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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Florida clamshell #orchid (Prosthechea cochleata) catching the morning sunshine yesterday in #MyGarden. Native to the amazing Fakahatchee Strand in the #Everglades. 🌱 #Plants #Flowers #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling #BloomScrolling #Orchids #FloridaNativePlant

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#Honeybees were all over the blooms on this #FloridaNativePlant milkweed today. It’s white swamp #milkweed - Asclepius perennis. Before long the plants will be defoliated by Monarch #butterfly caterpillars. 🌱 #Plants #Flowers #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling #MyGarden

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This bloom is from a new ‘Louis Philippe’ #rose bush that I planted a few months ago. Its blooms are much lighter and pinker than the deep red blooms on the other bush. 🌱 #Plants #Flowers #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling #MyGarden #Roses

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

‘Lady Margaret’ passionflower has a flair for the dramatic! 🌱 #Plants #Flowers #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling #MyGarden

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This has been a common sight this month. The water in the rain gauge represents 2.76 inches / 7cm of rainfall in the last 24 hours. For three years I have been contributing daily precipitation reports to CoCoRaHS.org/@cocorahs.bsky.social. I'm one of the yellow dots on today's map. 🌱

This is the rain gauge I use to measure the daily precipitation which I report to CoCoRaHS.org, the largest source of daily precipitation observations in North America. It’s easy, fun, and rewarding to participate.

The central cylinder measures one inch of rain / 2.3 cm. The overflow fills the outer cylinder. The rain in the gauge in this picture measured 2.76 inches / 46 cm.

This is the CoCoRaHS map for southeast Florida showing rainfall measured by volunteers throughout the region (9/23/2026). Each dot represents one backyard rain gauge reporting precipitation from the previous 24 hours.

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Glossy red and green foliage in #MyGarden this morning. (Farfugium japonicim and Cordyline fruticosa ‘Red sisters’) 🌱 #Plants #Flowers #FlowerReport

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Wet, wet, wet has been our weather this month, with 18 inches/46 cm of rainfall so far, after a very dry summer. This very wet Farfugium japonicum is loving the rain. 🌱 #Plants #Flowers #FlowerReport #MyGarden

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

One of the tessellated #Vanda #orchid hybrids (lost tag). This is blooming now in #MyGarden. 🌱 #Plants #Flowers #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I can’t capture the effect in a photo but when seen in person the blooms of this #aloe seem to glow like the embers of a fire. 🌱 #Plants #Flowers #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling #MyGarden

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Passiflora foetida blooming this morning in #MyGarden. Its fragrance is unpleasant to humans but it is a host plant for three of our native #butterflies - Zebra Longwing, Gulf Fritillary, and Julia. We have an unusual abundance of Julias this summer. 🌱 #Plants #Flowers #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

‘Christian Dior’ #rose blooming today in #MyGarden. The color is so brilliant it is hard to capture with my iPhone. 🌱 #Plants #Flowers #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling #RoseWednesday #Roses

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Papilionanda Wong Poh Nee (JVB-Papilionanda Josephine van Brero x V. tessellata Fragrance) #orchid blooming now in #MyGarden. 🌱 #Plants #Flowers #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling #Orchids

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Yet another of the #Vanda #orchids that are growing and blooming happily on our #plumeria trees. (Lost tag) 🌱 #Plants #Flowers #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling #orchid

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Jatropha integerrima, one of the favorites in #MyGarden, blooms every single day of the year here in #SouthFlorida. It’s a magnet for #bees, #butterflies, and other #pollinators. 🌱 #Plants #Flowers #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

We dropped off our mail-in ballots today at the early voting center for the Florida primary election.We are in the newly-redistricted 20th congressional district, so we had a full slate of new candidates to choose from.The republican legislature did its best to eliminate 4 Democrat seats statewide.

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I was excited to find this crop of #acorns on our young #FloridaNativePlant #LaurelOak (Quercus laurifolia) “planted” by a squirrel. We have watched the tree grow for years and now the descendants of that first squirrel will be able to live off the nuts. #CircleOfLife 🌱 #Trees #OakTrees #MyGarden

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The morning sun was highlighting these #Vanda #Orchids blooming now in #MyGarden 🌱 #Plants #Flowers #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling #Orchid. (Lost tag)

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Another heat-and-humidity-loving #Vanda #orchid blooming now in #MyGarden. The tag is gone but l 'think' it's Vanda Crownfox Golden Dawn. 🌱 #Plants #Flowers #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling #Orchids

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

These colorful potted #Coleus are brightening up the patio today in #MyGarden. 🌱 #Plants #Foliage #Gardening #GardenColors

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Brassavola nodosa #orchid blooming today in #MyGarden. The flowers emit an extremely strong, sweet fragrance at night. This one is growing on a small #FloridaNativePlant Joewood tree (Jacquinia keyensis). 🌱 #Plants #Flowers #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling #MyGarden #Orchids

