Tag Archives: Flowers

Orchid Escape

The orchid display at Olbrich Botanical Gardens is is just the ticket for the February blahs.

Came across this guy soaking up the late afternoon sun. Still going strong in mid-October!

I can always count on something at Olbrich Botanical Gardens to brighten up a dreary day.

Even when a flower isn’t the prettiest, the butterfly finds nourishment there. Another lesson from Mother Nature.

Catching up on some flower photos from this month. First, a moonflower after a rain shower.

Just after a recent rainstorm at Olbrich Botanical Gardens.

Monarch butterfly, being regal on a pink throne.

“The butterfly is a flying flower, the flower a tethered butterfly.”
– Ponce Denis Écouchard Lebrun

The most common wildflower blossoming in northern Wisconsin this time of year.