November orchids Bloom

Cattleya. Compact plant with strong fragrance.
It blooms for the first time, I am thrilled and
surprised its color and size (flower only 2.5"). 

Mitassia Charles H. Fitch " Izumi"
It's pity, it has only three flowers.

Finally! It's blooming. This is the last stem's flowers.
 ( please check  the last September's post) 

Holiday Cheer

Here I'm using a glass container to layer and arrange materials. This champagne glass and tall glass are a toast to everyone! Many thanks for all your support.

Champagne glass: Small pebbles layered first then colorful glass sea
shells, Hydrangea, orchid and mum is on top.
Tall glass: Colorful gem stones, Hydrangea and orchid. 

Happy Thanksgiving

The previous party's center piece had a lot of flowers which I took apart. I took good care of them so I could reuse the flowers for the 11/20 class. I chose the subject "Thanksgiving Basket Arrangement" because I had a lot of materials and wanted to make a bigger one. It's 36 inches long and 14 inches wide. It can be viewed from both sides. I also arranged a simple "Free Style."

Free Style-- Sun Shine

I bought this ceramic container at a clearance sale at Home Goods. It has a hole in both sides. I put a gerbera daisy in both. You can see a little bit of the daisy in the back.

LBH Holiday Party

Lower Bucks Hospital's holiday party is held in the Four Seasons Hotel every year. My husband and I were so happy to see his old friends and former partners there (he retired in June this year).
Here are the grand entrance's floral designs. It caught my eye and is very pretty. There was a big, tall and beautiful center piece of each dinner table (see the third picture). The people were so kind, they let me to take it home. I'm thinking that I can use these flowers to arrange a few ikebana style arrangements.

I placed the center piece at my living room table. After
a few days I might take them apart to make another
flower arrangements.

Basket Arrangement for Fundraising

These arrangements consist of Phalaenopsis orchids. I want to arrange them individually in two baskets with ikebana style.These baskets of flower arrangement were originally for the purpose of my garden club's gala night (11/ 2/2012) fundraising. But, unfortunately, the gala was canceled due to the super-storm Sandy.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Free Style - Fall Theme

Less Is more; it definitely shows here. Please compare these two arrangements:

Bitter sweet, Hydrangea, Pumpkin and wooden stick.

I arranged this one at home first. In class
 my teacher said the line is beautiful enough,
it doesn't need any other flowers.

Fruiting Plant Materials

A crystal bowl and rustic basket (I made it using chicken wire and vine) don't seem to match too well together, but it worked and showed their contrast. My teacher agreed and said it's a nice arrangement.

Materials: Fig  branch, Nandina, Mum and Pine
Container:  Crystal bowl and Basket

Hawaii wedding

My husband and I took a trip to Hawaii for my niece's wedding in Kona (10/18- 10/23), this was my 4th time to Hawaii but it's my first time to see Kona. It was a small wedding but it was so warm, friendly, touching and beautiful. The day after the wedding, my sister, our husbands, and I went to Hilo to see a tropical garden and to visit my husband's Japanese teacher. Here, tropical flowers are always in floral shop or greenhouses, so I enjoy seeing them all over the place in their natural surroundings.

Pawai Bay Cove
My beautiful niece; the guests were asked to wear Hawaiian
styled attire.

These plumeria are popular in leis.

Centerpieces at our Sunday brunch  table
Wow! using Cattleya orchid

October Orchid Bloom

(Brassocattleya Memoria Bernice Foster)
This is a division plant from the one I posted last month.
It is easy to grow and its flowers are last very long time. 

Milttassia " Xenia" (Milt. Bluntii ' 4n x Milt.
Clowesii 4n)  Strong fragrant in the morning.

Blc.  Toshie Aoki "Camela"
This is my new collection. I bought last year
 because I like its color and long lasting flower.
 Its color changed in few days, compare to the
 one below it just freshly bloomed.

Oncidium  Alliance ' Wild Cat '