a gift of an orchid

When it was my birthday in December, I had no idea of wanting/needing anything as a pressie. So a few days later on a trip to the arboretum, Ray bought me this rather unusual orchid in the nursery there.

Posted for today's word 'new'.

[Dianne]

Lovely present and great image.

[Bep]

Lovely present, Hazel.

[Babs]

What a lovely present. Ray is such a thoughtful man.

[wendy frost]

Pretty orchid and a lovely present that will give you weeks of pleasure and many photo opportunities.

[Lin]

Lovely!

[Merrelyn]

Lucky lady, it is lovely :)

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Beautiful shot and such a lovely gift.

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

A very pretty capture, my orchid is just going over after flowering for 3 months.

[gloria jones]

Neat capture of details, colors

[tony gig]

Beautiful flowers and shot.

[Pyrrhula]

A beautiful orchid, a lovely gift and a great capture .

[Pat Knowles]

I know nothing about orchids but this one looks very pretty & I think the flowers last a long time so you will have the pleasure for a while. Lovely capture of the different shape & colours.

[michael]

Such wonderful shapes that nature produces. Thoughtful gift too.

[Julie F]

Such gorgeous faces, well captured.

[Phil Howcroft]

well done on this haze as orchids are so hard to photograph in macro as it is difficult to find a point of interest

[Dinah Pinkston]

Orchids are so beautiful, and your photo certainly makes a nice presentation of this one!

[Denise Wood]

beautiful capture :)

[william wooderson]

He made you a truly special gift! I think they're a real delight.

[Hazel]

@will_wooderson

It's the first time I've seen orchids with spots on!

[Hazel]

@phil_howcroft

Now, thank you, Phil, you've answered what was puzzling me as I took too many shots.

[Sandy]

Beautiful gift and capture of it.

[Richard Hickey]

Incredible picture.

[Linda Plummer]

Lovely, lovely, lovely.