#by orchid-bud

[dailyboygroups]

[geopsych]

Orchid incoming. They’re so slow! But this one’s getting close. Paphiopedilum delenatii.

[pigeon-feet]

btw i did get orchids. and a free butterwort. and a bougainvillea cutting. also some mini african violet leaf cuttings (not shown).

all from wade’s orchids.

[stiltonbasket]

Lan-bao is a happy little orchid spirit in the vampire and far au? She likes sitting out in the sun and snacks.

Her favorite treats are sweet fritters made with roses, lotus petals, and honeysuckle flowers! She also loves to snack on mint leaves - they're refreshing after all the sugary flower pastries. <3

[inkblackorchid]

You always have been, buddy.

[jess-cookierun-art]

White Lily Cookie Clones

I first thought of this idea last year on the same month aka January and I was heavily inspired by the Grimwalkers from The Owl House cause I thought it would be neat

But throughout last year, I procrastinated on the designs and only did it if I wanted to. Now with White Lily Cookie in the game, I finished all the designs of the clones with finishing Lily Garden yesterday.

Instead of putting them in separate posts, I’ll put them all together with names and order they were created under the cut. Later, I put them in separate posts to save you time

Lily Orchid Cookie

Vanilla Lily Cookie

Silver Lily Cookie

Lily Bouquet Cookie

Lily Pad Cookie

Lily Pond Cookie

Lily Bud Cookie

Lily Garden Cookie

Flower Garden Cookie

[falseandrealultravival]

Today's Haiku with Picture 596

Purple orchids

It will open soon

It's a bud

紫蘭花

やがて開くぞ

ツボミかな

(2023.04.23)

[coffeenuts]

THE COLOUR PURPLE... ORCHID. by magda indigo https://flic.kr/p/2oNXECx

[bougainvillea-and-saltwater]

Okay this little lady here, has a big story behind her! When we first bought her she had only her leaves, which were getting bigger and bigger but there were no flowers blooming. We were fighting to make her bloom for over a year!!! Until we realized that she was actually an orchid, and orchids require the following things in order to bloom:

A sunny place to be (such as a window), but not in direct sunlight!

She needs a glassy pot for her roots to be able to photosynthesize!

She doesn't need a lot of water. Once a week in the summer, and every second week in the winter suffices—and this is actually in correlation with how her roots look like; when the roots are green, that means the orchid is hydrated and does not need more water. When they're more brownish, then she needs to be watered.

To water them properly, orchids have to be sunk in a bowl of lukewarm water along with their pot, but their leaves should not be sunk as well; you can clean them from dust only with a soft cloth dipped in a mixture of lemon and water.

You know when it's time to change her pot when all her roots are out (you can see only one little bud in the photo, so my orchid is still comfortable in her pot).

And one fun fact: Orchids like to grow on trees! That's why we don't use soil for her to grow, but tree bark! 🥰

[safrona-shadowsun]

💼

Send me   ‘ 💼 ‘   to hear a rumor about my muse from someone who works for / with them.

Rosselyn froze like a deer in the mechanohog headlights as she was set with the prying question, just as the celestial chimes rung her exit from the entrance of Empyrean Star Trades. "Rumors? Uhh..." the woman lingered on a nervous chuckle, tightening her grip on the leather portfolio held against her chest. "I dunno. I-I mean uhm. I don't really work a whole lot with Lady Shadowsun. She's...business, mostly. I mean Miss Wenne's more like t'chat about things and...well?"

Her rambling train of thought seemed to stop there, more uncomfortable by each passing second as she recalled snippets of conversation held between the sisters, conversation and words she often found herself catching in passing when none paid the unassuming like her attention. It was frank on Rose's face that she had heard much, but that she was not one comfortable sharing any of it as gossip. Especially gossip that could potentially make her lose a consistent job as a designer that she rather liked.

Rose shrugged into what would seem to be an apologetic decline, but she suddenly drew on a very basic observance. "Orchids!" The artist blurted out without much initial context, and then wet her lips to find words that actually supported sense. "Uh, I mean, she said she likes orchids? Didn't...really see she had some in the office though so I...uh, got her a little potted starter couple've Winter's Veils ago. She...she seemed t'really like them, but... I noticed she doesn't have it in the office anymore and didn't really mention it again. So I dunno if it's really true. Sometimes people just try to fill the air with words to get through a bad day, or they're kind of bad with flowers so..."

Rosselyn straightened as she reflected quickly on what her words could have sounded like. "I mean! Not that Lady Shadowsun is like that! She's really, you know. Punctual? ...Smart. And nice. And dependable, like all her couriers!"

Rose made a little waving motion of farewell, indicating she was quite done trying to navigate the social jungle.

{ @asharinhun , referencing @thefirstperished }

[dailyboygroups]

[geopsych]

This is getting exciting. I’ve had this paphiopedilum orchid for over two years but I’ve never seen it bloom.

[fcktaken]

Soon

[starbiology]

one of my dendrobium orchids has a flower opening 🥺

[bubmyg]

MY AFRICAN VIOLET IS GONNA BLOOM AGAIN!!!!!!

[plantdyke]

My tolumnia is blooming 💚💚