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Blue Hyacinth in Phipps Conservatory
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More of the Spring Flower Show at Phipps
The Broderie.
Triumph Tulip “Princess Irene.”
The East Room. If you look closely, you will notice some curious breaks in the leaves to the right. This extreme wide-angle shot was made from multiple photographs, and the leaves were moving in the breeze.
Poor Man’s Orchid: Schizanthus × wisetonensis “Star Parade.”
Double daffodil “Westward.”
Delphinium elatum “Guardian Blue.”
Late tulip (Tulipa tarda).
Trumpet daffodil “Dutch Master.”
Toadflax: Linaria reticulata “Flamenco.”
Camera: Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z3.
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Himalayan Blue Poppies at the Spring Flower Show, Phipps Conservatory
Meconopsis “Lingholm,” planted in the Palm House for the Spring Flower Show.
Camera: Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z3.
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Pansies at the Spring Flower Show, Phipps Conservatory
“Frizzle Sizzle Blue Swirl”
These pictures were all taken with the Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z3, which, as old Pa Pitt never tires of mentioning, he bought for 99¢.
Father Pitt disclaims all responsibility for the names of these cultivars.
“Hip Hop Cranbunny”
“Spring Matrix Midnight Glow”
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Phragmipedium Memoria Dick Clements in Phipps Conservatory
It seems to Father Pitt that it is about time for an orchid, so here is a Phragmipedium hybrid.
Camera: Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z3.
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Chocolate in Its Raw Form
Chocolate comes from this tree, Theobroma cacao, here seen growing in the Fern Room at Phipps Conservatory. Each of those fruits bears a number of bitter seeds, known as “cocoa beans,” from which chocolate is made. The Phipps tree is unusually productive.
Camera: Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z3.
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The Phipps Spring Flower Show Opens Today
Yesterday Father Pitt got a preview of the show, which is up to the usual standard of whimsy and spectacle.
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Phalaenopsis Hybrids in Phipps Conservatory
These orchids are identified only as “Phalaenopsis Group,” which probably means that somewhere along the line the identifying tags were lost.
Camera: Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z3.
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Phipps in the Winter
Camera: Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z3.
One of the great challenges of landscape design is to find some way to make the landscape interesting in the winter, when deciduous leaves are gone and there are almost no flowers. Bright red berries certainly add a lot of winter interest, as we see above.
In the picture below, the tree with the very interesting skeleton is a Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides), a conifer that loses its leaves in winter.
Camera: Kodak EasyShare Z1485 IS.
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Winter Orchids at Phipps Conservatory
Every season is colorful in the Orchid Room. Here are some of the orchids that were blooming just after Christmas.
Dendrobium “Sokol Blue.”
Liparis condylobulbon “Henry Shaw.”
An unidentified hybrid (there was no tag) that Father Pitt would guess probably involves Miltonia and Odontoglossum.
Paphiopedilum Whitemoor “Norriton” FCC AOS. The “FCC AOS” means it was awarded a First Class Certificate by the American Orchid Society, which means the AOS thinks this cultivar is pretty peachy.
Dendrobium bracteosum.
Camera: Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z3.
