January may be the month when the fewest species are blooming at the Arboretum. Having spent most of the month in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, I was not able to spend as much time there as in previous months, but that was okay since most of what is blooming I have already photographed. I'm looking forward to the new Garden for All Seasons, and keeping my eyes open for blooming species that I haven't seen before.

Aloe occidentalis
(syn. Lomatophyllum occidentale)
No common name recorded
Asphodelaceae (Asphodel family)
Madagascar

Vanda 'Waikiki'
No common name recorded
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Hort.

Degarmoara Hani 'Star of Unicorn'
No common name recorded
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Hort.

Dendrobium 'Angel Flower' X 'Orion'
No common name recorded
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Hort.

Aloe vryheidensis hybrid
Brown aloe, Bruinaalwyn
Asphodelaceae (Asphodel family)
South Africa to tropical East Africa

Nepenthes hybrid
(N. maxima X N. veitchii)
No common name recorded
Nepenthaceae (Pitcher plant family)
Hort.

Michelia doltsopa 'Silver Cloud'
No common name recorded
Magnoliaceae (Magnolia family)
Hort. (Orig. Tibet, Yunnan)

Cymbidium cultivar
No common name recorded
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Hort.

Cinnamomum camphora
Camphor tree
Lauraceae (Laurel family)
Malaysia, Japan and Taiwan

Saccharum officinarum 'Stripe'
Striped sugar cane
Poaceae (Grass family)
Hort. (Orig. South Pacific Islands and
New Guinea)

Pogostemon cablin
Patchouli
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Indomalaysia

Currently unidentified