Anthurium

These are spectacular flowers - the anthurium - and not easy to grow, but these are all flowering at the house where I am house sitting.  In fact there are several plants and they all have several flowers on each plant.

It is my duty to keep these flowers alive and well - and they sit on a small table on the back deck, for the moment looking very healthy.

Hippeastrum

I love these flowers - hippeastrum - large bell like flowers that appear in spring, from a bulb that spends most of its life in a dormant state.  I'vegot some in pots, but where I am house sitting they are in the garden and are quite a surprise as they push through the other under growth.

They don't last well as cut flowers - a shame, as they would be dramatic in a vase.