Ok folks. So as expected, I woke up to a winter nightmare yet again.
Luckily, I had a good deal of 'spring' yesterday at the Phipps Conservatory. They had their annual Tropical India and Orchids show. I took a crapload of pics. I really wanna share with you, maybe they'll bring a little ray of hope and/or light at the end of this stupid cold, snowy season.
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Super vivid
I love the delicate buttercream color of these ones:
Ittybitty spots
And every flower has a nametag for easy indentification. I was particularly fond of this bright orange one:
There were tons of buds that hadn't opened yet... these are my favorite to photograph.
Super vivid, again. The edges of the petals were bright yellow!
One of the main garden rooms. People get married here!
These guys were very fragile and looked like wax shavings.
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This was the root of a cactus family plant in the desert room. I think it looks like a turtle crossed with a centipede.
Swiss chard
Orchid flower gallery
I should have photographed the nametag of this one, because now I wish I knew. It was this huge bush like plant in the room with fruit producing trees, but it had these beautiful dainty little flowers that smelled so good... like apples and honeysuckle.
The Dr. Suess tree.
I hope you enjoyed a little brightness on an otherwise white snowy day!