Orchids and Ikebana

I have been growing orchids for 15+ years now. In 2008, I took my first lesson in Sogetsu Ikebana. For me, growing orchids and creating Ikebana arrangements are my meditation. I created this blog to share my pictures and ideas with you. It is like my JOURNAL and helps me keep track of my progress.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Reflective Design "Hearts Delight"

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The materials are spray painted Hosta, Nandina and pine corn, carnation, bittersweet. I didn't have ikebana class last week due to the w...
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Indoor Orchid Garden

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Right now, these are all my blooming orchids. I have more orchids blooming in winter than any other time. I gathered them all to make an ind...
Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Cattleyas

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Carefully look at these two pictures, do you see any difference? In fact they are two species. The first one is Bllra Tohoma Glacier "I...
Friday, February 12, 2010

Cymbidiums

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Name unknown. My friend gave me this orchid ten years ago. This Cym. has been divided many times and given away to many of my friends.(1st p...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Winter Wonderland 2

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The most historic winter blizzard since 1884 in the northeast region. 44 inches in one week! Within one week the Philadelphia area was hit ...
Friday, February 5, 2010

Winter Wonderland 1

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Winter blizzard (2/6/10) in my back yard, over one foot snow. But my daughter's Baltimore home got more than two feet. The four pictures...
Sunday, January 31, 2010

Three Different Kinds of White Orchids

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Dendrobium "Spring Dream Kumiko" In this January's B.C.O.S. meeting I brought five different kinks of orchids to our show tabl...
Saturday, January 23, 2010

Vase and Coral

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I used all my leftover materials to arrange this tall design. This vase is a gift from my younger brother when I visited him and relatives i...
Monday, January 11, 2010

Large Cattleyas

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Wintertime is when most of my orchids bloom. From now on, you can expect many posts about different types of orchids! Above are the same pa...
Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Slanting Style Nageire Variation No.3

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I made the cross bar inside the mouth of the tall container, so I could put branches at Shin 45 degrees, Soe 15 degrees and flowers Hikae 75...
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