Yard and Garden

I went to the University of Riverside's plant sale a few weeks ago and got a couple of interesting plants.

A Dark Lady slipper orchid:




And a Queen of the Night cactus vine. It's in traction to train it to climb the fence. Amazing what you can do with cheesecloth and turkey twine. Enclosed in chicken wire "dog proof fence."




I have a soft spot for slipper orchids. They grow wild in the Maine woods, probably our most exotic flower. The ones in the north are a beautiful buttery yellow, and we call ...