Floral gifts: Have you seen a circular orchid plant?
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May I see your silk floral arrangements? Eucalyptus?
Comments (17)I worked for a florist for 6 years - Dried E. will smell for a very long time! If you pinch a dried leaf or two off (near the bottom)or scrape the stalk occasionally it will renew the scent. Blow dryers work well for getting rid of dust - on house plants as well! Run on cool. E stems come in many sizes/heights/colors(bluish green the most natural) and are popular for large floor vases as well as smaller table style vases. In my experience they are not ofter used as a mixed arrangement with the exception of dried leaves/or berry type branches. They are sold frequently as a bunch wrapped in cellophane and are reasonably priced. You can break off smaller branches to fill out an arrangement at the bottom....See Moredo you use silk floral?
Comments (27)amysrq and I are on the same page! Actually, anyone with cats who feel it is their duty to destroy any live plant and I are on the same page .... I love plants / flowers but our (indoor) cats have all decided that we don't deserve to have them. You know, even an inexpensive $17 orchid needing to be replaced every week adds up ... and pisses me off. As I wrote boopadaboo in a different thread, I decided to stop yelling at and squirting (with water) the cats and find some artificial plants which look good. Artificial Plants and Trees has wonderful succulents / tropicals (I am in love with echeveria and protea and ginger, so that's what I have from them) and I'll be damned if they don't look just like the real thing. Amazing. (They are currently offering 15% off, but you'll have to call them to activate the discount -- their website isn't able to do it.) And from Silk Plants Plus I have the most realistic orchids I have ever seen. You seriously have to touch them to know if they're real or fake. The golden Vanda in particular is breathtaking. We have birds of paradise from Save-on-Crafts and again, they are incredible. I have also kissed a lot of frogs, and there are some real duds out there. I'd say for every winner I've had at least two duds -- hello Salvation Army / Goodwill! (where they go when they leave our house) And they don't have to be expensive. Last year I got suckered into Diane James' silk flowers by Town & Country and boy have I been disappointed. They look fine, but they are exorbitant! I have nearly identical peony arrangements, one from Diane James (and which was ~$300) and another from Fiori Belli for about $50 and, you'll have to take my word for it, they are absolutely comparable in appearance. But to me, that's a significant price difference! Would I rather have live plants? You better believe it! Like someone wearing a fake diamond, I know the plants are fake and that "hurts" me a bit (allow me the hyperbole). But you know what hurt me more? Not having any semblance of flowers / greenery in the house OR having them and being frustrated-angry with my cats. Now those hurt me. I think my life will have to be with artificial plants / flowers because I cannot imagine a life without pets. Luckily, I can and do garden like crazy and both my little children enjoy working in the garden as well. So I get to scratch my itch that way and have a good time with the kiddos a la meme fois! (although the wild bunnies like to eat some of the flowers -- there's always some animal eating my plants!) (lynninnewmexico -- I love that photo!)...See MoreDoes my Orchid have a Keiki?
Comments (14)So let me try and explain "terminal spike" for you. This is when a phalaenopsis orchid sends a spike from the very top of the plant instead of on the side between the leaves which is where it normally appears. Now phals grow from the center up so by sending a spike there it indicates that the plant will no longer produce leaves and once it stops producing leaves then we all know what will happen. Plants are smart and once they realize that something is wrong they go into proprogation mode so they replicate themselves by sending out a keiki hoping to continue the generation. You might be wondering at this point what causes a terminal spike? Well sometimes just nature but sometimes other things goes wrong. Also please remember a spike does not mean a plant is healthy, a plant will send up a spike as a last resort hoping to get pollinated to continue its generation. Once it feels its in danger of dying, it will put all its energy into the spike. Your best bet is to as I said before check the roots if you can, green means good, brown means trouble. I have seen a phal send up a terminal spike and then send out leaves beside the spike and continued to grow but that's very rear. Or it will try and send out another keiki at the base of the plant, this is called a " basal keiki" . but that's another story. Please do a through check on the plant, try some better pics and let us see how best we can help. ( I hope I did not bore you to death with my lengthy explanation). VELLETA....See MoreGift for neighbor who has been watering my plants
Comments (59)The pillow is beautiful. Annie's suggestion about an eye pillow is also great. Lots of people like to use one during final relaxation. It sounds like you have a real friend who can be honest with you about not liking jewelry. When I first started dating my now husband, he gave me a necklace. I don't like to wear jewelry and anything around my neck, no matter how light, makes me feel like I'm strangling. Since we were not yet exclusive, i told him nicely to give the necklace to someone else. The next time I saw him, he had gotten the necklace made into a bracelet. I wore it in front of him until it (thankfully) broke. He had always dated women who liked jewelry and he wanted to give me gifts. As my birthday approached, he talked about taking me bracelet shopping and I knew he was thinking about something expensive. You should have seen his face when I told him that what I really wanted was a crown! And that's how I got some expensive, needed dentistry for my birthday....See More
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last yearlast modified: last yearYes....She was a "sharp" business woman! OH...I did misunderstand. I thought it was a bargain you were not interested in. sorry...
I do have a story: I took in one of my orchids to be repotted, it was crawling out of the pot....about a foot long cascade. After 4 weeks I came in, she was too busy... hadn't gotton to it.....I asked for it back....and she hastily started stealing the little kikis off of MY orchid. She heaped up a pile, repotted them....sold them...and from what I heard...they ALL died. My Dendrobium Kingianum is NOT from Hawaii, it's from Australia. NOT available to her, from her Hawaiian supplier.
A year later I called the new owner and asked if they had any dendrobiums. The owner chatted me up and wanted to trade me for a pot of MY Dendrobium Kingianums. I did trade him....you see...they smell strongly of perfume! Highly fragrant! A small pot can scent an entire room! I highly recommend one...to those who do not own one...
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