In the last month or so, we had a few orchids in bloom: our Dendrobium Palpabrae and Encyclia Lancifolia. Also, the violet and gesneriads in my terrarium and around the house have really been going off. In general, the plants in my domed terrarium have at least doubled in size since last year. I would definitely recommend violets and gesneriads for terrariums that will sit in indirect light. My potted gesneriad had seven blooms at one time! Looking back at previous posts, I see that all of these are pretty reliable June/July bloomers.
We hiked the Sawyer Camp Trail along Crystal Springs Lake in San Mateo in early June and spotted one coral root orchid that was still blooming. It’s very late and most of what we found was dried up already.
We also walked around the SF Botanical Garden a few weekends ago. They recently finished some path improvements and re-plantings and things look really good. I saw a blue poppy for the first time – very beautiful! The Epipactis Gigantea (stream orchid) was also in bloom in the California section of the garden, but I couldn’t get into a good position for a photo – plus, our camera’s been broken for awhile, so I’m limited to my camera phone which isn’t great for flower close-ups. (as you can tell below…)
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- Dendrobium Palpabrae
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- Encyclia Lancifolia
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- coral root orchid
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- poppy
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- gesneriad
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- terrarium violet
The Orchid Bog 
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