@mikews60.bsky.social
Retired, Calgary orchid grower and gardener 🇨🇦🌈 he/him
Lepanthes fimbriata putting on a miniature show!❤️
September 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Lepanthes fimbriata putting on a miniature show!❤️
Finally found a happy place for my Promenaea Florafest Cheetah. First bloom in several years!❤️
August 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Finally found a happy place for my Promenaea Florafest Cheetah. First bloom in several years!❤️
Maxillaria tenufolia (the coconut orchid) blooming for me for the first time❤️
July 7, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Maxillaria tenufolia (the coconut orchid) blooming for me for the first time❤️
My first successful Miltoniopsis blooming, I usually kill them long before the bloom. This is Mltps. Princess Diana ‘Red Baron’
April 15, 2025 at 10:18 PM
My first successful Miltoniopsis blooming, I usually kill them long before the bloom. This is Mltps. Princess Diana ‘Red Baron’
My Thanksgiving, Christmas cactus has now become an Easter cactus… Third round of flowers this winter❤️
April 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
My Thanksgiving, Christmas cactus has now become an Easter cactus… Third round of flowers this winter❤️
Picked up this little cutie at the orchid show in Edmonton last weekend… Bulbophyllum lemniscatoides, flower spike looks like a caterpillar on a stick❤️🤣 #orchids
April 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Picked up this little cutie at the orchid show in Edmonton last weekend… Bulbophyllum lemniscatoides, flower spike looks like a caterpillar on a stick❤️🤣 #orchids
Spring is poking up in the yard… hepaticas and crocus in the thyme patch❤️
April 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Spring is poking up in the yard… hepaticas and crocus in the thyme patch❤️
Saw this at my local Calgary Safeway this week… they still have a ways to go I guess 😒
March 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Saw this at my local Calgary Safeway this week… they still have a ways to go I guess 😒
A hopeful sign for spring on my walk this morning ❤️
March 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM
A hopeful sign for spring on my walk this morning ❤️
Cymbidium Red Beauty ‘Carmen’ just opening. Cymbidiums can be so hard to bloom in Calgary with their need for a long cool fall to set buds. It’s been several years since the last time it flowered.❤️
#orchid
#orchid
March 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Cymbidium Red Beauty ‘Carmen’ just opening. Cymbidiums can be so hard to bloom in Calgary with their need for a long cool fall to set buds. It’s been several years since the last time it flowered.❤️
#orchid
#orchid
I bought this cactus many years ago on an impulse from a local garden centre… it’s a treat every spring to get these massive flowers (3 inches across)❤️
March 5, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I bought this cactus many years ago on an impulse from a local garden centre… it’s a treat every spring to get these massive flowers (3 inches across)❤️
Dendrobium nobile var. virginalis just open; it’s the last of mine to flower❤️
February 22, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Dendrobium nobile var. virginalis just open; it’s the last of mine to flower❤️
My Dendrobium nobile and a couple of it’s hybrids putting on a show
February 19, 2025 at 10:32 PM
My Dendrobium nobile and a couple of it’s hybrids putting on a show
Happy (take back our) Flag Day
February 15, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Happy (take back our) Flag Day
Paphiopedilum Mrs. White, had 2 flowers this winter…
February 11, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Paphiopedilum Mrs. White, had 2 flowers this winter…
January 20, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The cactus has decided to do a second round of flowers❤️
January 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The cactus has decided to do a second round of flowers❤️
A beautiful sunset with Venus
January 13, 2025 at 12:57 AM
A beautiful sunset with Venus
Dendrobium Ecuagenera
Vibes, 1st time I’ve kept one of these cuthbertsonii hybrids alive🎉
Vibes, 1st time I’ve kept one of these cuthbertsonii hybrids alive🎉
January 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Dendrobium Ecuagenera
Vibes, 1st time I’ve kept one of these cuthbertsonii hybrids alive🎉
Vibes, 1st time I’ve kept one of these cuthbertsonii hybrids alive🎉