I simply can't pass up cheap orchids. It's mind-boggling that they're available at the grocery store and at Wal-Mart; they carry such an aura of fifties' glamour.
This week I found dendrobiums for $8 a piece at the store. I haven't had any of these before, and was enchanted with the delicate shades of greeniness and general fine bamboo-like quality of the stems.
My orchid experience so far is limited to keeping the blooms healthy as long as possible--which can be months--and nurturing some new leaf growth, hoping for another stem of buds next season. I certainly don't wish to wander down the dark, obsessive pathway of lighting strips, tweezers, and paintbrushes, assisting orchids in their private lives. I just want to keep my grocery store flowers happy.
Hi Anna,
ReplyDeleteI received a bouquet of dendrobiums for my birthday--and posted a picture too. They are gorgeous. For my wedding, I had them paired with terracotta roses...very pretty. I've been successful in getting them to grown new spikes and rebloom and I am not an obsessive orchid grower. My regiment (for dendrobiums) includes cutting stem off, repotting and separating spikes, and watering once a week. Phaleonopsis' are even easier. Hope your orchids bring you many many glorious days of wonder (at the Lord's amazing craftsmanship!).
If you don't have a book about them already, they grow in tree cracks and need next to nothing in water, and they love bat guano.(had a friend who taught me this)
ReplyDeleteThey really are beautiful, and so is your picture taking.
Wendy
Hi Anna,
ReplyDeleteI too love to nurture orchids from the grocery store. Something vulnerable about plants at the grocers. Guess I will never be in Martha Stewart's league with these beauties:-) but I enjoy them nonetheless.
beautiful! What elegance and true beauty orchids have. I bought a plant for my sisters birthday but it only lasted about a month! I hope it will bloom again next year!
ReplyDeleteblessings,
Grace
Hi Anna!
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to let you know that I received the pillow (crewel pillow in bad taste!) in the mail. I was so excited to get it! It's absolutely adorable--and I have the perfect place for it. Thank you! :)
Orchids are really lovely flowers that come in a multitude of colors and shapes. Living in the tropics my garden was once filled with driftwoods to which I attached a variety of dendrobuims. They provided me with endless source of joy and satisfaction. I am glad you share this joy in the beauty of the blooms.
ReplyDeleteHi Anna:
ReplyDeleteDo you have visitors? Your home seems like such a warm and inviting place to live. Your children are fornuate to have you for their Mom.