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http://www.nhbirdsnest.com/orchid_pages/phal0030.htm  The Aphrodite Orchid

Of course, I hope it comes in something besides white, but it may not. My Ladyslipper is about to bloom! Squee! I was worried, because it is my first, and I bought it with a closed bud and was hoping that it didn't die before it opened. If I get it to bloom, my husband will get off my back about the orchid habit I have developed. But at 8 bucks, "Cinderella" was quite the bargain. I can't believe how much I miss the naked ladies in the backyard. I hope next year to get more blooms off of my gardenia, I only got 3 this year *is sad*. Want rosebushes for the front yard, but I may put in hibiscus, instead. We are not caring properly for the jasmine, but I am not sure what they could possibly need. Blood? My Princess Tree actually survived last years frost and the hydrangaea is on its way back. The Passionflower, Cape Honeysuckle, and trumpet flower are all coming back. It has been a good summer for the growing things I love, and I am grateful. 
I wonder if I can get flowers from Tori Amos' garden song "Datura" to grow here? I know that her garden was in Florida, so I am not sure that we have quite the same climate, I know it is hot and muggy there. 
Hmmm.....passion vine
texas sage
indigo spires salvia
confederate jasmine
royal cape plumbago
arica palm
pygmy date palm
snow on the mountain
pink powderpuff datura
crinum lily
st christopher's lily
silver dollar eucalyptus
white african iris
katie's charm ruella
variegated shell ginger
florida coonite
datura
ming fern
sword fern
dianella
walking iris
chocolate cherries alamanda
awabuki viburnum
walking iris
chocolate cherries alamanda
awabuki viburnum
natal plum
black magic ti
mexican bush sage
gumbo limbo
golden shrip
belize shrimp
senna
weeping sabicu
golden shower tree
golden trumpet tree
bird of paridise
variegated shell ginger
datura
ionicera
red velvet costus
xanadu philondron
snow queen hibiscus
frangipani
bleeding heart
persian sheild
cat's whiskers
royal palm
sweet alyssum
petting bamboo
orange jasmine
clitoria blue pea
downy jasmine
I actually have a few...they are in bold. Yay.