Bloomscrolling--what's in bloom where you are?

wtg

There's a sweet autumn clematis way back in the yard. There was a trellis there but it fell over and broke over the winter. I never got around to putting another one in, so the clematis ended up becoming part groundcover/part climbing vine. It even headed over to a nearby arbor where I have a couple of other sweet autumns started.

I'll do something different next year, but for now I think it looks kind of neat! Smells wonderful, too.

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AndyD

That's the nicest ground cover.

Theres nothing much but green in our garden, however the orchid show last week was colourful

Bernard

@AndyD OMG. So beautiful, it's hard to resist being drawn in. That Phragmipedium is stunning!

AndyD

I ought to have taken my Sony camera, it's a struggle to frame, isolate and get depth of field with a phone camera.

Daniel

@andyd Your last picture- great!! Wow.

wtg

Those orchids are lovely.

Years ago I had my own little collection of orchid plants. I think my favorites were the Oncidium Sharry Baby ‘Sweet Fragrant’ . The whole house would smell like vanilla when the plant was in bloom.

We also enjoyed searching for yellow lady's slipper orchids in the woods in Door County. They are very fussy about where they will grow; we were lucky enough to have the perfect conditions in several areas of our property and they came back reliably, year after year.

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https://doorcountypulse.com/the-ladys-slipper/

Bernard

@wtg I've had pink lady slippers (Cypripedium acaule) on my property. Twice a plant has come up and flowered two years in a row, thereafter disappearing. The conditions for their growth are very specific.

Here is one I discovered shortly after moving here: