I recently found an old notebook, full of a list of the plants I previously grew in my old collection. It was so long ago, I didn’t even remember having most of them, let alone their names. Part of me would love to hunt them all down and own them again. But the other part of my realizes I need to pick a few types that I enjoy, that grow well for me, and that I know I can bloom easily.
I hope everyone treated their mom’s to a great day! This past Mother’s Day I got 2 orchids as gifts. I got a peloric Phal. Baldan’s Kaleidoscope “Golden Treasure” AM/AOS and a Beallara Tahoma Glacier.
I have finally discovered what this plant likes. I water it every day during warmer temps by soaking in a bucket of room temp water.
Well I’ve come full circle it seems. The Phal NoID (“Sylvester”) that started it all several months back, has started a spike. It’s great news and I’m super excited about it. I finally get to see what it looks like.
Valentine’s day is coming! Which means spring is around the corner! New growths should begin sprouting, and plants will begin growing like weeds!
We’ve only got one day left until we welcome 2013, and say goodbye to 2012! We’ve lived through an apocalypse, last minute Christmas shopping, and if you are Canadian like me – the swarms at the malls for Boxing Day sales.
Did Santa bring you everything you want? Anything Orchid related? I got an I.O.U. for orchids as part of my Christmas present. It’s a bit too cold for most places to ship right now so I’ll have to wait until springtime. Continue reading
I have been so busy lately, that I haven’t had time to post. We had a city water pipe burst a few weeks ago, that flooded our property and part of our basement, so we’ve been in repair mode. The house looks like a disaster zone, but the orchids were untouched.
Being so busy with trying to clean up the giant mess, I haven’t had much time to look after the plants. I still managed to water them when they needed it, but I didn’t pay much attention to them to see about new growths and what not. You’ll understand my surprise then when I finally had a few minutes to look at them and notice all the changes.
All the plants I purchased at the Orchid Show last month have been moved into the main case with my other plants. So I was able to inspect each plant.
Over the weekend it was the Fraser Valley Orchid Society Show and Sale, my mother and I went for some “girl time”, and had a really nice time. This is one of the bigger shows to go to, and I was really excited to go because they usually have vendors from all around the world. I wasn’t disappointed!
I forgot to take my camera with me so I wasn’t able to get pictures of all the displays from the local Orchid societies, but they were amazing. There were lots of miniatures, and some massive specimen plants there to be seen. I was there for the juicy stuff in the next room though.
In previous years when I’ve gone, I brought a long list of plants I wanted to get, hoping I would find them there. This year I went with a different approach, I had an idea of some I would like to get, but there was only one or two I was specifically looking for that were must haves. Sadly for me, I couldn’t find any of my must haves, but I didn’t walk away empty handed.
Rebecca's Orchids 