a walk around the yard with Dirty Coconuts

[camille1585]

I want to move there too! Now if only it wasn't so dang hot and humid...

Do you have any orchids mounted in the trees DC? I bet they'd do really well there.

[DirtyCoconuts]

I do! I am always reluctant to “let go” so it is only divisions and duplicates but I have about 10 or so that all do pretty well.

I’ll grab some pics tomorrow

[Leafmite]

Very nice little oasis!

[JScott]

Wow, DC, your place is truly magnificent. Palatial, even. I would love to live in a place like that. I have an aunt and uncle in Naples, but they aren't orchid growers, which I think is such a waste haha. It blows my mind that they don't have orchids just EVERYWHERE lol. I certainly would. I mean, I do have orchids everywhere, and I live in Texas, so I can imagine how crazy I would go with it if I lived in South Florida.

[DirtyCoconuts]

Camille- here are a few shots of the easy to get to ones

they are mostly Nobile Dendrobiums because they produce so many keikis -I don't really divide anything unless i want to give it to someone or if i HAVE to so it ends up being the keikis and rescues that go in the trees

Tree chids by J Solo, on Flickr


Tree chids by J Solo, on Flickr


Tree chids by J Solo, on Flickr


Tree chids by J Solo, on Flickr


Tree chids by J Solo, on Flickr

i have a nice colony of Nobile in a red Hayden mango tree out front and it is really cool...i'll get some pics today

[camille1585]

When you have orchids in the trees, you know you live in orchid lovers paradise!

[DirtyCoconuts]

here is the larger one under the mango tree

Spikes and other nice things by J Solo, on Flickr

[DirtyCoconuts]

i stuck this NoID Onc in the tree last year and it is spiking now


Rescue operations and stuff by J Solo, on Flickr


the front of the lath house is sort of always in flux as i move things around to see what likes to live where.

Some good green stuff by J Solo, on Flickr

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Got a nice full rainbow yesterday, not exactly rare but still special enough to appreciate

Grill stuff by J Solo, on Flickr


i don't know how many of you know about the painted eucalyptus (rainbow) tree, but it rules


city zoning requires that you have a shade tree within 15' of the street. i did not and got cited so i planted one that can grow to excess of 150' in its native lands i don't think she will get close to that with out hurricanes but still magnificent.

the bark is constantly peeling and the tree calluses underneath but changes colors as it ages and get really vibrant after the rain.

Grill stuff by J Solo, on Flickr

the van is about 6' tall for perspective and the tree was 10' feet when planted in 2017


Grill stuff by J Solo, on Flickr

[Diane56Victor]

I looked at these for our house but they grow too big for a suburban garden.
The colours on the trunks are fabulous!