Mystery volunteer, purple orchid like flower but not!
Eileen Robbins
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
This came up in a flower box we made for my mom so she could still get her hands in the dirt. The bloom looks like an orchid face, but it isn't an orchid. The leaves are serrated edge, and pretty "crisp" to the touch. I
am guessing a wild flower or weed, but maybe a bird or the wind could have brought them. Zone 9 in Florida.
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