Asleep Near The "In" Box

I saw this orchid near Chantaburi this year.
One of my all time favorites.

My sincere apologies to those of you kind enough to send comments and questions to the blog's email address over the last two weeks. I've been far less than attentive, and normally I have a reply sent out within a day or so.

No good reason - I was just on holiday and got lazy. I'll catch up with all of them by the end of the evening here. If you were waiting for a reply, it should be there when you wake up.

Again, my apologies.  I really do appreciate hearing from you!

Flowers, Part 5: Orchids #1

There are nearly 900 genus (between 250 and 300 in tropical Asia alone) and somewhere between 22,000 and 25,000 species of orchids on the planet. While you're not likely to run across that many while visiting Thailand you're bound to see more varieties than you can shake a stick at.

You'll see them in every open-air market, in most every home garden and just growing on their own in the wild. I know a few of the genus names, but apart from appreciating their sometimes breathtaking beauty and color that's about as far as my mental bus goes.

Nevertheless, I've easily taken a couple thousand photos of them while walking, visiting people's homes, in formal greenhouses, parks and gardens and at markets. I won't bore you with too many of them at a time, but a few here and there shouldn't clog thing up too badly, should it? Good. Thanks for indulging me!