Todd Boland

Hisor Fortress, Tajikistan

Can you guess where these photos were taken on March 31st?

Views from within and without the Blue Mosque of Istanbul.

Honeybees having a fine feed after a long winter.

Galathus nivalis Flore-pleno , double-flowered snowdrop.

Hamamelis Arnold's Promise

First Crocus of the year in St. John's, Newfoundland

To my American followers who want to get the hell out of Dodge, come visit my home province of Newfoundland. Picturesque coastal towns.

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Tulipa kaufmanniana hybrid. Blooming in the greenhouse....will bloom outside here in mid May.

A dwarf Aloe hybrid I purchased at Home Depot a couple of years ago. Blooms two or three times a year.

Salix daphnoides....a sign of spring in Newfoundland.

Cymbidium Mighty Sunset

Allium wallichii, a species from the Himalayas. The twisted petals are reminiscent of pinwheels.

Aloe humilis looking happy!

Amaryllis Red Lion....produced two stems at Christmas and now a third is blooming.

First bloom of the season on Cyclamen pseudibericum.

Encrusted saxifrages are looking great right now. The cold weather seems to be making their lime-encrusted margins pop!

Bird of Paradise. Blooms for months from late fall to spring.

First sign of spring in Newfoundland!

An Aloe hybrid I created is blooming. Pleased with the result.

Sinningia insularis....a tuberous species that is hummingbird pollinated. Grace's the greenhouse in late winter -early spring, and sometimes again in mid to late summer.

Part of a mural in the Deer Lake airport in Newfoundland, featuring several of the special orchids of Gros Morne National Park.

I doubt Trump would ever want to come to Canada. He hates us and would expect us to grovel to him like most of the world.

First time bloom on Paphiopedilum Erika Potent.

Vaccinium vitis-idaea....locally called partridgeberry but elsewhere known as lingonberry or rock cranberry. THE best jam!

I see these are blooming now in the UK and BC but will be at least two months or more before they start here....a forced pot of Tete-a-tete narcissus.

Cyrtocidium Kolibri...a hybrid from the fragrant Oncidium ornithorhynchum but unfortunately did not inherit any perfume.

X Sedeveria Fanfare blooming in the greenhouse #succulents #houseplants

Coelogyne huettneriana, first time blooming. Not the most pleasant smell. Guess it smells like the pheromones of the bee that pollinates it.