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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
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Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
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 Posted - Apr 22 2013 : 07:57:19 AM
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Ok, so our weather is still pretty much crapolla! but at least my orchid is blooming... 1st time in 6 years....
I know, Big Whop! but to me, it really is....
I brought my Orchid up from SO. Calif... and it has never bloomed since... 
So here we are, 6 years later and it knows I need it to bloom... as a reminder of patience and beloved memories.... 
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
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msdoolittle
True Blue Farmgirl
1143 Posts
Amanda
East Texas
USA
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rksmith
True Blue Farmgirl
858 Posts
Rachel
Clayton
GA
USA
858 Posts |
Posted - Apr 22 2013 : 4:05:49 PM
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That is BEAUTIFUL!!! Congratulations!! Orchids are lovely flowers. The ones I have are starting to grow babies and get green again, I thought I killed them for a while but decided not to throw them in the compost pile--glad I didn't! I hope to get some more flowers from them.
Rachel
Farmgirl Sister #2753
True enlightenment is nothing but the nature of one's own self being fully realised-- His Holiness the Dali Lama
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britchickny
True Blue Farmgirl
1048 Posts
Angie
Port Orange
Florida
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Posted - Apr 22 2013 : 5:45:23 PM
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Wow, really lovely. My Orchid is flowering now. (it was a $5 special at the flea market in FL! next time i will stock up on more!)
ANGIE
"Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance" JUDE 1:2
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ramonaj
True Blue Farmgirl
118 Posts
rhonda
gibsons
british columbia
Canada
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Posted - Apr 22 2013 : 8:24:05 PM
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that's beautiful! it is a big whoop. If i grew an orchid like that I'd want the world to know.
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TexasJo
True Blue Farmgirl
161 Posts
Jody
Berthoud
CO
USA
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Posted - Apr 25 2013 : 08:45:50 AM
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Grace, now that will make you smile for sure!! What beautiful colors! I received my first orchid just a year ago and had no idea how to take care of it. I am still waiting for it to bloom again, but it's starting to sprout something at the base of the plant, so I am hopeful. I went to the nursery and asked what I should do with it and they told me about the pots with holes in it -- and I thought to myself "oh those pots that I saw last year and wondered why in the world would anyone make a pot with holes in it and who in the world would by one? well, guess that's me! I had no idea they were made specifically for orchids! EEEK.... You learn something every day, right? I noticed right away that my orchid was much happier in one of those "silly" pots! I should be careful what I think (espeically when I think it out loud to no one in particular in the middle of the store). Hahaa... Enjoy your beauty!
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
Posted - Apr 27 2013 : 9:36:31 PM
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haha! I have 2 of my 3 Orchid plants in those types of pots. I use the Orchid bark as filler and the I use old bowls partly filled with water that the bark absorbs up... I also mist (spritz my Orchids 2-3 times a week...
This is a Oncidium Orchid...
they prefer more light... and should be re-potted about every 3 years... so I think I'll repot it after it is finished blooming this year.
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
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rough start farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3331 Posts
marianne
The Beautiful Pacific NW
Washington State
USA
3331 Posts |
Posted - Apr 28 2013 : 6:00:32 PM
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Really pretty, Grace. Congratulations, it seems like a very difficult thing to accomplish!
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Apr 29 2013 : 8:36:00 PM
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Beautiful orchid, Grace. Thanks for the pictures.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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magnoliakathy
True Blue Farmgirl
453 Posts
Kathryn
Magnolia
Texas
USA
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Posted - Apr 30 2013 : 07:17:10 AM
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My sister left her orchid (from her DH funeral) with me for 6 months, I had never had any orchids and I prayed the whole time it would not die. When she moved in with us in March, it had started to bloom and has 8 snowy white flowers on it. Originally, the flowers were a vivid blue, and I thought I had done something wrong, but a florist told me blue is not a natural color and that it had be dyed. We were so thrilled with the original one, that she has bought a second one and I have bought my first one.
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
Posted - May 01 2013 : 11:11:50 PM
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Kathryn, oh how interesting, I never knew Orchids could be dyed....
Marianne, haha, I still have your 'Christmas' gift sitting on the table... I really should pop over with it! lol!
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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britchickny
True Blue Farmgirl
1048 Posts
Angie
Port Orange
Florida
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Posted - May 02 2013 : 02:44:14 AM
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This is good to know about being dyed. My local grocery store has had some gorgeous orchids for sale, an amazing mint green color. i have a feeling you see that color only once! Don't think i will "invest" the $$$!
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Originally posted by katmom
Kathryn, oh how interesting, I never knew Orchids could be dyed....
Marianne, haha, I still have your 'Christmas' gift sitting on the table... I really should pop over with it! lol!
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
ANGIE
"Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance" JUDE 1:2
http://www.pinkroomponderings.blogspot.com/
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Fiddlehead Farm
True Blue Farmgirl
4562 Posts
Diane
Waupaca
WI
USA
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Posted - May 02 2013 : 6:04:13 PM
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Amazing!
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neeter302
True Blue Farmgirl
257 Posts
Anita
Hanover
Indiana
USA
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Posted - May 03 2013 : 04:28:04 AM
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Wow Grace I've never seen one quite like that, the color is awesome.
Farmgirl #522
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
Posted - May 04 2013 : 10:40:05 PM
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hey Katheryn,
sure enough, I was in a Wal-Mart store in their garden center and sure enough they had some Blue orchids...
to me, that is so deceiving to the consumer.
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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