Morning Eye Candy Archives - Page 62 of 129

Morning Eye Candy: Dance of the Sugarplum Orchids

Posted in Photography on December 23 2013, by Ann Rafalko

Graceful orchids, like graceful dancers. ‘Tis the season!

Encylia cochleota (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)

Posted in Photography on December 22 2013, by Ann Rafalko

The Garden is full of blooms! No seriously, it is! You just need to know where to look. (Hint, head for the glittering dome).

Aeonium-arboreum

Aeonium arboreum var. holochrysum (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)

Posted in Photography on December 21 2013, by Ann Rafalko

Wishing you brightness and light in the year to come, on this, the shortest day of the year!

Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen

Posted in Photography on December 20 2013, by Ann Rafalko

This showy bromeliad is also sometimes called queen’s tears. Given the colors, I must assume that the queen that shed these is one magical lady.

Billbergia-nutans

Billbergia nutans (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)

Posted in Photography on December 19 2013, by Ann Rafalko

Warm thoughts as you thaw from your morning commute.

Posted in Photography on December 18 2013, by Ann Rafalko

It’s snowy and cold outside, but warm and dry in the desert houses of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory!

Photo by Senior Plant Recorder, Kristine Paulus

Posted in Photography on December 17 2013, by Ann Rafalko

There are a few different varieties of witch-hazel that grow happily in our area, and they all bloom beautifully through the dullest of winter days.

Hamamelis virginiana (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)

Posted in Photography on December 16 2013, by Ann Rafalko

Posted in Photography on December 15 2013, by Ann Rafalko

This dwarf blue spruce decided to decorate himself. Are you all set for the holidays?

Picea pungens ‘Montgomery’ (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)

Posted in Photography on December 14 2013, by Ann Rafalko

Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen