Tag: orchids

THE INDOOR GARDEN

FOTD – January 30 – The Indoor Garden Only the Anthurium and the Green Orchid are in bloom right now, but there are buds on two other orchids. They are not close to blooming yet. They need a few weeks yet, but the shoots they are sending up are long, and I hope these will be … Continue reading THE INDOOR GARDEN

MORE YELLOW-GREEN ORCHIDS

FOTD – January 29 – Yellow-Green Orchids I should have been taking pictures of our little snow, but I was, instead, pulling veins from the middle of supposedly cleaned and deveined shrimp. But I did get some pretty pictures of the orchids. And I got to use my new camera, too. We had snow overnight and … Continue reading MORE YELLOW-GREEN ORCHIDS

A NEW CAMERA, A MACRO LENS, AND A YELLOW-GREEN ORCHID

FOTD – January 28 – A new camera and a yellow-green Orchid Somewhere in the middle of the madly medical week, the camera I've been waiting for showed up. I'm sometimes astonished at Amazon's packing. They send me a bag of spices packed so well you could shoot it into space. Then, they send me … Continue reading A NEW CAMERA, A MACRO LENS, AND A YELLOW-GREEN ORCHID

MACROS – THE GREEN ORCHID

FOTD – January 2 – The Green Orchid - New Macros I got to talking about my macro lenses, and along came an urge to take some pictures rather than talk about taking pictures. I also took some pictures of my anthurium. It is putting out a new flower, but I want to wait a few … Continue reading MACROS – THE GREEN ORCHID

ORCHIDS – GROWING AND BUDDING

FOTD – December 18 – Orchids The stalks are up, and I see buds. On one of my orchids, all the leaves have fallen off, but the buds remain. I have never seen this before and am hoping the flowers grow and new leaves emerge. All the other orchids look healthy. Since they are all given … Continue reading ORCHIDS – GROWING AND BUDDING

AN ORCHID’S LAST HURRAH

These are the last orchids for this season. They started early and ended late -- just the way I like things to go. Now, back to the rest of my life ... Just back from the hospital where, by all estimations, I've approximately 10 months remaining on the battery. Getting two procedures done at the … Continue reading AN ORCHID’S LAST HURRAH

NEVER JUST DO IT. ALWAYS OVER-DO IT

I felt better today so I decided to tackle some of the massive amount of repotting I need to do. I made a decision that less than a new pot, the orchids needed trimmed roots. There comes a point when you need to make a decision -- to keep letting that plant get bigger and … Continue reading NEVER JUST DO IT. ALWAYS OVER-DO IT

THE CHANGING SEASONS – MAY 2025

The Changing Seasons, May 2025 May is usually the most flowery month of our year. It's why "Decoration Day" (now "Memorial Day") was set at the end of May so everyone could pick flowers from their gardens to decorate the graves of veterans. And of course why the day was originally called Decoration Day. Indoors, this … Continue reading THE CHANGING SEASONS – MAY 2025

ORCHIDS ON MEMORIAL DAY

Some of the orchids -- mostly the newest ones -- are starting to fade. The ones from plants that grew again this year seem to be hardier. Orchids that come from grocery stores are rarely sturdy, though sometimes they are great. I thought the mini orchid was gone, but I moved it to a sunnier … Continue reading ORCHIDS ON MEMORIAL DAY

ORCHIDS, STILL BLOOMING ENTHUSIASTICALLY

While waiting for my brain to work -- and my eyes to focus (never have I been happier to have autofocus!) -- I was standing in front of my freshly watered orchids, looking at them with affection because they make me happy -- a rare event these days. I was a brief grab away from … Continue reading ORCHIDS, STILL BLOOMING ENTHUSIASTICALLY