Orchid Chronicle beginnings

ORCHID CHRONICLES:

I have a green thumb when it comes to caring for orchids. In caring for my orchids, I have realized they have personalities.

The stories that follow all began about two years ago:

A friend gave me an orchid to try and nurse it back to health. I'd never grown an orchid, but thought I'd gave it a try....almost two years later....It's getting ready to bloom! I'm excited and can't wait to see what kind of flower it will have.

I've learned a lot about orchids here:

Orchid spikes!!!!

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My orchid spiked last week...has buds now. WOW it's growing fast.

The other shoots/stems are fattening up...maybe they will spike too? Fun!!!!

First Blooms

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1)ORCHID WATCH: 5 BUDS!
End of biggest green buds are
changing to a purple/green...
OHHH what blooms will be popping soon!?

2)ORCHID WATCH: Announcing the .5 oz birth of a bouncing baby orchid, born today at 11a.m.....what a cute precious thing...6 more buds to pop....AND the other two pregnant stalks are starting to send spikes out too...this will be one showy bloomer!!





3)ORCHID WATCH: Baby Buddelia IV born today
4)ORCHID WATCH:  Baby Buddelia R Blooming V and all her pretty sisters.
5)ORCHID WATCH: ALL 6 OF BUDDELIA R. BLOOOMING SISTERS HAVE ARRIVED!




What a beautiful bunch of ladies!!
 

Orchid flora-tongue language

ORCHID WATCH:
The Buddelia R Blooming sisters taught me how to communicate in the orchid  flora-tongue language. You don't really "speak" in flora tongue, but use a lot of body motions and gestures. No adjectives in flora tongue..strictly the use of verbs and nouns. Adjectives, if any are indicated by facing hands (leaves) toward the sun, dipping the head toward the east, or twisting to face westward. Human voice is painfully loud to the orchids...they prefer that if we want to communicate, we should listen and let them do most of the talking. This method is quite okay for me...flora tongue is complicated to say the least.

 

 

                                     And,  yes, the Blooming sisters shop at Bloomingdale's!!

NEW ORCHIDS ARRIVE

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Announcing the arrival of two new orchid sisterhoods: Jersey Girls and Moonglow i-iv. Buddelia R Blooming girls are ecstatic to have the new flowering girlfriends!

HOORAH for Valentines' Day!
If you look closely, you will see  the Jersey Girls waving hello.

 

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ORCHID CHEER

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Apparently, I have a bunch of orchid sisters that like to "tip the bottle"...espcially at Christmas time. I had left an open bottle of Asti Spumante on the kitchen counter by the Blooming sisters. I woke up in the middle of the night to what amounted to a party going on in the kitchen.  The ladies had helped themselves to the Asti Spumante.  They were swaying back and forth, singing along with old Christmas songs playing on the radio.  What a mess! I threw out the empty bottle, and reminded the girls it was WAY too late to be partying...time for bed. They complied. I turned out the lights, thinking about the mess I had to clean up in the morning, and
Where do I get Orchid aspirin for their headaches in the morning?

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Buddelia R Blooming sisters and poinsettias

ORCHID CHRONICLES: 12/2011

The Buddelia R Blooming sisters and Christmas Poinsettias competing for attention during this dreary December. The Buddelia Sisters are winning "petals down".
 
 

 

Christmas is  coming. 

I hear the Buddelia sisters whispering about getting gifts for one another.

This should be interesting.......

Moonglow i-iv

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Moonglow i-iv arrived today with little pomp and circumstance. These ladies are older, wiser, retired flora teachers that frankly, still have a need to teach, but do not have the will for the classroom. These ladies are the keepers of authority, history, manners, and sympathy for those younger. Tea time, story telling, group behavior management and encouraging others to do their best are still their strong suits. They are tremendous listeners..

 

Princess or Pharoh?

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Egyptian princess?  Think again.

She looks more like the Lion King.

 "She is flora...hear her roar"!!!"

Sitting in the sunshine

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See all the pretty ladies sitting in the sun, soaking up the sunshine.
The only thing missing is suntan oil.

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Moonglow playing hide and seek

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Moonglow was seen playing hide-n-seek with the younger Blooming Sisters.

