our new orchid

T.O. and I are happy to be sharing our apartment with a new orchid! For the past week or so it has had a new bud. This morning, the bud was still curled up tightly, but tonight... what a display!

This photo is a little dark, but I like how it emphasizes the depth of the bud's interior.

This photo, of course, is a little too bright! The orchid's colour is much deeper than this. It's a beauty though, don't you think?  The flower, I mean, not the photo.

memories of summer

Green turns into red on our little balcony garden... definitely the best way to measure the months passing.

Soon the whole city will be covered in red leaves! I'm not sure I'm ready to cocoon myself just yet.

signs of spring

They've bloomed! And within days of each other... it must be love.

The large one is incredibly elegant. You can't tell from the angle of the photo, but the flower sits about 4 inches above the tallest leaf on one of the longest, straightest stems I've ever seen.

The little one is an adorable miniature.  For reminding me that winter can't last forever (even in Montreal), these two have earned a little treat: plant food all around! 

are my plants asexually active?

I can't believe this plant has a flower! I have no idea what kind it is... it was inherited from friends when they moved overseas. I was told it hadn't flowered in years... but what's even more mysterious...

is that our other, tinier but identical plant is also blooming, for the first time since we bought it a year ago! Could our two plants be asexually active? Has there been a little covert cross-pollination going on chez moi?