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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