Spoils and Views of the Weekend Nursery Hunt!

First place we went to was It's a Jungle. This is a wonderful place specializing in orchids and roses, oh and a few tropicals like citrus and bromeliads. It was also a great place to try out the new camera, although I'm still figuring out the focus on really close-up shots (a lot of my pics of orchids were too fuzzy, alas). Check out the LIST of roses they carry! It goes ON AND ON! Below is a shot of Himself wandering the rose aisles. I held off on roses this time--not a good time of year to plant.

I did come away with some orchids though! My lord--he had all kinds of orchids and so many of everything! Phals, Paphs, Cattleyas, Oncidiums, fabulous shapes, fantastic colors! I bought two out-of-bloom Paphs. that I am hoping from the names will be green/white (Rogers-Fujikawa X 'Green Ghost) and very dark (Black Stallion X Onyx). $15 apiece!!!! I was thrilled! Our Lowes consistently carries Phalenopses, but I had despaired of ever seeing Paphs again (and a couple of the ones I'd brought down here had dried up). My other purchase was a really nice Vriesea Splendens bromeliad:


The second place was Pots and Plants (the only web-site for which seems to be the live flamingo cam one). Here's where I got my cool pot, which you see below proudly carrying the weeping barbados cherry.