Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - February 2011 (Sort of....)

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I always feel a little behind the times when it comes to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day during the winter months. Aside from a couple of Spathiphyllum and a few poinsettias that haven't met their post-holiday demise, my indoor garden is usually devoid of blooms to celebrate as we approach the middle of another cold-weather month. So I decided to stretch the definition of my garden just a little this February and visited the University of Illinois Conservatory.

This conservatory serves as my botanical home away from home, a place where I can disappear and pretend that the Midwestern winter is just a bad dream. Today, I closed my eyes and imagined myself a tropical garden where the air is warm and humid, the foliage is lush and green, and weeds come in the form of fragrant orchids. When they opened, this is what I found.

Phalaenopsis sp. (Orchid)

Erauthemum puchellum (Blue Sage)

Cymbidium sp. (Orchid)

Oxalis regnellii

Porphyrocoma pohliana

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center;">Calliandra haematocephela (Powder Puff Tree)

Clerodendrum quadrangula 

Neomarica nortiana (Walking Iris)

Dendrobium 'Super Ise'

Aechmea 'Red Ribbon'

Cattleya sp. (Orchid)

Cymbidium Taboo 'Black Imp'

Camellia sp.

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