Past What’s Bloomn’ Slideshows
Every week The Tropical Grower features photos of flowers blooming around Our Garden. If you missed a week, you can catch up here.
December 9, 2024 – December 15, 2024
Variegated Hibiscus 
Ligustrum 
Purple Hong Kong Orchid Tree 
Vanda Orchid 
White Dendrobium Orchid 
Laelia Orchid 
Bougainvillea 
Sisters Dracinia, or Cordyline Fruticosa 
Rhyncholaelia digbyana, formerly Brassavola 
Philippine Violet, Barleria Cristata 
Yellow Marigold 
Pink Zinnia 
Chinese Forget-Me-Not 
Glorious Daisy 
Purple Hong Kong Orchid Tree 
Tiger Neoregelia Bromeliads 
White Birds of Paradise 
Laelia Orchids 
White Dendrobium Orchid 
Desert Rose 
Bougainvillea, after dark. 
Philippine Violet, Barleria Cristata 
Purple Zinnia 
Indian Blanket Flower 
Laelia Orchid 
Bougainvillea 
Variegated Hibiscus 
Pink Zinnia 
Spin Top Indian Blanket Flower 
Purple Hong Kong Orchid Tree 
Tiger Neoregelia Bromeliads 
Laelia Orchid 
Indian Blanket Flower 
Bougainvillea 
Purple Zinnia 
Alyssum 
Pink Zinnia
December 2, 2024 – December 8, 2024
Sisters Dracinia, or Cordyline Fruticosa 
White Birds of Paradise 
Laelia Orchid 
Yellow Walking Iris 
White African Iris 
Vanda Orchid 
Desert Rose 
White Dendrobium Orchid 
Bougainvillea 
Yellow Marigold 
Rhyncholaelia digbyana, formerly Brassavola 
Purple Zinnia 
Variegated Hibiscus 
Ground Orchid 
Comfrey 
Spin Top Indian Blanket Flower 
Pink Zinnia 
Bougainvillea, Cage Match 
Sisters Dracinia, or Cordyline Fruticosa 
Orange Zinnia 
White Birds of Paradise 
Orange Marigold 
White Dendrobium Orchid 
Purple Lilliput Zinnia 
Glorious Daisy 
Bougainvillea 
Pink Zinnia 
Chinese Forget-Me-Not 
Indian Blanket Flower 
Laelia Orchid 
Tiger Neoregelia Bromeliads 
Orange Marigold 
Purple Zinnia 
Variegated Hibiscus 
Bougainvillea 
Lumquat Blooms, yeah no making them pretty. 
Indian Blanket Flower 
Pink Zinnia
November 25, 2024 – December 1, 2024
Bougainvillea 
White African Iris 
Laelia Orchid 
Florida Peach Blossom 
Purple Water Lily 
Desert Rose 
White Dendrobium Orchid 
Pink Bulb 
Buttercup 
Comfrey 
Purple Lilliput Zinnia 
Florida Peach Blossom 
Orange Marigold 
Pink Zinnia 
White Dendrobium Orchid 
Laelia Orchid 
Buttercup 
Sweet Potato 
Purple Zinnia 
Japanese Lantern Hibiscus 
Laelia Orchid 
Pink Zinnia 
White Dendrobium Orchid 
Cucumber 
Purple Zinnia 
Orange Marigold 
Pink Zinnia 
Variegated Hibiscus 
Oncidium Sharry Baby Orchid 
Orange Zinnia 
Bougainvillea, Cage Match 
Ground Orchid 
Spin Top Indian Blanket Flower 
Bougainvillea 
Variegated Hibiscus 
White Birds of Paradise 
Scarlet Sage or Red Salvia 
Bougainvillea
November 18, 2024 – November 24, 2024
Laelia Orchid 
Florida Peach Blossom 
Bougainvillea 
White Dendrobium Orchid Variegated Hibiscus 
Comfrey Oncidium Sharry Baby Orchid 
Pink Zinnia 
Laelia Orchid Orange Zinnia 
Purple Zinnia Bougainvillea, Cage Match 
Pink Zinnia 
Laelia Orchid 
Florida Peach Blossom Ground Orchid 
Oncidium Sharry Baby Orchid 
Purple Zinnia 
White Dendrobium Orchid Bougainvillea Spin Top Indian Blanket Flower 
Zinnias Variegated Hibiscus 
Laelia Orchid White Birds of Paradise 
Orange Marigold 
Purple Lilliput Zinnia Bougainvillea 
Sweet Potato 
Desert Rose 
Purple Zinnia Scarlet Sage or Red Salvia
2024
Philippine Violet, Barleria Cristata 
Bougainvillea 
Indian Blanket Flower 
Bougainvillea 
Clasping Coneflower 
Pink Bulb 
Purple Zinnia & Bumble Bee Friend 
Carrot 
Honey Bee Friend visiting a Buttercup 
Florida Peach Blossom 
Bougainvillea 
Poblano Pepper Blossom 
Garden Bean Blossom 
Oncidium Sharry Baby Orchid 
Bee Friend & Bromeliad 
White Dahlia 
Giant Pale Pink Zinnia 
Dendrobium Orchid 
Dendrobium Sonia Orchid 
Light Pink Zinnia 
Light Purple Dahlia 
Carpenter Bee visiting the Candlestick Tree 
White Dendrobium Orchid 
Plains Coreopsis 
Giant Pale Pink Zinnia. Magical! 
