My bud-get plan is working. I don't know what all the fuss is about President Obama and his fancy thick blue book that I saw on teleBision today. His blue book bud-get doesn't look like mine, and my buds are turning into blooms! His flowers appear to be much more eXpensive than mine.
There are about 19 buds in the "bud get-ing" process on this round of orchid branch growth, with 4 blooms so far. I almost lost this plant to a repotting process. I believe I will try a new approach that recycles all the old branches and blooms, and then slowly add a few pieces of fresh orchid potting mix progressively on top of the old. No more major disruptions! I think this plant is around two years old, and has bloomed with fresh branch growth about 4 times, and has had a total of at least 9 leaves.
There are about 19 buds in the "bud get-ing" process on this round of orchid branch growth, with 4 blooms so far. I almost lost this plant to a repotting process. I believe I will try a new approach that recycles all the old branches and blooms, and then slowly add a few pieces of fresh orchid potting mix progressively on top of the old. No more major disruptions! I think this plant is around two years old, and has bloomed with fresh branch growth about 4 times, and has had a total of at least 9 leaves.
A shot before any blooms appeared
This was the first bloom of this season of buds
This shot shows my three pineapple plants, and orchid buds & blooms
My little corner of tropical paradise
Gorgeous. My grandmother had a very green thumb. She didn't pass it on to me. Anything more exotic than a tomato plant scares me.
ReplyDeleteI seem to have found the perfect place to grow the orchid finally, after killing about 4 other plants in my previous residence. The pineapple plants seem to like it as well. I feed them rain water, light fertilizer. A few hours of direct sun every day.
DeleteYour orchid is so gorgeous! Mine just died last week. OK, your blog is seriously starting to make me feel inadequate. First with the organized closet. And now with the not-dead orchid.
ReplyDeleteStephanie, I am truly sorry for your otchid loss. How long did you have it? Have you tried growing orchids before? I have lost several until I found just the right spot, well, actually I created an almost greenhouse by my backdoor. I think the key is to have approximately two to three hour of direct late afternoon sun. Oh, and the neat house? ... Hah, not a reality, eXcept my shirts, oh, and my spice rack In the kitchen is alphabetical. I love my pineapple plants too. No fruit yet, just plants. I live in northern Texas so they get to live outdoors from June to August.
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