In the 21⁄2 years Cathy’s mom has been in assisted living, she’s been given quite a few flowers including two small, Phalaenopsis orchid plants which were in bloom when she got them. She was able to enjoy them and when they stopped blooming we brought them home and I’ve been keeping them on our kitchen windowsill. Recently both of them came back into bloom at the same time (the second time for one of them and the first for the other). I took the first to start blooming to her but then she was in the hospital for a little while and I brought it back home. They are now gracing our kitchen window with lovely blooms. I don’t remember who gave them to Margaret but I’m thankful for them every time I’m at the kitchen sink.
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Phalaenopsis Orchids
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Abutilon ‘Biltmore Ballgown’
We went to Brookside Gardens this afternoon. There wasn’t a lot in bloom outdoors but even so, it’s a nice place to walk on a early autumn afternoon, especially on as nice a day as today. Before that walk, as usual, we went into the conservatory.
This plant, labeled Abutilon, also called flowering maple, is a variety called ‘Biltmore Ballgown’ and is quite pretty. The flowering maples have recently been reclassified in the the genus Callianthe, however.
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