MARCO....POLO      MARCO.....POLO

    

JERSEY GIRLS

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 The Jersey Girls are named after the reality-tv series. These brightly colored, flamboyant ladies love to show off their curves with tight-fitting outfits and bright red lip stick. These ladies know what they want, and want what they know. They are opinionated to the point of being annoying.  They require more wining and dining than other orchids because of their high-priced lifestyle, but they are affectionate, intelligent and can charm the socks off of people. Just make sure when meeting with these ladies to bring your pocketbook.

Jersey Girls power shop

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The Jersey Girls parent's visited them this weekend and took them on yet another shopping spree. They had to try on all of their new clothes and model them to where all the other girls (some on very tight budgets).could of course see them. The Jersey Girls said to one another, "Did you see the Buddelia Blooming sisters....I mean the Bloomingdale sisters...They were green with envy!"

Thoughts about the Jersey Girls:  These ladies need some sensitivity training...and ego de-tuning...shopping spree windfall not to be shown off . Idea: have Jersey Girls buy clothes for others?



Scarlet O'Hara arrives at the Center

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Announcing the arrival of Miss Scarlet O'Hara to the Orchid collection...a charming southern orchid from the south...She has been welcomed warmly into the orchid sisterhood by the other blooming ladies. This one is a real charmer.....:) These ladies are mischievous and hide behind their southern charm. They are floral bluebloods, so aristocratic in nature and tend to instigate quarrels.

SLEEPY TIME

April 2012  ORCHID CHRONICLES :

 The only bad news is that my stall worthy grand ole orchids the Buddelia R Blooming sisters are fading. She has been in fulll bloom without one fading flower since November last year. Thank you beautiful ladies for showing us your finest blooms. You have brought a lot of joy into this ole gal's heart!




Sending up shoots in their sleep

ORCHID CHRONICLES:

Buddelia R Blooming's beautiful blooms may have faded and she's in sleepy time mode, but lookie lookie....She's sending up a new shoot!!  Who say's they can't sleep and send up shoots at the same time?  These ladies are truly multi-taskers!

Decisions to make

Spring 2012 ORCHID CHRONICLES:

The word is getting out that my kitchen window is a great place for "misplaced", neglected, orphaned, rejected, abused, or psychologically unbalanced orchids. I don't mind being a haven for these girls, but many of them are underage and need to be in school.  Hum? I do have a degree in education, and several empty window sills that could  be turned into classrooms, a kitchen and a recreation room..maybe I could start a homeschool or private school of sorts?

Yes, the Orchid Rehabilitation Center.  I'll need funding..and certification. I may need to go back to school for a degree in orchid psychology. This could happen.

Residential role call

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Residents of Orchid Care Center:

 

Buddelia R Blooming (sleep ward)

Scarlet O'Hara

Jersey Girls

Moonglow (soon to be nicknamed 'the old gray goose')

Orchid Care Center opens thanks to Benefactor

Spring 2012 ORCHID CHRONICLES:

Proceeding with development of my private, year-round, residential school and Orchid Care Center:

1)health/state/county inspections of property/kitchen done...check

2)private school licensing completed..check

3)employees finger printed and back ground checked..check

4)personally working on orchid psychology degree...check

5)school/book supplies purchased....check

6)funding......JP Brigg$$ (Made his money in the .com frenzy)  loves orchids and is happy to help the center thrive. (I used to tutor his son, so he knows how I work and what my expections will be). Nice to have a friend or two in high places...check book, check book   LOL

7)Sleep Ward completed (for when orchids go into sleepy time mode)....check

Students enrolled so far :
Buddelia R Blooming sisters 7

Moonflower sisters 5

Flora/Jersey Girls 6

APPLICATIONS pending for 6 more orchids

                                       

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Von Bloom and Flowerettes arrive

ORCHID CHRONICLES:
New Residents....Meet the rehabbing party girls!
The white, aristocratic girls are the Von Bloom sisters, daughters of Baron and Baroness Von Bloom. They have been partying for years on their grandfather's trust account he left them (while their parents travelled to greenhouses around the world). The trust funds and their partying days are over.

The gaudy yellow pink girls are ex-Las Vegas showgirls: Trixie and the Flowerettes.
These girls are lucky if they can get work anywhere...their partying reputation preceeds them.  So far they have been cleaned up, repotted...currently going through the 7 step program for rehabbing flora.  They will get good care at the Orchid  rehab center for wayward orchids.