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Spiking Again

My Phalaenopsis is growing a flower spike again. The spikes generally start to grow this time of year. The flowers won’t come until the beginning of February. I’ll be curious to see if the fact that I put it in a larger pot will yield more flower spikes. Perhaps not this year yet… perhaps it will be later…

I’ve let a lot of my houseplants die natural deaths this year. The pineapples are gone. A ficus is no more. So also a fern, sansevieria, and syngonium. Good-bye, little plants. I enjoyed you while you lasted, but now I’m tired of taking care of you.

This will be flowers in just two short months!

6 Comments

  1. Lauren

    Ha! Your last sentence just about sums up my world view.

    Congratulations on your flower spike!

  2. Beth

    And, by “natural death” do you mean freezing, dehydrating or a shovel?

    • Brad

      HAHA! I meant freezing and dehydrating. I suppose even a shovel could also be called a “natural death” in MY garden though.

      • Deanne

        hehe. shovel… natural death…

  3. Peggy

    Gee, I always thought you’d make a great dad…but not so much now after reading the last line of this post.

    • Carol

      You stole my comment, Pegster…meanwhile, should we be concerned for middle schoolers in his care? I mean, what if he gets tired of caring for them mid-day and just opens a window and freezes them out, or withholds water and food or…???

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