Sunday, July 5, 2009

TODAY'S FLOWERS ~ 21 Orchid Show

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Today was the last day of the Winter Show of the
Murray Bridge and District Orchid Club, of which
I am a member.



There was also an Orchid Photo Competition and I was
lucky enough to win the trophy with this charming little
Orchid photographed in my shadehouse coming first,



and this beautiful Orchid shot at last year's Spring Show
coming second.



I personally loved this little Slipper Orchid as well



as this pretty pair of slippers anyone would like
under thir bed.

I took quite a few photos which I will post now and then.

Click on the Logo to pick yourself a bunch around the world!

To Luiz Santilli Jr. and his team of eager beavers, thank you
for providing us with this venue for showing our flowers.

52 comments:

  1. Hello Arija,
    These flowers really shine on the black background - can´t see these in the nature in Finland !

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  2. woof arija!
    beautiful flowers.
    they sing so well!

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  3. Congratulation for the trophy, your surly deserve it. They are so beautiful, thanks for sharing.

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  4. This is wonderful! I am a big fan of the orchid but have yet to try growing one of my own.

    ENJOY your day dear friend in the garden.

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  5. I would! - as this pretty pair of slippers anyone would like
    under thir bed.

    There is a kind of orchid that look like that that grow free in the Forrest of the north of Sweden.

    I am happy that you liked my photo of the daylilies, MB

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  6. Love all your flowers - and congratulation with winning the competition! How great is that!

    I have never seen any of the orchids you show, and they are so beautiful! Lovely photos!

    Thanks for your always nice visits at my blog Arija! And wish you a nice day!

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  7. I can see why you would win the competition. Absolutely exquisite!!!

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  8. Congratulatins on the win.All the Orchids are lovely.
    Blesings,Ruth

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  9. stunning images, each and every one!

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  10. Arija: I do love the red orchid the best, so vivid.

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  11. Again, you have magical flowers in your post. Thank you for your visit and greetings from Croatia.

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  12. Congratulation to the Orchid-competition.
    Your flowers are great and your photo superp.

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  13. Arija Congratulations on your achievement! The photos certainly were worthy of winning!
    Orchids are flowers that one never forgets after seeing them! So unique and exotic each and every one!
    Have yourself a happy day dear friend.hugs

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  14. Congratulations! They are so pretty. The second place one is my favorite.

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  15. Wow, these are so vivid, beautiful orchids.

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  16. The orchids are stunning! Congratulations on your winning photos - they're beautiful!

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  17. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.... and well done for your photograph awards.

    Tom

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  18. Those are all so beautiful. Orchids are amazing flowers to me. There are so many different ones and I liked all of the ones you shot so much.

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  19. The slipper is my favorite, too. These are really wonderful flowers.

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  20. Congratulations! I'm not surprised one little bit.

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  21. Congratulations! I can well understand that you won a prize! The orchid is so delicate. But the other photos are also very gorgeous. Thank you so much for sharing! Have a great week!
    We had an enormous thunderstorm and lots of rain today, which we needed after two weeks of dry weather and a heatwave.

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  22. that stunning magenta colored one with the yellowish leaves,... wow!

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  23. Wow, and what a show the orchids put on. My favourite is the first one - really lovely shots.

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  24. You have a lovely collection of orchids, some of them haven't seen before here in our country, love most the slipper orchids.

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  25. Arija, you really deserve to win, congratulations!

    Good week for you!

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  26. Congratulations! These are truly gorgeous examples of Eden.
    The state flower in Minnesota is the wild ladyslipper. . .and I agree, I'd love to 'own' a pair of either of those you showed us.

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  27. Congratulations on your award as you are a very talented photographer. You have a good eye for the flowers.

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  28. Hello Arija, These orchids are so beautiful, like the yellow slippers best.
    Have a nice day and nearly forgot to congratulate you on winning the tropy!

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  29. Well done Arija, you deserve those prizes. Jim loves orchids and we used to have quite a lot but with moving, most have gone now.

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  30. You have done a great job with the Orchids (not my best subject for florals)it is not easy to photograph them and I like yours very much.

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  31. Oh..they are just beautiful and the award was well deserved Arija..

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  32. Arija, your orchids and photos are outstanding. So glad you can still have some flowers around you. Congrats on winning.

    Yes, I found fossils and will post them soon.

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  33. Hi Arija,
    Your photos of the orchids make them shine. I can see why your won the competition.

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  34. Gorgeous flowers, fantastic photos, exquisite colors! Just doesn't get any better than this, Arija! And congratulations! much deserved!

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  35. Hi Arija, congratulations, congratulations! You have lovely flowers and a green thumb for sure! Lovely collection of orchids!

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  36. Thanks for sharing that you won a digital orchid photo competion. Congratulations. You inspire me.

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  37. Ah, wonderful photos and flowers as usual Arija...

    Well done on the first and second place in the orchid photo competition!

    Thanks for your visit to my flowers. Glad you enjoyed the hibiscus with a swirl!

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  38. This is really wonderful collection of lovely and colorful orchids.

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  39. wow you got lovely orchids here too...very beautiful photos of nature!

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  40. i love the pretty pair of slippers it really looks like a slipper. that was cute.",)

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  41. Congratulations! I love orchids. They are gorgeous!

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  42. Congratulations on winning the competition, the orchids are enchantingly beautiful and so well captured! Imagine, last summer I found a wild Slipper Orchid in the mountains.

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  43. Congratulations on your trophy! The photos (and flowers) are absolutely gorgeous.

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  44. Congratulations on your photographic skills being recognised, they are indeed spectacular images.

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  45. Arija

    Wonderful flowers and different kind of Orchids!

    Thanks for this great post!
    Luiz

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  46. The orchids are beautiful. I am useless at growing them. I always manage to kill them.

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  47. Wonderful pictures! I love the shapes of the slipper orchids, slippers like that would be nice :)

    Congrats for the win!

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  48. The Spring Show Orchids look spectacular in its graceful form. Thanks for the visit of my wedding blog. Yes, it's a lonely life but well-compensated with contentment. Cheers from Sydney!

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  49. Wonderful orchids! Congratulations for you and for orchid photo competition! :)

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  50. Wow...gorgeous! You deserve a trophy for these lovely photos. They are all so beautiful, but I really like that first one.

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