African Violets and Gesneriads: Happy New Year to All, 1 by plantladylin

plantladylin wrote:
☼ Happy New Year Everyone!

It's a dreary, rainy day here in central Florida with cold, cold temperatures heading our way tonight! We are supposed to have five consecutive nights of temps in the low to mid 30's. Brrrr! Looks like I will be out with my pile of old blankets covering plants this evening when the rains stop! I wish we had a stock of firewood, I'd definitely be having a fire or two in the fireplace the next few days!

Well, I missed the ball dropping in Times Square on t.v. last night! Seems like we can never stay awake until midnight anymore!

Phoebe: I love that Phal, the coloration is so pretty! I have a few Noids and love them whether they have names or not. I have a gorgeous one that Mrsbonnie gave me when she was here in town visiting family last summer and I can't wait for it to bloom again. It has a white bloom with a soft peach hue ... really stunning, hopefully I will see signs of buds on it again soon!

VA_Wild_Rose: Your Phal is really beautiful, very colorful! It looks a lot like P. 'Balden's Kaleidoscope': http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/79912/ I don't know much about orchids just that I love the blooms. One of my nephews gave me a really nice book on orchids for Christmas and I saw a picture of that one in my new book. I know that many of them look alike and there are many hybrids on the market but your photo sure looks a lot like that one.

I have a couple of orchids in bloom right now but the only Phalaenopsis blooming is a white one. Phalaenopsis amabilis: