Update about blogCa

Who knew all this would happen afterwards! Flat Creek in November, 2024. Much changed by the force of the hurricane floods in Sept. 2024. The deck of the bridge is now under that pile of debris.

Friday, February 7, 2020

Look what I made!

Well, I had a hand in it, though I can't take full credit.

I kept last year's orchid alive, re-potted it, and fertilized it at least once.
So it is starting to bloom again. I am thrilled as a new parent can be! And with my window-sitting lavender, which has a couple of blooms as well, I'm ready for indoor spring.





12 comments:

  1. ...you would love all the orchids over here!

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    1. Yes indeed. There are only 2 states which I haven't yet visited. Alaska is the other one!

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  2. Hello, the orchid is beautiful. Congrats! Enjoy your day, have a great weekend!

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    1. I am so easily pleased these days. It must be the brightness of something beautiful compared to the darkness in our culture these days.

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  3. We do not have green thumbs -- at least not for indoor plants.

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  4. Love seeing that orchid bloom. We've had an orchid since 2009, a gift from our sister-in-law. It bloomed many times over the years, but completely stopped when I repotted it in 2016. I did all the right things, but it has looked dead for years. I still water it. I was going to bury it a couple of months ago when my sister-in-law died, but I couldn't bring myself to do it. I still tended to it like it was still alive. just the other day I noticed a stem of flower buds coming up from the plant. I couldn't believe it. I'm going to tend to it so carefully and hope those flowers bloom beautifully soon. I love seeing your orchid blooming.

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    1. That's a great story, and you are much more patient with non-blooming plants. It paid off that you're finally getting blooms. It's hardest for me to let the orchids go almost dry and just give them a tablespoon of water at a time. Hope you're doing better.

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  5. Beautiful!
    I have never tried to grow orchids. I usually have Amaryllis blooms indoors in the winter, but all my other flowers are outside plants.
    Have a wonderful weekend!

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  6. Soon as I commented above, I thought of something else. I think it was orchids I saw in the store that had instructions to place one ice cube on the soil to water them. Could have been something else though; my mind does not work as well as it used to!

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    1. Yes Lea, that's the instruction. But I didn't want to freeze any of the delicate roots...so I figure a couple of tables spoons a week is about the same.

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