2010-04-11 April Rhodies etc

In case you're wondering, the business meeting that administration will vote on my tenure status is April 15. "Beware the Ides of April", said some guy, once, probably.

Anyway. Flowers. Right.

Pleione something or another. I'm terrible at remembering hybrid names. They're in English. If I ever register a hybrid, I'm going to call it 'Something Vulgar'. Just imagine the ridiculous circumstances that would ensue.


Cypripedium formosanum


Various Rhodies.










R. macabeanum


Kalmiopsis leachiana (named after Portlandonian Lilla Leach).


I saw this in my wife's coffee cup. Somehow, she created a forested hill scene within her coffee fractal. I'm thinking large scale coffee art in the future...


April rainbows bring May pots-o-gold, said that same guy, once, probably.