Resurrection

Resilence

Not all doom and gloom

as part of Orchids.

Lup San has an excellent website on East Asia orchids: http://members.tripod.com/asia_flora

Two weeks ago I had a fight with my mum over the orchids. It was a complicated a long fight which involved my parking the orchids at my aunts for three weeks now. The two catts, all the mini dens are now at my aunt's, with the exception of the two new ones next to me. I miss seeing them grow.

The day before I was at my aunt's and I took opportunity to observe her plants and their environment. She puts the orchids along her corridor. Contrary to what I believed, her area gets only white diffused light - no direct sun at all. (It is freqently cloudy where she lives.) There is also the occassional breeze that I think the orchids fancy. Then everything fell into place. I saw the light, so to speak. Inspired, I came home and rearranged my work space and my bedroom. The work table has now a planting box that fits four small size dens - these plants were previously under a flourescent tube in the dining room - and the bedroom has the cattleyas and a new tall den I bought. As I was working, I noted that one of the mini dens seem to be trying to flower: there is a tiny knob in between one of the leaves. I cross my fingers.