Orchids, Orchids, Orchids

Yesterday I came home and my house was filled with Orchids.  Tyler went out and got me two new ones to go with my current collection.  That gives me a total of 5 Orchids.

I’m really excited about the new ones; the first one is a Spider Orchid

The purple one is a Phalaenopsis orchid which is the same type as the two I already own.

My two old one’s are getting ready to bloom.  See?

I’ll post photos of them once they open up. One is blue and the other is a white and purple one.

Needless to say it was a welcome surprise yesterday as I was having a bad day.

Flowers in February

This year's winter has been virtually non-existant, in light of this my pineapple sage plant is totally confused.  I went outside today to find it blooming once again.  I'm not complaining because the blooms smell wonderful and I love putting the sage in my water like mint to give it some pineapple zest.  So thank you mother nature for being a little confused and keeping my plants in bloom.

He brought me flowers

These are Camellia's they grow on small tree's that kind of look like bushes.  They are evergreens but only flower in the winter and early spring.  Fun fact about Camellia's, the tea plant is a member of the camellia family.  I learned about these flowers from my old neighbor Larry, he used to bring them to me when I lived in Defuniak.  He had a tree in his backyard.  They make awesome floating flower arrangements.

Normally Tyler doesn't believe in cut flowers, he grows them for me in the yard.  His philosophy is that if he plants me flowers I will have them all of the time, but if he cuts me flowers it's killing the flowers and they only last a short while.  Honestly I think he brought these home because he was trying to figure out what plant they came from.  He always brings me plants to identify.  Regardless I got to enjoy their beauty and I learned the tea plants is member of the Camellia family so it's a win all the way around.