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New addition to our family!
No, we didn’t bring home a new cat, dog or other animal rather a new orchid to add to our growing collection.
This past weekend, my husband attended the bi-annual Florida Native Orchids sale located in beautiful Saint Petersburg Florida. Florida Native Orchids has an amazing amount of beautiful orchid species. The owner, Bud Spence, is incredibly knowledgeable and boasts over fifty years of growing experience!
Our native and non-native orchids are classics, some old & some new hybrids; also our own crosses are available. These are divisions from our very best plants. Some are not to be found anywhere else! We recommend the Florida native,
With so many orchids for sale, it is so hard to choose just one. My husband decided to being home a Phalaenopsis hybrid (an Elegant Select TW50 to be exact). So, I have decided to share some pictures. Note: our camera does not due this plant much justice and the true colors of the petals do not really come through. The white areas are really a darker shade of yellow.
Close up:
To get a better idea of what the flower looks like, check out this great picture of the same species I found here.
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