<- Happy orchids!
No reappearance of scale insect (yet: it's not that easy to eradicate), new roots showing, old roots looking healthier, leaves fresh bright green and more appearing... It's very satisfying.
Definitely
not a happy
dizygotheca. ->
It's supposed to look like
this, but has been sitting in too much light and draught, and the soil was far too wet. It's now repotted and set back from the window, with hydroleca in the saucer, and being misted along with the orchids. It has some new leaves, so with a little luck it'll recover. It's one of the few plants with which I've never had a lot of success. Eh well - we'll see.
It's like living in a conservatory in the lounge at the moment!
While I was at it, I took Kai's two carnivorous plants - a large and healthy sundew and a small and healthy pitcher plant - out of the tank they've been in for the last year and placed them either side of the pepper plants I have on the windowsill, in the hopes they'll catch the little flies that seem to be plaguing the poor thing. They'll have to go back under cover in the winter, so I'm now looking for a proper, closable terrarium for them.
UK Gardens cable channel was showing the
Chelsea Flower Show highlights 2005-2007 incl in three one hour programmes this afternoon, so I was able to catch up with what I'd missed last week. I didn't find the gardens as exciting as last year's, but there were a few lovely exhibits. I liked the
Urban Oasis, though I can't see me recreating it in a hurry! The
Hasmead Sand and Ice Garden was intriguing, and the chic garden
Transit of Venus I thought was beautiful. My last year's favourite Japanese designer was back with
UN TEI - Garden of Clouds - not as dramatic as last year but oh, that
gorgeous moss! The
Ad astra per aspera roof garden was oddly appealing in a kind of
The Prisoner sort of way, but I was, surprisingly, not overly impressed with the
Martian garden. Well, yes, I was impressed by all the work that had gone into it, but I didn't particularly like the result...
Burnham Nurseries had a display in the main pavilion (50 years they've been there now!) and there were some fabulous bonsai. I'm already looking forwards to next year's show! (I'd love to actually go there in person one of these years...)
Right. Finished the client website updates (a surprising number today) and now pondering what to do first (although I'm tired and should really have an early night. Heh, famous last words again...)
Pirates 3 tomorrow.
Labels: Chelsea Flower Show, orchids
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