Desert Rose (Adenium obesum)

I have grown Desert Roses for 45 years. Take a look at one of my old ones. In the last 5 years we can know get new variates, just like some orchids, They are no longer expensive and they are found in many of the big box stores.

Our Church Kitchen This Evening

Tillandsia ionantha are native of Mexico and Central America where they grow on trees and rocks.

A month ago this bromiliad was just plain green. It grows on our avocado tree.

When the blue flowers open the green leaves turn red.

It's A Very Difficult Thing To Keep Your Home Green

It Lost All Of The Leaves February 19, 2011

A healthy tree like this would always have leaves. Today it looks healthy, but it's a last try. Look at how bad it was a month ago.

The Coral Gables Orchid Society Had An Open House Today

The first house had 2 fantastic greenhouses. This one had all sorts of orchids and many were in full bloom.

The second green house was filled with blooming Vanda orchids.

The second house has a collection of animals.

The grower has many orchid plants that are very large specimens. The grower has many orchid plants that are very large specimens.

The Red Bouganvilla Shrub Is Trying To Be A Tree

The Annual Lunchen For The Old People Of Coral Gables

More Cleaning Around The Electric Lines

This fancy machinery sat there for 5 hours, while 3 men with a latter trimmed the palms in the back yard.

In 4 months the palms well be back in the lines.

Trimming The Trees Around The Electric Lines

The Oak Tree Knows It's Spring

This week we get the new leaves and next week we get pollen all over the place.

A New Waterlily - Tanzanite Was First Sold In 2010

This is the first flower on my plant.

The Moon Is 30% brighter This Night

Slow Food Not Fast Food

The Slow Food Group is getting the schools around here to have vegetable gardens. We are trying to teach youngsters to like more healthy food.

Desert Rose (Adenium obesum)

You now that it is spring when the Adeniums start to bloom

A Head Of Jade Lettuce With Chicken Feet

Welllll I Know Some Friends That Look Like This Guy

The Owl Is Watching The Sheep

The Orchid Show Finished Today, Now The Sheep Will Enjoy The Quiet

Fairchild Has A Nice Red Kapok Tree

The Orchid Show Opened Today

This is from the Coalition for Orchid Species (an orchid club)


This is my plant in the group.

More And More Art Around The Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.

At first I didn't like the cow.

But then there was a great picture on the side of the cow.

Putting Up An Orchid Show Is Not Easy

The show will be this Friday to Sunday at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.

Jade vine (Strongylodon macrobotrys)

This blog started 4 years ago with a picture of the Jade vine.

C. skinneri 'Danes' AM/AOS

We have a collection of C. skinneri orchids. Take a look at some of the orchids.

The Dead Trunk Of My Yellow Poinciana

We took 10 feet of the trunk.


Each piece was 100 pounds to 150 pounds.

Here Are Some Of the 30 AvocadoThat We Picked The Other Day

The squirrels were eating more then we ate. Now we can give them to friends (and squirrel are not friends).

The Bouganvilla Is At Its Best

Flowers Of Spring

I drive by the Prado entrance many times a week, not because it's the quick way home but because it's something that I want to see. I hope you like it too.

The Flowering Tree Is New To Me

The Coral Gables library has 2 of these trees.

Close up to the flowers they look like a vine that's blooming in our yard this winter.

My Favourite Part Of Coral Gable

The beautiful garden around our home.

The Talibot Palm (Corypha umbraculifera) have orchids growing on the trunk.

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