After a few days of relaxing while my daughter worked, we decided to visit Huntington Botanical Gardens in south Pasadena. Purchased in 1903 by railroad magnate H.E. Huntington, this former citrus ranch is now filled with spectacular gardens. In the small part we explored in our few hours, one of my favorite areas was the humid conservatory. Here are a few of the photos I took there while trying to protect my camera from the periodic mistings.
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This is beautiful!!
Lena, I love orchids and to see them just “hanging around” was so much fun.
janet
Stunning !
They really were, Jodi.
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They are exquisite Janet!!
Thanks! I enjoyed seeing so many of them in one place.
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Beautiful orchids – they are each like a delicate painted sculpture.
They really are beautiful, aren’t they, Peggy? I like that you can buy orchids at Trader Joe’s.
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Good morning, Janet. These are beautiful photos of beautiful flowers!
Helen, I think orchids are stunning and it was so much fun to photograph these. I’m happy you liked them.
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Exotic, splendid and gorgeous beyond belief.
Thanks very much. I’m looking forward to more internet access next week because I’ve seen a couple posts from you that look good. Hope you’re enjoying your weekend.
janet
We are having a great week-end Janet. IT RAINED A LITTLE. This has been the driest winter in 100 years. Normally our summers are definitely on the damp side but this has been disasterly dry with serious forest fires. Come on Rain!!
So happy you had some rain. Missouri and Illinois would be happy to share if we could.
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Gorgeous !!!
Thanks so much, Izzy. Hope all’s well with you.
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Totally amazing shots. That third one is just incredible.
Love that Nikon for things like this, Raewyn. 🙂
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Isn’t fascinating just how many variety of orchid species there are…. and these are gorgeous.
These really were gorgeous and how lovely to be able to not only see them, but to share their beauty.
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I love orchids, but your photos are really beyond special, they are so spectacular.
Charlie, your comment made my morning when I found it in the spam folder. Not sure why it was there, but periodically, real comments get shunted there. At any rate, happy Sunday and thanks.
janet
Magnificent! Thank you for posting your splendid shots of these beauties!
My pleasure, Leya. Thank you for dropping by and commenting!
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Spectacular. 🙂
Thanks, Judy. They really were.
janet