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Orchids
Another of my many obsessions
are Orchids.
But Terry was not having any of it.
So I had to be content with looking in
the garden centres and reading about them.
But one day on our way home from one of my
chemo visits he relented and I
was allowed to buy some. Well, two to be
exact.
Then on my next chemo visit another two were purchased and so it went on.
They give you the most wonderful show and stay in flower for
months
and
months.
Most of
the ones
I have
are
Phalaenopsis.
I have found them to be
fascinating, as they not only flower for eight to twelve weeks but when that
spike has died you just cut the stem back to a nodule and with luck a
new flowering spike will start to grow.
I have done this several
times and it works.
I have some that smell as well but there are not many.
Now for some pictures we have taken.
The
picture
at the
head of
the page
was
taken
when we
went to
visit an
orchid
nursery
on my
birthday.
Unfortunately
even
though
it was
only
four
weeks
ago the
other
pictures
seem to
have
gone
walk
about.
I
have
been
through
all the
floppy
discs
but I
cannot
find
them.
 
All the
above
orchids
are
Phalaenopsis.
I am
sorry
about
the poor
photography.
I must
get
myself a
better
set up
for
taking
their
pictures.
But it
will do
for now
while I
work on
it.
This one
is an
Odontoglossum
type
called
Burrageara
"Nelly
Isler"
and it
has a
scent.!!
© ArkMaryMuses
2011
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