random flower post

epiphyllum species

random flower post

random flower post

^^climbing rose

^^another climbing rose

^^windowsill cactus

^^sedum? and thyme

 

 ^^windowsill lewisia

mid winter lift

 ^^ a collection of mostly Phalaenopsis hybrids

 ^^ a touch of the exotic, Zygopetalum (probably maculatum)

 

 

Epiphyllum anguliger - orchid cactus time lapse

akebia

^^ ripe akebia (Akebia quinata)fruit

^^the flowers are lightly but pleasantly scented 

 ^^ripe fruit on the vine

^^ripe fruit pulp is lightly sweet and delicately flavoured 

 ^^ prune hard annually after flowering

morning glory

Ipomea sp.

November indoors

hole in the sky island

Eugene tells me that 'Hornby' is derived from the Coast Salish for Hole in the Sky, an allusion to an asserted local weather phenomena where the island remains sunny and dry while rain falls around it. Wikipedia tells us that the Pentlatch, a Coast Salish First Nations band, called the Island Ja-dai-aich, meaning The Outer Island. The Spanish renamed it in 1791, to Isla de Lerena, after the Spanish Finance Minister. The British renamed it again in 1850, after Rear Admiral Phipps Hornby, then Commander of the Pacific Station.
I think Eugene, handsome older gentleman that he was, might having been pulling my mainlanders leg.

 

 

  

lewisia

a little PoCo spring