Weekend Walkabout: Orchids in the Storm

This last week, I've been visiting with family. We've had some extremely weird cloud formations and storms here on the Family Sand Dune:

Cool, scary cloud....

Do you see a smiley face, sort of a demented Muppet in this one?? I kinda do....

This one's just pretty. My orchids are calmly blooming in all this:

The top is a Guartonia (so I am told), the bottom is a natural Phal, no dye! The Guartonia needs a lot more sun than the Phal, so they normally are not together, but for the portrait, I stuck them next to each other. Have a wonderful weekend!

PhalOrchids Live and Undyed Part II: Which Do You Prefer?

Here's another of the (unbeknownst to me) dyed Phalaenopsis orchids, in a new, full, and natural bloom. Which do you prefer? The magenta-dyed version?

Or the natural?

I'm leaning toward the natural....