I entered the flower show at the county fair!

woohoo!
I entered two plants in the county fair and won two first prizes!

First, this plant won first prize in the Foliage cagegory at the county fair:

http://i.ugtz.com/albums/Leaves/LK_Fair_08.sized.jpg

It's a Begonia Rex (miniature) 'Little Keepsake' I grew in a bonsai dish with some Hemianthus micranthemoides (baby tears....normally grown aquatic unless you're an experimenter like me) as ground cover.

Second, this plant won first prize in the Dish Garden cagegory:

http://i.ugtz.com/albums/Leaves/MP_Fair_08.sized.jpg

Pictures never do this one any justice...the veins on the leaves are sparkly like lightning bolts and the leaves are velvety. It's a jewel orchid Macodes petola in a bowl with Vesicularia dubyana (Java moss...another aquatic refugee). There's actually a second jewel orchid in the back of the dish that is chocolate brown with gold veins, but it's still very small. I hope to develop this dish into a half brown/half green sort of yin-yang deal. The brown orchid is a close relative of the green (it's also a Macodes) so it makes an interesting contrast.

And for fun, here's my one and only Phal, currently in bloom in my living room

http://i.ugtz.com/albums/Blooms/phal_08.sized.jpg

I got 12 blooms on 2 spikes off this plant...a personal best for me.

Mr Phelps has nothing on you! Congrats! :gj:

Sweeet! Congrats on that! I don't have the patients for the flowers at our county show. I do show livestock there and many other places too. Much respect to you and your flower skills!!:bow:

Very nice!!!

My green thumb has been wilting here as I don't have space to cultivate anything, it seems.

Congratulations :)