrobium Busaba Orchid

Common Name: Dendrobium Orchid Cultivar Busaba
Species: Dendrobium Busaba
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

A very pretty orchid cultivar with pale mauve petals and sepals and a deep violet lip.

Hybrid Orchid Laelocattleya Bebe Blue x Laelia Dayana

Common Name: Laelocattleya Bebe Blue x Laelia Dayana Hybrid Orchid Cultivar
Species: Laelocattleya Bebe Blue x Laelia Dayana
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

This is a really lovely orchid hybrid with large, narrow white petals and sepals with distinctive bluish-purple markings on the lip.

Hybrid Orchid Culivar (Sc. Batenanniana x Lc. Angel Heart) x Sc. Beaufort

Common Name: Hybrid Orchid Culivar (Sc. Batenanniana x Lc. Angel Heart) x Sc. Beaufort
Species: (Sophrocattleya Batenanniana x Laelocattleya Angel Heart) x Sophrocattleya Beaufort
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

A pink, white and yellow flowered hybrid orchid cultivar.

Brassolaeliocattleya Mt. Isa 'Jean' Hybrid Orchid Cultivar

Common Names: Brassolaeliocattleya Mt. Isa 'Jean', Blc. Mt. Isa 'Jean'
Species: Brassolaeliocattleya sp. (Brassavola sp. x Cattleya sp. x Laelia sp.)
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

This hybrid yellow and purple orchid is quite lovely if I do say so myself.

Dendrobium bigibbum Two-Humped Dendrobium

Common Name: Two-Humped Dendrobium Orchid Cultivar
Species: Dendrobium bigibbum
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

Lovely lush purple flowered orchid cultivar of Dendrobium bigibbum.

Ascda. Suksamran Beauty 'Red' Orchid Cultivar

Common Name: Ascocenda Suksamran Beauty 'Red', Ascda. Suksamran Beauty 'Red'
Species: Ascocenda sp. (Ascocentrum sp. x Vanda sp.)
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

Another shot of the red form of orchid cultivar Ascda. Suksamran Beauty.

Ascocenda Suksamran Beauty 'Red' Orchid

Common Name: Ascocenda Suksamran Beauty 'Red', Ascda. Suksamran Beauty 'Red'
Species: Ascocenda sp. (Ascocentrum sp. x Vanda sp.)
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

This is the red flowered form of Suksamran Beauty, a lovely Ascocenda orchid cultivar. This post also marks the 100th photo on this plant photography photoblog, here's to many more photos in the future.

Plumeria pudica White Frangipani

Common Names: White Frangipani, Bridal Bouquet, Fiddle Leaf Plumeria, Wild Plumeria, Bonairian Oleander
Species: Plumeria pudica
Family: APOCYNACEAE

This species of Plumeria forms a lovely dense shrub and has distinctive spoon shaped leaves. It flowers well and produces white flowers with yellow throats similar to those of the more common Frangipani tree (Plumeria rubra). White Frangipani is native to the South American countries of Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela.

Acalypha reptans Red Cat's Tail

Common Names: Red Cat's Tail, Red-Hot Cat's Tail
Species: Acalypha reptans
Family: EUPHORBIACEAE

Acalypha reptans is a perennial groundcover that has fluffy red flower spikes in Summer and Autumn. This plant is great when used along garden edges and allowed to spill over. Can also be used in hanging baskets. Prefers dappled shade.

Rosa 'Iceberg'

Common Name: Floribunda Rose Cultivar Iceberg
Species: Rosa sp. 'Iceberg'
Family: ROSACEAE

Iceberg is a common, well known rose cultivar with white flowers. The flower in this shot is a little past its prime however.

Rosa 'Queen Elizabeth'

Common Name: Grandiflora Rose Cultivar Queen Elizabeth
Species: Rosa sp. 'Queen Elizabeth'
Family: ROSACEAE

A lovely pale pink grandiflora rose cultivar.

Rosa 'Molineux'

Common Name: David Austin Rose Cultivar Molineux
Species: Rosa sp. 'Molineux'
Family: ROSACEAE

Molineux is a lovely pale cream coloured David Austin rose with an apricot centre.

Rosa 'La Sevillana'

Common Name: Floribunda Rose Cultivar La Sevillana
Species: Rosa sp. 'La Sevillana'
Family: ROSACEAE

La Sevillana is a red flowered Floribunda rose.

Rosa 'Papa Meilland'

Common Name: Hybrid Tea Rose Cultivar Papa Meilland
Species: Rosa 'Papa Meilland'
Family: ROSACEAE

A red flowered hybrid tea rose cultivar.

Rosa 'Blue Moon'

Common Name: Hybrid Tea Rose Cultivar Blue Moon
Species: Rosa sp. 'Blue Moon'
Family: ROSACEAE

Although not truely blue, the flowers of this hybrid tea rose cultivar 'Blue Moon' comes about as close to a blue rose as you can get.

Rosa 'Charles de Gualle'

Common Name: Hybrid Tea Rose Cultivar Charles de Gualle
Species: Rosa sp. 'Charles de Gualle'
Family: ROSACEAE

This is a lovely mauve (pale purple) coloured hybrid tea rose cultivar.   The rain drops really add something to the image here.

Rosa 'Peter Frankenfeld'

Common Name: Hybrid Tea Rose Cultiver Peter Frankenfeld
Species: Rosa sp. 'Peter Frankenfeld'
Family: ROSACEAE

This is a lovely hybrid tea rose cultivar with lush red flowers.

Rosa 'Princess de Monaco'

Common Names: Hybrid Tea Rose Cultivar Princess de Monaco
Species: Rosa sp. 'Princess de Monaco'
Family: ROSACEAE

Princess de Monaco is a hybrid tea rose with lovely soft white flowers with pink petal edges.

Rosa 'Helmut Schmidt'

Common Name: Hybrid Tea Rose Cultivar Helmut Schmidt
Species: Rosa 'Helmut Schmidt'
Family: ROSACEAE

Helmut Schmidt is a hybrid tea rose cultivar with pale yellow flowers. This plant this photo was taken from was a little disease ridden.

Rosa 'Brass Band'

Common Name: Floribunda Rose Cultivar 'Brass Band'
Species: Rosa sp. 'Brass Band'
Family: ROSACEAE

Brass Band is a floribunda rose cultivar with salmon coloured flowers.