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  • #1522295
    Bodine
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      Your orchids are just magnificent!
      I raise lots of green things but orchids I have not mastered yet.

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      #1522296
      pipsxlch
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        The secret is ignoring them. Really. And remember that the commonly grown ones live in trees in nature, they need a quick draining potting mixture- no soil.

        #1522325
        Bodine
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          Thank you.I will have to try that one day.
          Here are some of my plants.
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          Image and video hosting by TinyPic sorry it didn’t flip…My Fig tree.I put it in the ground last summer,it was 2′.Not even one year later it is around 8′.
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          Image and video hosting by TinyPic I need to paint my fence… since last year…bad Mimi

          Every act matters.No matter how small💞
          (Wanted......Brimstone Lap)
          Male Hearth....one day🤞Dream on.

          #1522326
          Bodine
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            ooops,hit the wrong button.
            Image and video hosting by TinyPic These are Iris,purple and yellows so far and some of my Lilies.
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            Every act matters.No matter how small💞
            (Wanted......Brimstone Lap)
            Male Hearth....one day🤞Dream on.

            #1522331
            pipsxlch
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              Your plants are beautiful, Mimi! I tried a fig tree once, didn’t succeed… because of the ignoring orchids work for me. They’re strictly outside too, don’t have a halfway decent area inside. So nature does much of the work.

              I’m on an orchid forum also, it’s open view if you’d like to lurk there and read up on some cultural tips. It’s orchidboard.com . Wolfrott that used to be here has on there also. The common grocery store orchids are Phalaenopsis; there is a thread there ‘The Phal Abuse Stops Here’ that has a lot on them.

              Your grow conditions outside are probably much like mine; what’s your USDA zone? I’m 9b, in a warmish pocket. I’d be happy to help you if I can. Louisiana should be great for orchids, and there are at least a couple good nurseries nearby!

              #1522340
              Bodine
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                Thanks! I am in 8a zone.Brandon,Ms.,middle of the state.I will check out the site too.Amber and I both have tried and failed.I hate to lose a plant,especially beautiful, exotic flowers.They are alive and meant to be enjoyed. Thank you for the help.

                Every act matters.No matter how small💞
                (Wanted......Brimstone Lap)
                Male Hearth....one day🤞Dream on.

                #1522342

                I collect blown glass art…mostly poison dart frogs and hermit crabs…
                Let’s see… what else… gemstones and crystals, and by default, I started collecting different wood carved stands. Rosewood is my favourite.

                I guess I can say that I collect movies. I have around 600 of them. I never really considered it a “collection”…same with plants. They seem multiply around here, but I never would have thought of them as a collection.

                Oh, and I also have a collection of martini glasses (no sets, just odds and ends that differ from the standard clear glass, straight stem) Some, I won’t ever use; I said “SOME”. 😉

                I almost forgot, I also collect John Fluevog shoes. It started many many years ago, and I only realized I was collecting them, when I was buying them and NOT ever wearing them. Like Windstones, that’s an expensive collection! Natasha VL, I can hear you now “WHAAA???? YOU’RE NOT WEARING THEM” lol…I know, right?! some have never seen dirt…but I just HAD to have them.

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                #1522343

                I collect blown glass art…mostly poison dart frogs and hermit crabs…
                Let’s see… what else… gemstones and crystals, and by default, I started collecting different wood carved stands. Rosewood is my favourite.

                I guess I can say that I collect movies. I have around 600 of them. I never really considered it a “collection”…same with plants. They seem multiply around here, but I never would have thought of them as a collection.

                Oh, and I also have a collection of martini glasses (no sets, just odds and ends that differ from the standard clear glass, straight stem) Some, I won’t ever use; I said “SOME”. 😉

                I almost forgot, I also collect John Fluevog shoes. It started many many years ago, and I only realized I was collecting them, when I was buying them and NOT ever wearing them. Like Windstones, that’s an expensive collection! Natasha VL, I can hear you now “WHAAA???? YOU’RE NOT WEARING THEM” lol…I know, right?! some have never seen dirt…but I just HAD to have them.

