- Yesterday I showed you our large fixed planter box on the patio of the house in Wonosobo, Indonesia.
- I've also pointed out the green leafed plant in the center, to the right. Well, that is our treasured Hippeastrum Fragrantissimum. Let me introduce it to you here...
- Heavenly fragrant Hippeastrum Fragrantissimum...
- We found them adjacent to our home in Indonesia and when we carefully dug them up, we found they were bulbs. So those bulbs we treasured and had them in that fixed planter box.
- Sure enough they did cross the oceans with us, will show you in our next post how they did here.
- Their sweet fragrance is indeed heavenly!
- In the bright tropical sunlight it is not easy to take great photographs...
- They have multiple blooms and than another repeat.
- You can see the planter box here.
- The leaves of the Hippeastrum Fragrantissimum are rather broad and a bit weavy.
- Below are two links from 2010 and 2011 where they bloom in our garden here in Georgia, USA.
- Will show you again some great blooms from this July.
- Hope you enjoyed this exotic and rare fragrant bulb!
- Wish I could reproduce its fragrance for you...
Related links:
{Heavenly Hippeastrum Fragrantissimum} | previous post by me
{New Heavenly Hippeastrum Fragrantissimum} | previous post by me
{Our Tropical Patio with Orchids in Indonesia} | previous post by me
- This time I am eager to show you Our Tropical Patio and Orchids in Wonosobo, Indonesia.
- This will also prove that orchids only require the bare minimum for thriving well.
- Come on in, step outside from our kitchen-dining area onto the tiled patio.
- Our patio was walled in, for privacy as is very common in lots of countries.
- Against that wall were boards of wood wool, on which orchids attached their aerial roots.
- Also a larger planter box was there and some bonsai type tree in a pot.
- Orchid blooms are so rewarding!
- It gives you really the feeling of being in the tropics.
- At Singapore airport there are thousands of orchids in pots, all around. It makes you think you just went to heaven! But look at our own little heaven we had in Wonosobo, Indonesia...
- The green leafed plant (Hippeastrum Fragrantissimum) in the center, front to the right I will show in a future post as it has a story...
- Most of you recognize several house plants in this planter. Well, they grow like weeds in the tropics and we do pamper them indoors where they never thrive as well as in their natural habitat.
- High humidity; that is KEY.
- Tiled patio and this fixed large planter box and adjacent a little pot with bonsai tree.
- Another planter box and you see those boards with wood wool against the wall with the orchids.
- The entire wall was covered with those boards with wood wool and an enormous variety of orchids.
- Let's have a look at them.
- Have you ever seen them grow like this on a board of wood wool?
- They are a real study in beauty...
- All blooms are so different and also their leaves.
- We could not get enough of them...
- Guess that fern is clinging onto the board of wood wool as well...
- By the way, above photo gives you a good view of that board.
- Such a soft cream with some tender lilac color...
- A completely different variety... in golden yellow.
- This one looks like an elegant, upside down cousin of the hyacinth...
- Not the best photo but I wanted to introduce you to this variety as well.
Like little bells.
At least you got an idea of the enormous Orchid variety we had.
They were no fussy plants for cultivating and such loyal bloomers.
We loved them and it sure made for a super spot for having our coffee after work; to unwind.
On Sunday we would read here and I did crochet on my filet lace curtains...
Many fond memories of paradise, besides our consulting job, which we loved too.
Did I convince you now for getting an orchid, or two?
Related links:
{Our Home in Wonosobo, Indonesia} | Previous post by me
{Dieng Plateau Indonesia - Where We Worked} | Previous post by me
{Our arrival in Jakarta, Indonesia} | Previous post by me
{Fly with us to Jakarta, Indonesia} | Previous post by me
{Updating my readers before getting to Jakarta} | Previous post by me
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