Baby lemon

It looks as if I will have two lemons - if everything goes well!

Look at that cute little lemon! (Okay, it's a swollen ovary, but lemons!)

Also the hibiscus is still going strong, and so is the Coelogyne.

Odds and ends

No broad category of plants are blooming. I just have bits and pieces of plant families doing their thing.

My lemon is trying to kill itself with flowers. It has bloomed for me three times since January, and I have tried unsuccessfully to pollinate it myself. This time around, I stuck the thing outside and let things happen. And, lo! They did happen.

I have never seen a bumblebee so obsessed with a plant before! She didn't even bother to put her tongue back in between flowers! Look at that face full of pollen and bulging pollen sacks!

I also think another one of the reasons that none of the flowers took to pollination was that the light wasn't strong enough for the pistil to properly develop. I hope I have at least one lemon from this! (The flowers smell so strongly!)

My out-of-season Coelogyne ochracea has started to open its flowers. This is normally a spring-blooming plant. The smell is of strong lilies, and I can barley be in the same room as it: it's that strong - and it's not even fully opened!

I also have a sedum noid that blooms reliably every August. This year is no different.This was a gift three years ago, and this is the third year it has bloomed for me.

Last April (as in a year from April), my grandmother gave me all her African Violets. They were in sad shape. One of them died - root rot - but this one finally bloomed for me!

And lastly, I have a hibiscus that's very, very happy. It's putting out multiple blooms each day. Unfortunately, each bloom only lasts for a day. It's potted up with another hibiscus that isn't as enthusiastic. That plant has a coral-colored flower with a lavender center. Once these two plants are established together, they're going to put on an amazing show!

More orchids

I moved over the weekend, and my plants are settling in just fine. They're out on a deck and a three-season porch.

Here's what's going on with my orchids:

My Dendrobium lawesii  continues to bloom beautifully.

Next, I have a noid Zygopetalum in bloom. It smells very, very floral!

Also, my Coelogyne ochracea is a spring-blooming plant. But it is very confused and putting out two spikes now.

I'm not sure if my Bulbophyllum echinolabium is putting out a new growth or a spike. It's always a great guessing game with Bulbos. I'm going to say it's a growth, but I wouldn't mind a spike!