                Ha! Fluevogs are the greatest shoes ever and I definitely have a Fluevog problem! I stopped counting at 30 pairs…and that was several years ago! But seriously- wear them!!!!!

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                #1522352
                pipsxlch
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                  Thanks! I am in 8a zone.Brandon,Ms.,middle of the state.I will check out the site too.Amber and I both have tried and failed.I hate to lose a plant,especially beautiful, exotic flowers.They are alive and meant to be enjoyed. Thank you for the help.

                  I’m sorry; for some reason I thought you were in Louisiana. I have an aunt not too far from you then, in Laurel to the southeast.

                  Cymbidiums might work well for you for outside plants! I can’t grow (well, can grow but not flower too often) them since they require a big cool down in the fall to set blooms. People in central/northern California use them as bedding plants.

                  One of the biggest killers of plants with novices is overwatering. If you look on that website you’ll see something called semi-hydro; I repotted one of my sister’s Phals this way and it has been quite happy. It makes it pretty easy. I took a soup container from a Chinese restaurant, burned a row of holes in it about halfway up, and potted the bareroot plant in it in LECA (little clay balls, you can find them in hydroponics stores or pet shops for reptile habitats). When you water, the water is reserved on the bottom but drains where the holes are. Water once a week, the LECA above the hole level dries while the plant can run roots down into the reservoir for extra water if it wants. There’s a better explanation on the website. It makes the guesswork on watering easier and might reduce the frequency of repotting since the LECA is inert.

                  #1522390
                  Bodine
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                    That is very cool.I will share this info with Amber and try again.We do not have a quick cool down fall.We have about 3weeks of fall and spring here.
                    As for the Fig….find it’s happy place.This one was moved twice.I keep a good eye on a fresh transplant and you can tell within a month whether it will grow good there.Mine almost died until one day I was sitting on the porch watching how the sun hits the yard and I moved it in the front where my lilies and peonies took off fast and voilà!It put out a fresh leaf within a week and has not slowed down.It went from a little over a foot where it had been for a year to 8ft within a year.They like to be close to a building or wooden fence,70% daylight,water often and feed it.Mother Nature does the rest.I use miracle-gro for garden.
                    Thank you for the excellent conversation on our green friends.
                    I grew up on the West Bank,New Orleans.It gets hot and humid here but nothing like the bayou country.I feel for y’all but it does grow wonderful plants.

                    Every act matters.No matter how small💞
                    (Wanted......Brimstone Lap)
                    Male Hearth....one day🤞Dream on.

                    #1585130
                    Bodine
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                      Another collection.

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                      Every act matters.No matter how small💞
                      (Wanted......Brimstone Lap)
                      Male Hearth....one day🤞Dream on.

                      #1585133
                      Bodancia
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                        In addition to Windstone Editions, I collect:
                        Books (roughly about 5,000 – 6,000 HB and PB)
                        Breyer Model Horses
                        Trail of Painted Ponies and Horse of a Different Color
                        Stained Glass (they’re hanging in every window)
                        Lord of the Rings books and memorabilia
                        Beanie Baby Peace Bears
                        Music Boxes
                        Rocks and Minerals
                        And oh yes – Swords

                        Always looking for a lovely GB Young Unicorns, TP Male Dragons or TP Male Griffins!

                        #1585134
                        Bodancia
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                          One of my windows. This is “Big Blue” and a Blue Abstract Stained Glass.

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                          Always looking for a lovely GB Young Unicorns, TP Male Dragons or TP Male Griffins!

                          #1585136
                          Bodancia
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                            Oh no, I forgot to mention I collect Real Musgrave Pocket Dragons! Here are a few of them!

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                            Always looking for a lovely GB Young Unicorns, TP Male Dragons or TP Male Griffins!

                            #1585138
                            Bodine
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                              I used to have a couple pocket dragons,from Astral Castle.😊 Here is my stained glass.Dove of Peace.

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                              Every act matters.No matter how small💞
                              (Wanted......Brimstone Lap)
                              Male Hearth....one day🤞Dream on.

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