Did Someone Say Orange? (Part Trois)

Hybrid tea rose: Prominent.

This was our first orange rose. Orange not being a favored color (red, red, red ... and a little more red), the selling point was the grower/distributor's notation that the flowers have a strong rose scent. This proved to be incorrect, at least as far as this specimen goes. Grows better in partial shade than full sun. Very thorny; and inarguably orange.

And Now For Something Completely Different

Epiphyllum ______________ aka Cactus Orchid.





Yep.



A pink one.




This plant was grown from a cutting given to Mom in the 1970s by the father of a classmate.





We've picked up specimens of other varieties (an almost-red and an alleged [yet to flower] purple) over the years, but the pink is the strongest plant and a prolific, reliable bloomer.

Seeing Double?

Looks a lot like "Julia Child," but this is Sunsprite (also a floribunda rose). A bright yellow with a light fragrance. Borrowing one of the nephew's phrases, it "smells like sunshine."