First-World Problems...

I am second to none in my ability to destroy even the hardiest of plants, so killing an orchid is trivial. Barely an inconvenience!

Hell...I even bought orchid food and actually did some research about how not to kill them, but short of some gene therapy, I fear that the orchids that enter Chez Dildo are not long for this world. Which is weird, because my mother could grow orchids easily. And get them to bloom over and over, seemingly in all conditions.

Is there something about green thumbs skipping generations?

Which is too bad, because I think they are magnificent flowers!

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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Posted by: Skip at October 22, 2023 02:01 PM (fwDg9)

2 I just cleaned up my flower beds for the winter.

It's getting cold.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at October 22, 2023 02:01 PM (vnfYO)

3 Well I'm gonna say "Hi" to all y'all before I get to my FW bitchin.

Posted by: cfo mom at October 22, 2023 02:02 PM (Q8bDL)

4 Wife I swear could kill bamboo if she planted it

Posted by: Skip at October 22, 2023 02:03 PM (fwDg9)

5 I have a greenish thumb. Don't kill 'em, but not looking great either.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 22, 2023 02:03 PM (XMwZJ)

6 If you have houseplants, you kill houseplants.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 22, 2023 02:05 PM (RIvkX)

7
That orchid leaf makes the plant look like the victim of some sort of parasite.
Leaves dying from the tip and then toward the stem, maybe some sort of parasite.
If a plant is not getting the right food or amount of water, it dies from the stem outwards.

Posted by: Speller at October 22, 2023 02:07 PM (pSotA)

8 My FWP that I have to fix in a few minutes is I snagged some loose wire with the flail mower attachment on the tractor. Now I get to spend an hour or so with the fencing pliers cutting wire, unwrapping a few from the spindle or whatever and cutting some more. By the time I finish that I'll probably decide the rest of the field mowing can wait for another day.

Posted by: PaleRider at October 22, 2023 02:07 PM (3cGpq)

9 My FWP is I got off work at 08:30 but had to go to the office; now I'm tired, but hungry; I have a really good filet mignon ithawed and I could make that pretty simply, it would be great. But I'm too lazy to do it so I'm eating peanut butter crackers and orange juice instead.

Posted by: LenNeal at October 22, 2023 02:08 PM (/BBNv)

10 I am second to none in my ability to destroy even the hardiest of plants

I'm right there behind ya, dude.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 22, 2023 02:09 PM (V8he0)

11 6 If you have houseplants, you kill houseplants.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 22, 2023 02:05 PM (RIvkX)

Not to brag, but I have bunches of them. I have some very large and sunny southern facing windows, and the plants love it. I have aloe veras that are over two feet tall and sprawling like something out of Little Shop of Horrors. A huge pineapple plant that I grew from the top of a store pineapple. 4-foot lemon tree that I started from a lemon seed. And lots of others that I bought or got handed down.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 22, 2023 02:10 PM (OX9vb)

12 Some folks can garden, some folks can't, no matter how hard you try, the plants know.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at October 22, 2023 02:11 PM (R/m4+)

13 I too am an orchid killer. I think they are gorgeous but i’m going to have to get fake if i want it to look nice longer than an hour.

Posted by: Iris at October 22, 2023 02:11 PM (7mSw0)

14 LenNeal, I hear ya.

Posted by: cfo mom at October 22, 2023 02:12 PM (Q8bDL)

15 The medium and watering are two of the most important things as far as orchids are concerned.

I use orchid bark, which you can get at HD or online. You have to replace it every 6-12 months because it breaks down and starts to rot.

For watering, I fill containers with water, then immerse the orchid pot up to the lip, and let it soak for 12 minutes. Then drain. Do NOT water from above, but if you do, don't get in on the leaves, as they can rot.

MissOrchidGirl on YT is a good source.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 22, 2023 02:14 PM (I/Qkd)

16
Right now I have one repaired eye and one bad eye. Ordinarily the bad eye would have been operated on this Wednesday but Her Majesty is going up to Mesquite this week to observe at the Beagle National. So things have to sit until next week.

They had to take so much stuff out of the one eye that the healing is more prolonged. But it gets better day by day.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 22, 2023 02:14 PM (MoZTd)

17 I remember back in the 80's having all sorts of indoor plants... hanging baskets, cactus gardens, etc.

We have nothing live inside the house now but ourselves.

And occasionally, cats.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 22, 2023 02:14 PM (Q4IgG)

18 I remember back in the 80's having all sorts of indoor plants... hanging baskets, cactus gardens, etc.

You lived in a fern bar?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 22, 2023 02:15 PM (I/Qkd)

19 I have a vining type of houseplant of some sort that is almost 20 years old. It cannot be killed. It just keeps growing and has to be chopped back often. It grew down and tried to take over my desk. Yankee kudzu.