Buttercup 
Green Sweat Bee & Purple Water Lily 
Laelia Orchid 
Pink Zinnia 
Flaming Torch Bromeliad 
Vanda Orchid 
Flowering Ginger 
Flaming Torch Bromeliad 
Variegated Hibiscus 
White Dendrobium Orchid 
Red Lobster Claw Heliconia 
Pickerelweed & Bee Friend 
Spider Lily 
Dragon Fruit Bloom & Bee Friend 
Gold Coins, Dendrobium lindleyi Orchid 
Zinnia’s Galore 
Miniature Rose 
Dragon Fruit Bloom 
Pink Bulbs 
White Farewell to Spring 
Angel Trumpet Tree 
Encyclia Cordigera Orchid 
Yellow Daylily 
Purple Zinnia & Butterfly Friend 
Envy Zinnia 
Coral & Purple Zinnia 
Love Memory Fizz Dendrobium Orchid 
Purple Zinnia 
Orange Sunflower 
Purple Zinnia 
White Lilliput Zinnia 
Pink Lilliput Zinnia 
Purple Dendrobium Orchid 
Pink, Purple & Red Gladiolus 
Candytuft 
White Hong Kong Orchid Tree 
Purple Water Lily 
Great Grandmother’s Easter Lily 
Comfrey 
Calendula 
Red Cascade Weeping Bottlebrush 
Encyclia bractescens Orchid 
Amaryllis 
Amaryllis 
Star Jasmine, a single flower 
Florida Blue Flag Iris 
Florida Blue Flag Iris 
Purple-Pink Toadflax 
Purple Phalaenopsis Orchid 
Key Lime Tree Blossom 
White Zinnia 
Miniature Phalaenopsis Orchid 
The Sisters, Dracena 
Purple Shamrocks 
Purple Shamrocks 
White African Iris 
White African Iris 
Phalaenopsis Orchid 
Zygopetalum Advanced Australian Orchid 
Red Christmas Cactus 
Yellow Marigold 
Miniature Rose 
Golden Dewdrop or Duranta 
Pink Christmas Cactus 
Pink Christmas Cactus 
Michihili Cabbage 
Purple Hong Kong Orchid Tree 
Purple Hong Kong Orchid Tree 
Cattleya Orchid 
Ground Orchid 
Rhyncholaelia digbyana, formerly Brassavola 
Snake Plant, Mother-In-Law’s Tongue 
Yellow Marigold 
Yellow Marigold 
Cattleya Orchid 
Desert Rose 
Key Lime Tree Blossom 
Laelia Orchid 
Alyssum 
White Birds of Paradise 
Glorious Daisy 
Yellow Marigold 
Dwarf Yellow or Maui Ixora 
Blue My Mind Morning Glory 
White Toadflax 
Kalanchoe 
Mexican Heather 
Red Canna 
Yellow Canna
2023
Yellow Gladiolus 
Cattleya Orchid 
Yellow Water Lily 
Laelia Orchid 
Lancaster Double Tiger Lily 
Streamside Spider Lilies 
Flaming Torch Bromeliad 
White Blooming Ginger, Curcuma 
Variegated Hibiscus 
Dragon Fruit Cactus Bloom 
Farewell to Spring 
Black Beauty Crepe Myrtle 
Brassavola Digbyana Orchid 
Red Zinnia 
Dragon Fruit Bloom 
Gold Coins, Dendrobium Orchid 
Bougainvillea Blooms 
Miniature Rose 
Epidendrum Orchid 
Frangipani or Plumeria Tree. It’s a family favorite. 
Pale Pink Larkspur 
Easter Morning, these Easter Lilies opened 
Miniature Phalaenopsis Orchid 
Bachelors Button Wildflower 
Tasty Nasturtium 
Florida Blue Flag Iris 
Clemson or Red Cluster Bottlebrush tree blossoms. 
Mother-in-Law’s Tongue flowers 
Christmas Cactus. These might look familiar at this time of year to northern growers, maybe a bit late for them. 
White Cattleya Orchid. It gets brown water spots. Talk about fragile. 
Water Lily blooming despite the cooler weather. 
Purple Hong Kong Orchid Tree Bloom. We call this tree the Anniversary Tree. I can’t stop taking photos of it. 
Cattleya Orchid 
Purple Hong Kong Orchid Tree Bloom 
Ground Orchid 
Glorious Daisy 
White Birds of Paradise 
Bougainvillea 
Purple Water Lily 
Mexican Butterfly Weed and Bee Friend 
Yellow Cosmos 
Orange Marigold 
Dendrobium Orchid 
Buttercup 
Orange Zinnia 
Dendrobium Orchid 
White Dendrobium Orchid 
White Phalaenopsis Orchid Yellow Marigold 
Vanda Orchid 
Red Gladiolus 
Yellow Daylily 
Purple Cattleya Orchid. 
Dendrobium Orchid 
Purple Painted Zinnia 
White African Iris 
Pink Bulbs 
Purple Coneflower, Echinacea 
Peace Lily 
Canna, up on the mountain 
Dendrobium Orchid 
Pink Zinnia 
Common White Toadflax 
Sweet Potato 
Purple Shamrocks 
Cattleya Orchid