Indoor plants – Gwenfar's Garden and other musings

Focusing just of the tepals and you can see the detail of the curling with the purple-blue edging, and then the pistils & stamens extending out further again.

Billbergia windii in flower

2 January 2024

My friend Kate gifted me a Billbergia windii when we first moved to Penarth 18 months ago, and it’s now decided to flower. The flower is really quite something. I found it hard to photograph, but here a few that …

A close up of a flower that is as large as your hand, looking slightly down to the left. It is a deep dark red, with rich velvety petals that have purple markings through them.

Amour Amaryllis

15 January 2022

Last winter I watched as people posted their photos of Amaryllis to social media, admiring the large and loud flowers that cheered up the darkest winter day. I decided that I needed to have a try at growing them. Following …