The second one appears to be a sawset.

Thanks. The sight that made me drop what I was doing and grab the camera was the outside light shining through the flower. Of course, you can't really tell that from the photo, but I think it informs the colors.

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It would be hard to miss. It's a pleasure stepping onto the front porch the last few days. My wife's the orchid grower, so I'll take your word on the genus. Thanks for looking!

Thanks! My wife claims the secret is picking the ones that are easy to grow. Cymbidiums are the most forgiving. It helps that we have a mild climate.

My wife raises orchids. When they've done blooming for a while, she puts them on our (enclosed) front porch to 'rest' for a while. This one didn't know it was supposed to be resting.

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EF lenses are the way to go if you think you'll upgrade to full-frame. I always thought I would do so someday, but as you noted, FF cameras are a lot heavier. I'm not getting any younger. One pro landscape photographer I know uses a 5D for most of his work, but when he goes on a multi-day hike, he carries a crop-sensor just because of the weight savings. Unlike me, he's a relatively young guy.

FF cameras are better in low-light situations than crop-sensors, as they tend to have physically larger pixels in the sensor. Pros tend to use FF, so they are often more robustly built, have better weather sealing, and have some specialized features you may or may not care about.

I shoot with an XSi, since 2008. I am always thinking of upgrading, but haven't yet. When I upgrade, I will stay with Canon crop-sensor, because most of my lenses are EF-S. I drool over the 90D, but at $1200+ it's still out of my range. The 77d or 80d are both in your price range and you can probably get them for considerably less used or refurbished. There are pluses and minuses to each, so compare the specs. Both are 24 MP, where your XSi is 12 MP.

Unless you're making really big prints, you can still make excellent landscapes with your XSi. You might look to your glass first. To me, the biggest limitation of the XSi is its low-light performance. Push the ISO past 400 and it gets noisy fast. If you're shooting landscapes you probably want a good tripod anyway.

Well I'll be. My wife and I have called them passion flowers for years. Now we know.

Thanks everybody, both for looking and for the new (to me) information!

A fence in our yard used to have roses and passion flowers, but mostly it has been consumed by a potato vine. Imagine my surprise when I found the passion flower in bloom in spite of the potato vine.

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Thank you, Dixiegirl. I really like these roses, and the yellow center seems to pop more in real life than it does in my photos.

I no longer remember what variety of rose this is, but it's a very old variety. This time of year the vine is full of big flat blossoms. Today the wind is doing a number on them, but a few days ago they were in their glory. The blossom shown here is almost five inches across.

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