Orchid is watching you…
#Bangkok #garden #bloomscrolling #orchid

I've finally managed to photograph my first orchid. As I was walking in the woods, daydreaming as usual, little bright pink dots caught my attention. There were five fairy slipper (Calypso bulbosa) growing on a bed of moss ready to be photographed. This is the first time that I see orchids in a forest. (Vertical photo: open to see in full).

More #orchid goodness
#bloomscrolling #flowers #houseplants

A newly opened flower.
#orchid #bloomscrolling #flower #houseplants

Orchid flowers, white with subtle purple shading.
#orchid #houseplant #bloomscrolling

hi friends, i am excited to share with you a new art project i've been working on for quite some time!

it's a collage series called "propriety and grace: images of women".

TLDR: cute animals wearing elegant kimonos on beautiful orchid backgrounds.

available here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/HawaiiInks

story behind the series: i found the book "Japanese Kimono Paper Dolls" by Ming-ju Sun (published in 1986) in a thrift store & thought "i just have to use these in an art project." i decided to put these elegant kimonos on animals. at the same time, i found the book "Orchids: Wonders of Nature" by Takashi Kijima (published in 1987), and the photos turned out to make perfect backgrounds.

the title of the series ("grace and propriety: images of women") comes directly from the orchid book, where many of the orchids are described as women at various stages of life, and as various kinds of beauties (it's kind of weird). anyway, i thought it would be funny to call this series that features 0 women "images of women", but they *are* full of grace and propriety, imo! and in kimonos, they do all become ~ladies~ .

i am very happy with how these came out. i worked on them for quite some time, getting them just right, and i think that you will be happy to have any of them hanging in your home, office, etc., or given as a gift.

thank you for your support and please RT if you think your followers might be interested

Two works made by myself & my pal Em aka Suphannee; the first one of the #flower is the one she did, it was done with oil paint on canvas. The second one, the #XMen #artwork featuring #Psylocke was done by myself on wooden board with acrylics , graphite, and ink

The Elegant Orchid

For sale here:
https://jessicajenney.com/featured/the-elegant-orchid-jessica-jenney.html

Images from the Vancouver #Orchid Society's show & sale, 2025 03 22.
#garden #gardening #flowers #horticulture #photography #bloomscrolling #botany
#Laeliocattleya #Cymbidium

Another day, another phalaenopsis bloom. #orchid #flower #bloomscrolling

Images from the Vancouver #Orchid Society's show & sale, 2025 03 22.
#garden #gardening #flowers #horticulture #photography #bloomscrolling #botany
#Cattleya #Pelexia #Dendrobium #Paphiopedilum

Thought from yesterday:
If you ride your bicycle fast enough,
depression won’t catch up with you.

Anyway, here’s a pretty flower.

Vintage Botanical Prints - 51 in a series - Seven plants, including three orchids and a gesneria: flowering stems and floral segments.(c. 1837)

https://welchwrite.com/agn/2021/06/28/vintage-botanical-prints-51-in-a-series-seven-plants-including-three-orchids-and-a-gesneria-flowering-stems-and-floral-segments-c-1837/

#orchid #plants #flowers #leaves #botany #botanical #print #art #artwork #garden #gardening #science #painting #illustration  
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