So after my VERY long day and crying in the car for 10 minutes after I parked at my apartment complex, I came home to find my previously mostly dead orchid has bloomed. I have been trying so hard to keep this plant alive so I watered it even after the first blooms turned black, wilted, and the stem dried up and shriveled. It was about 4 months before a new stem even started to grow- and now 2 months later there are 2 blossoms with 2 more on the way. I'm not a plant killer!!!!! Yay!!!!
There is some sort of metaphor here but after my day, I'm too exhausted to figure it out.
4 comments:
I think your flower is beautiful!
-Lesley
Oh Alli, I read all your posts from yesterday. It sounds like you had a really frustrating day!
I love that your flower bloomed today, though. What a pleasant and welcome surprise after such a nasty day. Your flower is gorgeous!
I hope today went better than yesterday. (I guess anything is an improvement, right?)
You're not a plant killer--yahoo!! Now if only you could pass along some of those sweet skills to me. . . .
The trick to orchids is ice cubes- 3 ice cubes once a week will give it just the right amount of water. I have really big ice cubes so I space them out and do 1 every 2 days. My Grandma left me hers to take care of this winter and it hasn't started growing a new stem yet but the leaves are still green and healthy looking so hopefully by Spring it will have new blossoms for Grandma to enjoy!!
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