O, I Love Orchids!

@antonbunot

Thanks, @SIMPLYD . . . O, plants inside the house are a must. They give off oxygen . . and absorb farts!

@SIMPLYD Farts blows off Co2 (carbon dioxide) . . and it is the favorite foods of plants like my fortune plant. So, when I feel farting I see to it that my fortune plants will catch all the Co2 . . . Take a look at my healthy-looking fortune plant absorbing all the farts in the house . . Ops, I farted . . I just ate rice and bagoong-laced pinakbet . . Good you are thousand miles away . . .

@antonbunot Sorry about that.Hope this one keeps for some time.

@antonbunot While water is necessary,too much of a good thing is bad.

@silvermist I hope so . . the problem with my first orchids was I watered them too much.

@antonbunot That is good - I hope this one lasts you a long time, it's beautiful.

@antonbunot You are right, you made the best compliment. Thank you.

@LadyDuck You are welcome . . and I really mean it that Women are the #1 wonder of the world!

But I guess I made the best compliment about women, @LadyLuck . . . "Women are the No.1 wonder of the universe!"

@antonbunot They are yes, but they are not some of my favourites.

@JaboUK . . but its flowers are beautiful!

LOL . . . my thumb is not also green . . but my middle finger is! They are tangerines, kabsat.

@ridingbet . . Actually, I accidentally hammered the middle finger of my left hand . . and it got deformed that it looks like a mini . . am not going to write the word here . . you know what I mean! ahahahaha!

@antonbunot green middle finger. wahahaha! I thought so, they are tangerines. dip in rock salt, I could finish a bowl of those small oranges.

@antonbunot Babies have the most adorable skin...good enough to eat.

@vandana7 Yikes! O, I love kissing cute babies! And I really love to kiss pretty "babes!"

LOL

@Auntylou I had wondered if that was natural or not! Ah, so the blue fades in time? It looks quite striking anyway. I've seen the deep purplish ones too!

How funny you should mention that. My sister had a lovely white orchid that a friend had given her as a deep blue one. It had been dyed( taken up through the roots) but had eventually faded

@JudyEv . . what is your favorite flower, my friend? Roses?

Now I want to get orchids if they last long

@paigea Get one in superstore, my friend. I think they are on sale now!

@antonbunot I will have to look.

I could not recall how a waling-waling looks like!

Have to check a photo of it

@Lucky15 Have you found a photo of waling-waling?

Wow, I wish I have orchids with purple flowers . . .

I think Christian Dior loves women and flowers . . I do, too![em]

@Jeanniemaries Ice cubes so as not to soak them? I also put my orchids close to the window to get the needed light. Thanks, my friend.

@antonbunot I went to a lecture a few weeks ago about taking care of Orchids by the local master gardeners. The one who gave the lecture was passionate about orchids and kept only orchids in his greenhouse since the first one he bought more than 50 years ago. I thought he probably knew his stuff. He poo poo's the idea of watering using 3 ice cubes once a week like I was told. He says you can't soak them, they must dry out inbetween but they need more water than that. I have two friends who water that way and they have Orchids that bloom repeatedly! Mine is now bloomless even since I posted, the last bloom has shriveled. I know they need to be cut back now and wait for the new stalk so I'm hoping. I have a good place to keep it, a big window without any direct sun! Lots of light here in Florida.

@antonbunot I was told they liked to absorb water slowly, hence the ice cubes. But the master gardeners said they soak their orchids at least once a week. Always in the morning so they will dry out before dark.

Have you seen the image of a monkey orchid posted above by @uncle joe?! Wow!

@brokenbee . . well, roses are easier to care.