Exotic Beauties of the Flowering World

How could anyone not love orchids? I can't resist them. A look at them, and my heart melts. I'm not surprised that the orchid plant is often referred to as the "Queen of the realm of plants". It really looks regal to me, I must say, and the flowers are definitely queenly, demanding our utmost respect. Some orchids are princess-like, needing to be coddled and given the attention that princesses require! 


Orchids are...
graceful



exotic



and delicate.



Orchids symbolize ...


luxury





strength



love



perfection





rare beauty



refinement




wisdom




magnificence



affection





virility





thoughtfulness



charm



and splendour.




From what I have read pertaining to the meaning and symbolism attached to orchids, the person who gives a gift of orchids is expressing not only his love, but also his respect for the girl of his dreams. His choice of orchids also speaks of his admiration and he is paying the recipient the highest form of compliment, I feel, when he buys her orchids. Orchids are also universally recognized as the perfect conveyor of the message of love and thoughtfulness. 

 

If you want to see more orchids like the ones above, click here, and you'll be transported to the garden where all these blooms were photographed.

Nature's Messenger of Love

give her your heart

express your sincere regard 

orchids speak of love

cattleya's thoughtful charm

will bring her to your arms

to reciprocate your love

send her purple orchids galore

this says her rare beauty you adore

that's how you captivate your love

shower her with orchids exotic

bewitch her with its delicate mystique

then you'll be worthy of her love

(For Thursday Poets Rally and Poetry Picnic)

sponge in the wonder

thank nature for she creates

orchids in the breeze

(For Haiku Heights and Haiku My Heart)

Linking to:

Share the Joy Thursday
Thursday Poets Rally (Week 55)
Poetry Picnic
Haiku Heights
Haiku My Heart
Weekend Flowers
Fertilizer Friday
Macro Friday
Macro Flowers Saturday
Today's Flowers
Macro Monday
Mosaic Monday

Precious, Molly-Coddled, Purple Orchids of mine

These purple orchid plants have been sitting in their pot on my porch with limited exposure to full sunlight. Maybe I was being over-protective...didn't want my precious purple princesses to get 'sun-burnt', so I kept them in that location, not expecting them to flower much. After some months  of dormancy, I was so happy to find one brave stalk emerging, seeking light. I guess a bit of molly-coddling doesn't hurt. Now I am patiently waiting for the other plants to get activated and bloom! 

Can you hear what the blooms are singing?

Stretching our limb towards the light.

When's Rosie coming out to give us our foliar feed???

That swan's been watching us  us all day long!

Hey, we get lonely out here on the patio.

We can't wait for this pot to be filled with more stalks of purple orchids! 

Linking to:
Today's Flowers

Patterns of Phalaenopsis Orchids

The repetition of similar shapes in the petals of the orchids below make a fine pattern in four different colours.These phalaenopsis flowers would make magnificent gift-wrap paper, prints or the cover of a magazine or a book.


All the plants below were posing coquettishly at this orchid nursery called "The World Of Phalaenopsis" waiting for me to capture their stunning patterned images.

For more patterns on Blooming Friday, please click on the Blooming Friday button to get to Katarina's blog at the bottom of this page.