I picked this orchid up from the local Home Depot for less than 20 dollars. This species’ leaf properties are unique. They are like plump stabs of grass, unlike the huge flat leafed phalaenopsis and the beanstalk spindle shaped dendrobium. The actual genus of this orchid is called Brassavola and…
It sounds like something out of a zombie apocalypse movie sequel. Where the zombie infection remanifests itself to lapse into a new outbreak of zombies stronger, faster and deadlier! Or something from a Covid or Eboli outbreak movie where the next strain is deadlier than the first. For me it…
I purchased this orchid through mail order from Orquideas del Turabo. The description below was generated from AI Overview on Google when I researched it’s history. It’s the most concise description of the plant so I thought I’d share. The Dendrobium Chanthaboon Sunrise orchid was developed in 2011 by Chanthaboon Orchids and…
Wow! October 6th marks two years since my surgery. Already! Wait what!? I can’t believe it. These past two years have flown by. Here I sit cancer free? No I can’t accept that. Everyone tells me I am. My PSA blood tests tell me I am. My Urologists tell me…
Here is another orchid variety we picked up on my birthday from Soroa Orchids. This plant was $25 dollars. My wife liked the purple variety that was being sold at Bamboo Orchid Gardens in Davie, but it looked like that was rampant at every place we visited so I wanted…
Another birthday present to myself :). This one we got at Soroa Orchids right down the street from Banjong in Homestead. Quite an interesting place to visit if you ever have the chance. The entrance to this place is two large iron gates adorned with orchids. The selection inside was…
I saw this one at Home Depot a couple of months ago in full bloom. The flowers are “ginormous”. They span about 5 inches. It was 36 dollars and some change. It was too nice of an orchid to pass up and it’s the first time I’ve seen Vanda’s sold…
We purchased this orchid on my birthday 09/18/2024 from https://www.banjongorchids.net/. I believe this is a hybrid created by them. As I was looking at all of their beautiful Vandas I was caught by this inexplicable fragrance. I pinpointed the fragrance coming from this beauty. I knew there and then this…
I don’t want to talk about Prostate Cancer. I can’t. There is so much going on that it seems to be the furthest from my mind. Life has been throwing curveballs my way since my last posting. My wife and I, our world has been turned upside down. March was…
Usually, I sit and watch the Superbowl by myself. I buy a big fat steak and sit in front of the TV, and I’m snoring by halftime. Why, you ask? Well, that’s because my team, the Dolphins, are never in it. Also my wife usually works the weekend. There were…