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Monday, April 9. 2007

A bloom of some sort at the New York Botanical Garden orchid show last week:

 

Posted by Bird Dog in Gardens, Plants, etc. at 23:44 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0)

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Looks more like a bract from a yellow shrimp plant.
#1 vilmar (Link) on 2007-04-10 05:43 (Reply)
Yes, that's what such plants were always called when I was growing up in the Texas Coastal Bend, where shrimping is big business. Usually, they are a deep, coral color, making them look even more like shrimp. Fortunately, they don't smell like shrimp! :)
#1.1 Alyne Harding on 2007-04-11 10:55 (Reply)
beats me. The photog. told me it was from the orchid show
#2 bird dog on 2007-04-10 06:50 (Reply)
I didn't say it was an orchid, they don't segregate everything. Haven't a clue what it was other than gorgeous!
#3 retriever on 2007-04-10 09:56 (Reply)
OK. Cool. I just figured that at an orchid show there'd be orchids. Never dawned on me they'd have other stuff.

These things grow like crazy down here in Florida. They like a little shade from the hot afternoon son. Their cousin, the regular shrimp plant, looks almost identical but is ....... shrimp colored. Who'd a thunk it? :-)
#4 vilmar (Link) on 2007-04-10 11:21 (Reply)
It's like dying and walking into Heaven going there-the orchids "planted" amongst their regular stuff. wanted to take pictures in what little time I had..fun later to figure out what they all were...
#5 retriever on 2007-04-10 11:36 (Reply)

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