Friday Night Photos Orchidelirium Edition
Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 05/09/2025 - 5:00pm
Welcome to Friday Night Photos everyone. Your once a week break from the daily madness of the crazy world we live in. Post any photos, memes, music, or whatever else you find of interest that helps you escape the madness.
Come along with me on a visit to the San Diego Botanical Garden for their fifth World of Orchids exhibit. This year's theme is Orchidelirium focusing on 19th-century orchid mania, where rare and exotic orchids fueled the passions of Victorian-era collectors and botanical enthusiasts alike.

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Those are some amazing flowers
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and your lens has captured them
with rapture (almost made-up another word there).
Thanks for sharing your stills!
Tiptoe thru the tulips
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Hi, Q
Some nice looking Tulips there.
I seem to recall there was a big Tulip boom and bust a few century's back.
MAGA
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Amazing what
is available for posterity!
I don't know what's worse
That it's there for posterity or that I remembered it.
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Hi Social
San Diego offers so much natural beauty, whether on the coast, at the lakes, in the zoo, or in the gardens. Thank you for sharing so much of it. Point Lobos was for me the place that switched on the idea of wanting to seriously photograph. I was only there once in the late 70's, but it left a deep impression.
My two favourite orchids are the raspberry coloured ones with their long tendril, or whatever that is, and the orchid over easy egg.
Have a wonderful weekend.
for some odd reason
all I can remember of San Diego was

Ocean Beach and La Jolla. Very different places
but both on the water Oh, and 5 for a buck Castle burgers
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You're right again
I mixed up Point Lobos with La Jolla in SD.
You haven't been here since the 70s?
Sounds like you're due for a visit.
I was thinking sunny side up on those eggs.
MAGA
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True,
since the 70's, and sunny side up is closer. Next year may be a possibility for a visit, depending on what my immediate family organises.
Hi all
On the beach
Dog Paddle
Cliff
Sunset
Be well and enjoy
that is one ancient looking
platypus!
Zionism is a social disease
You're right Q
It does look like a giant fossilised platypus foot!
Hi, janis
Love that platypus rock formation. As interesting as it looks I would think it's a popular photography subject.
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I'm glad
the local beach is a lot less popular at this time of year. On my visit this week I only encountered a few other humans, a lone fisherman, and a couple with their dog.