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.
March 17, 2025 – March 23, 2025
Candy Cane Amaryllis 
White African Iris 
Sleepy Bee on Glorious Daisy 
White Hong Kong Orchid 
Buttercup 
Golden Dewdrop or Duranta 
Ligustrum 
Oh yeah, Red & Candy Cane Amaryllis 
Yellow Marigold 
White Wild Cosmos 
Purple Hong Kong Orchid 
Red Amaryllis 
White Hong Kong Orchid 
Chinese Forget-Me-Not 
Bee Lifting off Glorious Daisy 
Candy Cane Amaryllis 
Philippine Violet, Barleria Cristata 
Jasmine 
Bougainvillea 
Orange Marigold 
White African Iris 
Desert Rose 
Purple Wild Cosmos 
Pole Bean 
Red Amaryllis 
Spin Top Indian Blanket Flower 
White Wild Cosmos 
Red Amaryllis 
White Dendrobium Orchid 
Candy Cane Amaryllis 
Purple Shamrocks 
Ground Orchid 
White African Iris 
Red & Candy Cane Amaryllis 
Orange Marigold 
White Hong Kong Orchid 
Red Amaryllis 
Arugula Lettuce Flowers 
Candy Cane Amaryllis 
White African Iris 
Red Amaryllis 
White Hong Kong Orchid 
Magenta Wild Cosmos 
Glorious Daisies 
Alyssum 
Candy Cane Amaryllis 
Spaghetti Squash Flower 
Pink Zinnia 
Red Amaryllis 
White Dendrobium Orchid 
Purple Hong Kong Orchid
March 10, 2025 – March 16, 2025
White African Iris 
Candy Cane Amaryllis 
Florida Blue Flag Iris 
Young Spider Lily 
Indian Blanket Flower 
White Hong Kong Orchid 
Hope of Candy Cane Amaryllis 
White Birds of Paradise 
Spider Friend at home on a Marigold 
White Wild Cosmos 
Garden Bean Blossom 
Red Amaryllis 
Florida Blue Flag Iris 
White Hong Kong Orchid 
Red Amaryllis 
Spin Top Indian Blanket Flower 
White African Iris 
Red Amaryllis 
White Hong Kong Orchid 
Florida Blue Flag Iris 
Key Lime Tree Blossom 
Red Amaryllis 
White African Iris 
Indian Blanket Flower 
Red Amaryllis 
White Hong Kong Orchid 
Red Amaryllis 
White African Iris 
Red Amaryllis 
Indian Blanket Flower
March 3, 2025 – March 9, 2025
White Hong Kong Orchid 
Florida Blue Flag Iris 
Red Amaryllis 
White Zinnia 
Ground Orchid 
Purple Hong Kong Orchid 
Bumble Bee visiting Glorious Daisy 
Purple Wild Cosmos 
Spin Top Indian Blanket Flower 
White African Iris 
Red Amaryllis 
Orange Marigold 
Desert Rose 
White Hong Kong Orchid 
Orange Blossom 
Purple Hong Kong Orchid 
Red Amaryllis 
Yellow Marigold 
White Hong Kong Orchid 
Red Amaryllis 
Purple Hong Kong Orchid 
Red Amaryllis 
Orange Blossom 
Kalanchoe 
Philippine Violet, Barleria Cristata 
White Hong Kong Orchid 
Honey Bee visiting Wild Cosmos 
Red Amaryllis 
Purple Hong Kong Orchid 
Red Amaryllis 
Eggplant 
White Hong Kong Orchid 
Ground Orchid 
Red Amaryllis and Honey Bee Friend 
Glorious Daisy 
White Hong Kong Orchid 
Tiny Pink Zinnia 
Red Amaryllis 
Desert Rose 
White Hong Kong Orchid
February 24, 2025 – March 2, 2025
Red Amaryllis 
White Hong Kong Orchid 
Purple Hong Kong Orchid Tree 
White Dendrobium Orchid 
Orange Marigold 
Orange Blossom 
Red Christmas Cactus 
Purple Shamrock 
Indian Blanket Flower 
Echeveria Succulent Flower 
Arugula Lettuce Flowers 
Ground Orchid 
Amaryllis Picotee 
Philippine Violet, Barleria Cristata 
Red Amaryllis 
White Hong Kong Orchid 
Spin Top Indian Blanket Flower 
Red Amaryllis 
Purple Hong Kong Orchid Tree 
Yellow Walking Iris 
Desert Rose 
Red Amaryllis 
Purple Shamrock 
Tiger Neoregelia Bromeliads 
White Hong Kong Orchid 
Red Amaryllis 
White Dendrobium Orchid 
Indian Blanket Flowers 
Ground Orchid 
Yellow Marigold 
Kalanchoe 
Purple Hong Kong Orchid Tree 
Orange Blossom 
Red Amaryllis 
Philippine Violet, Barleria Cristata 
White Hong Kong Orchid 
Red Amaryllis 
Purple Hong Kong Orchid Tree 
Red Amaryllis 
Indian Blanket Flower 
White Hong Kong Orchid 
Red Amaryllis 
Orange Blossom 
Red Amaryllis 
White Hong Kong Orchid 
Bougainvillea 
Spin Top Indian Blanket Flower 
Tiny Pink Zinnia 
Red Amaryllis
2025
Florida Blue Flag Iris 
Florida Peach Tree Blossoms 
Florida Blue Flag Iris 
Purple Queen 
Florida Blue Flag Iris 
Amaryllis Picotee 
Florida Blue Flag Iris 
Yellow Walking Iris 
Dendrobium Sonia Orchid 
Pink Christmas Cactus 
Bee Friend visiting Key Lime Tree Blossom 
Purple Phalaenopsis Orchid 
Key Lime Tree Blossom 
Purple Hong Kong Orchid Tree 
Purple Shamrock 
Bougainvillea 
Pink Christmas Cactus 
White African Iris 
Spin Top Indian Blanket Flower 
Red Christmas Cactus 
Giant Sunflower 
Philippine Violet, Barleria Cristata 
Pink Rain Lily 
Bee Friend visiting Bromeliads 
Snake Plant, Mother-In-Law’s Tongue 
Vanda Orchid 
Laelia Orchid 
Desert Rose 
Dwarf Yellow or Maui Ixora 
White Dendrobium Orchid 
Variegated Hibiscus 
Indian Blanket Flower 
Japanese Lantern Hibiscus
2024
Laelia Orchid 
Purple Hong Kong Orchid Tree 
Ligustrum 
Giant Sunflower 
White Dendrobium Orchid 
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 
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 
Plains Coreopsis 
Giant Pale Pink Zinnia. Magical! 
Buttercup 
Green Sweat Bee & Purple Water Lily 
Laelia Orchid 
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 
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 
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