This little beauty is a Digbyana Orchid.  This one dates back the the 17th century and originally came from Central America. It's name is Brassavoa nodosa Lady of the Night after a Italian Doctor, Antonio Musa Brassavoa. This is an original species but there are hybridized variations now.  This one is one of the easiest orchids to grow. At night it has a lovely citrus smell almost like lime.  That is why it's nick name is Lady of the Night.  This plant is around 15 years old. 

There is another blooming now.  It is a little orchid and looks to be a Cattleya Bowringiana  variation.  It is a little orchid and is a pretty shade of blue orchid. 

My little orange orchids that live in the ground out side are blooming. The little flowers are known as a Epidendrum that grows all over the sub tropical Florida and Caribbean. Some come from Central America. There are a 1000 varieties but these little orange ones you will find them around Tampa as a landscape plant. I have 3 of these plants outside. They start blooming in the spring then a second bloom happens in the summer months. The roses behind the orchids is a miniature tea rose.  I have had it for several years.  It was left for dead but TLC brought it back.  There are not many roses that do well in South Florida. 

I have pineapples almost ready.  Two of the plants have fruit.  Right now they are getting ripe and I am keeping a eye on them for another couple of day. I have two plants to put in the ground that was started in pots last year. They should fruit next summer.  I will use the tops off of these two to start more.  The plant that gave me a pineapple last year died back and there are now little plants around the base of it.  So it looks like there will be more from it in a couple of years. 

These are the two plants I started last year from tops to be planted now and hopefully I will get fruit from them next year. 

I am soon going to have my own mini pineapple plantation.