Tropical Orchids
Alpinia zerumbet or shell ginger is now on my list of flowers that lasts well in water. I can’t speak to it in foam but that’s ok I like vases, especially pottery, upcycled vases, jars and recyclable containers. This arrangement was made from winter flowering shell ginger flowers, cordylines and heliconias.
I think I was in my early twenties when my Dad arrived at my house with two orchids; a Cymbidium and a small dainty purple flowered Dendrobium species : kingianum. “You want these?”
This time of the year while the garden is always inviting during summer in the tropics, not so much. You can’t…
The number of orchid species that live in tropical climates is vast and diverse, as orchids are found in tropical…
