Red and Blue Disa Orchids

We have recently been out Orchid hunting and have seen both the red and blue Disa Orchids around Cape Town. The reds we found on table moutain as well as a samll stream locally. The blues were both on table mountain and another local mountain. They grow in completely different spots and seem to bloom just a few week apart depending on what area. The reds are much larger than the blues, and a much truer color. the blues have shades of periwinkle and levendar and are not a true blue blue, but close. the blues are cute and are scattered around a bit more than the red. The reds tend to clump together.

What else is new? Nothing much, just business as usual. We head to the Mountain Kingdom of Lesotho in April, just a month away. We will retunr home on a scenic route, and this will be our first big "vacation" in South Africa. Lesotho is a small independant kingdom within South Africas borders. It is high altitude and supposedly there are some amazing mountains and waterfalls. There is also supposedly some very good trout fishing in Lesotho.

Megan is in full swing at school and has made some young friends so we feel cool and young too. It keeps us in trouble. We don't get into enough mischief here since we don't know younger people. Its been nice being young and social again.

Thats all for now, enjoy!