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

The #Vanda #Orchids love this hot, humid summer weather! This is one of several blooming now in #MyGarden. (No-ID) 🌱 #Plants #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling #Orchid

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Blooms very much like these were the beginning of my love of #Orchids. (Long-lost tag) #MyGarden. 🌱 #Plants #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling #Orchid #Vanda

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Colorful and fragrant Rhynchorides Bangkok Sunset blooming now in #MyGarden. 🌱 #Orchids #Plants #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling #Orchid

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I’m in awe of the amazing great pyramid at Chichen Itza, built over a thousand years ago by the Maya people in central Yucatan. #Maya #Mexico #Pyramid #History #Wonder

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Bees on palm blossoms, last week in Akumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico. 🌱 #Plants #Flowers #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling #Bees #Insects

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Royal Poinciana (Delonix regia) blossoms seen in Akumal, Mexico. 🌱 #Plants #Flowers #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Our version of 4th of July fireworks! Blood Lily (Scadoxus multiflorus) 🌱 #Plants #Flowers #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling #MyGarden #IndependenceDay #Fireworks

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

A beautiful Vanda #Orchid blooming today in #MyGarden. This one is Vanda John Ferrar 'George's Delight' AM/AOS (V. Srimahapro Star x Van. [Vasco.] Sasicha). 🌱 #Plants #Flowers #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling #MyGarden #Orchids

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Our Vivi passed away today. He was a rescue, abandoned during Hurricane Wilma in 2005 on Ft Lauderdale beach. He was strong-willed, noisy, and sometimes obstinate, but was a loyal mate to Choko for at least the last 21 years, probably longer. #Pets #Birds #SunConures

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Rain lilies (Zephyranthes subgenus Habranthus) blooming this morning in #MyGarden 3 days after the first significant rainfall of the season (.88 inch; 2.24 cm). They will repeatedly send up new blooms after every heavy rainfall this summer. 🌱 #Plants #Flowers #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling #Lilies

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

I can’t get enough of these #plumeria blossoms, shown here in the fading light of the golden hour. And the spicy fragrance is intoxicating. 🌱 #Plants #Flowers #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling #MyGarden

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Our garden club has placed hundreds of these Florida native #Orchids in local parks as part of Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden’s Million Orchid Project, an effort to re-establish native orchids in South Florida. These are both Encyclia tampensis, with the alba variety shown on the right. 🌱 #Orchid

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

#Lichens growing on the trunk of a Royal Palm tree in a nearby park. 🌱 #Trees #Fungi #Algae #FloridaNativePlant #BeautyInNature

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Native milkweed (Asclepius perennis) blooming this morning in #MyGarden. Monarch #Butterfly caterpillars will soon completely defoliate these plants, then the leaves will grow back again and the cycle will repeat. 🌱 #Plants #Flowers #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling #FloridaNativePlant #Butterflies

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

It’s that time of year when the Royal Poinciana trees (Delonix regia) are in full bloom-such a vivid color! This one is around the corner from our house, but there are scores of these #trees all around the area. Be sure to tap the image to get the full effect🌱 #Flowers #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

A colorful corner of #MyGarden this morning. Blood lilies (Scadoxus multiflorus) and vinca. 🌱 #Plants #Flowers #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

A beautiful little #Vanda #orchid blooming today in #MyGarden. This one has an amazingly strong, sweet fragrance. The afternoon sunlight is making the blooms glow. Vanda Motes Multiverse (2678 Vanda Philippe Christophe xV. insignis) 🌱 #Plants #Flowers #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling #MyGarden #Orchids

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Multiple #Atala #butterflies (Eumaeus atala) emerging today from their chrysalises hanging from its only host plant, the #FloridaNativePlant #coontie (Zamia integrifolia), the only native #cycad in the continental US. Atalas were once thought to be extinct. 🌱 #Plants #Insects #Butterfly #MyGarden

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Here’s my annual post of this beautiful #iris, the only one I have gotten to survive our South Florida heat. One of the standards seems to be missing, giving a glimpse into the center of the flower. 🌱 #Plants #Flowers #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling #MyGarden

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

The #Atala #butterflies (Eumaeus atala) have been busy! These pupae are hanging from its only host plant, the #FloridaNativePlant #coontie (Zamia integrifolia), the only native #cycad in the continental US. Atalas were once thought to be extinct. 🌱 #Plants #Insects #Butterfly #MyGarden

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

‘‘Tis the season for lush #plumeria blooms. We’re fortunate to have two large trees of this variety, which has a wonderful spicy fragrance. They also make great homes for many of our #orchids, especially #Vandas and #Vanilla pompona vines. 🌱 #Plants #Flowers #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling #MyGarden

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