My participation in the Phone Photography Contest! - Round #60: Appreciating My Orange Lily [Eng/Esp]
What's up, friends of Fell Good! Welcome to my second participation in the Phone Photography contest in its round #60 and for this occasion I wanted to share with you the result of months of dedication and care of a lily that was given to me to make it bloom, I am referring to this great Orange Lily.
Like a good biologist, I've turned my balcony into a small garden where I have a wide variety of plants, from ferns and xerophytic plants to bromeliads and ornamental orchids. And in this case, I decided to incorporate this large orange lily since it was a gift from a neighbor who brought it from eastern Venezuela. Although I'm not used to having such large plants at home, I couldn't refuse this gift.
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Unlike the bromeliads I have at home, which are a real pain to care for and get to bloom, this plant is easier because it belongs to the Hippeastrum genus. This is a monocotyledonous vascular plant, which, unlike orchids, has roots that can anchor in the soil to extract nutrients.
Being a lily, this plant isn't woody, but its long, fleshy, sword-shaped stems can grow up to 30 to 40 cm! I was barely able to make room for it on the balcony to take advantage of the sunlight. Initially, when they gave it to me, it was nothing more than a handful of long, thick, unprepossessing green spikes, so the first thing I did was change the soil for more nutrient-rich soil, courtesy of my friends at the Botanical Garden. This helped the first buds grow. There were four in total, and of those four, only one bloomed into this enormous and majestic orange flower. So I decided not to miss the opportunity and capture the moment when this lily was in full bloom and share it with you in this photograph taken with my cell phone.
So, friends, this was my entry for this week's contest. I normally dedicate a day at the beginning of the month to caring for my plants, changing the soil and adding fertilizer. The rest of the time, I keep them watered, as these past few months have been really hot, but as you can see, it's been worth it. See you in the next Phone Photography Contest! Cheers.
Versión Español
Que tal amigos de Fell Good! les doy la bienvenida a mi segunda participación en el concurso Phone Photography en su round #60 y para esta ocasión he querido compartirles el resultado de meses de dedicación y cuidados de un lirio que me regalaron para hacerla florear, me refiero a este gran Lirio Naranja.
Como buen biólogo he convertido mi balcón en un pequeño jardín donde tengo gran variedad de plantas, desde helechos y plantas xerófilas, hasta bromelias y orquídeas ornamentales. Y en este caso decidí incorporar este gran lirio naranja ya que fue un regalo de una vecina que lo trajo del oriente de Venezuela, y aunque no acostumbro a tener plantas tan grandes en casa, no podía rechazar este regalo.
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A diferencia de las bromelias que tengo en casa y que son un verdadero dolor de cabeza cuidarlas y lograr que florezcanen en el caso de esta planta es más sencillo porque pertenece al Genero de las Hippeastrum, es decir esta es una planta vascular monocotiledónea que a diferencia de las orquídeas estas si tienen raíces que pueden fijarse en la tierra para extraer nutrientes.
Por ser un lirio esta planta no es leñosa pero sus largos tallos son bastante carnosos con forma de espada que llegan a extenderse entre los 30 a 40 cm! A duras penas pude hacerle un espacio en el balcón para que aprovechara la luz del sol. En un principio cuando me la dieron no era más que un puñado de largas y gruesas espigas verdes sin ninguna gracia así que lo primero que hice fue cambiarle la tierra por una con más nutrientes cortesía de mis amigos del Jardín Botánico, eso ayudo a que fuera creciendo los primeros capullos, en total fueron 4 y de esos 4 solo uno de ellos floreció en esta enorme y majestuosa flor anaranjada. Fue así que entonces decidí no perder oportunidad y capturar el momento de mayor inflorescencia de este lirio y compartirlo con ustedes en esta fotografía tomada a través de mi celular.
Y bien amigos este fue mi aporte para el concurso de esta semana. Normalmente dedico un día a comienzos del mes para cuidar de mis plantas, donde les cambio la tierra y les pongo abono, el resto del tiempo las mantengo regándolas con agua ya que estos últimos meses han sido realmente calurosos pero como pueden ver ha valido la pena. Nos vemos en un próximo Phone Photography Contest! Saluos.
The images for the reviews were taken from my Redmi 9c cell phone. The translation was done with the Deepl translate.
Las imágenes para este post fueron tomadas en mi móvil Redmi 9c. La traducción fue realizada con Deepl translate.
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What a beautiful flower, I had not seen it, it is good to know more of the variety of flowers , it is super long stem, nice your garden in your apartment.
A real master of plants.
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