Posted by: cfo mom at October 22, 2023 02:15 PM (Q8bDL)

20 Most people fit SFP's observation though. I had some hardy houseplants that I basically got tired of and slowly killed through neglect. When my mom died I kept a sympathy plant gift alive for about 10 years, it almost died once 5-6 years ago, but was revived by repotting and then a year or 2 ago it just slowly died. I cut off dead branches thinking maybe with less demands on it it would revive but it did not.

Posted by: PaleRider at October 22, 2023 02:16 PM (3cGpq)

21 I don't think they're supposed to be boiled before they're planted ...

Posted by: Dr_No at October 22, 2023 02:16 PM (ayRl+)

22 I am the Agent Orange of gardeners. Black thumb, kiss of death. One time I tried to raise some tomatoes and things went south. At the same time, the kiddies outgrew the sand box and I dumped it behind the garage along with the dead and soon to be dead 'maters. Damn things took off and we got a couple bushels.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 22, 2023 02:16 PM (0EOe9)

23 We always had a spider plant over the bath tub. Those things live a long time. The one we have is about 15 years old.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at October 22, 2023 02:17 PM (MeG8a)

24 My week in FWP -

Furnace making weird screeching noise intermittently. Technician out - $600 for what it needs. At least I don't need an entire furnace, tech said it was in good shape (20 years old).

Hubby's car in the shop for a brake issue. Damages to be determined.

Day after hubby's car goes to shop, my check engine light comes on. Might be nothing big, but won't know til hubby's car gets fixed.

Filed our taxes for last year (had extension). Owed them $300, but no penalty.

Dryer tumbling, but no heat. Repairs would cost almost as much as a new one of the same model. Or spend 3x as much for a Speedqueen. Have SQ w/d at my old house (DS and family live there now) and they are almost 20 years old. Nary an issue. Just not sure how much longer I can keep doing stairs. Told son he has to promise he will to take the new Speedqueen if I croak or can't manage steps anymore. He said "Oh yeah". ~$1400.

The thing that concerns me most is that I pickup the grandson from school and really don't need both cars acting up.

Thank the Lord that we have no debt. I know so many people who would be screwed if this hit them all at once.

Posted by: cfo mom at October 22, 2023 02:18 PM (Q8bDL)

25
We have a couple of plants on the kitchen divider. Same plants, same pots, watered at the same time. One is flourishing and the other limps along. Go figure.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 22, 2023 02:18 PM (MoZTd)

26 My FWP is sitting behind me at the airport. A screeching, tiny white haired old woman who has been spewing negativity for the last 45 minutes. Non stop. I don't know who is on the other end of the line, but, ffs, how can you keep listening to this blathering.

I'm probably sitting next to her on the plane. Fml.

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at October 22, 2023 02:20 PM (C73/M)

27 I'm probably sitting next to her on the plane. Fml.

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at October 22, 2023 02:20 PM (C73/M)

Talk about guns and shooting and Trump.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2023 02:21 PM (3Gtis)

28 Nurse, that is funny. Hope you can avoid her. Bury your nose in a book or pretend to not speak English.

Posted by: cfo mom at October 22, 2023 02:22 PM (Q8bDL)

29 Talk about guns and shooting and Trump.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Brilliant!

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at October 22, 2023 02:22 PM (C73/M)

30 26 27 Offer her a pillow IYKWIM.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 22, 2023 02:22 PM (0EOe9)

31 In a past life, one of my accounts was a meat packing house in rural Texas. The fellows that owned the place also raised orchids, which they kept in a hallway with indirect sunlight and all the mist and effluvia from the packing operation wafting through from time to time. I was told that they were making "damn near more than the meat sales" off the plant sales. No word on whether the plants liked rare, or medium...

CBD, have you considered raising weeds? I can't kill the damned things...

Posted by: Brewingfrog at October 22, 2023 02:22 PM (5gZpE)

32 CBD,
You were missed in Corsicana. I hope to see you there next year.

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at October 22, 2023 02:23 PM (C73/M)

33 My secret for orchids: 1) go to Trader Joe’s, 2) buy plants that have some closed blooms on them, 3) bring them home, 4) ignore them completely

My phaleonopsis routinely last 3 months. When the blooms Fall off, I throw it away and get a new one. I’m sure someone could coax the plant back to life like my mom used to do, but they’re just unattractive sticks between blooms so that’s not my thing.

The only tricks are to put them in a room with some natural light and away from a direct breeze/air conditioning vent, and don’t fuss with them .

Posted by: LASue at October 22, 2023 02:24 PM (Ed8Zd)

34 Orchids are weird. They require little to keep them alive. I literally forgot about my two orchids - I put them at the other end of the room to get them off the kitchen island.

After about 6 weeks, one of them sent up a stalk with blooms.

I think if you give them a handful of ice cubes every Sunday before you post the food thread, and some good light, they'll at least stay alive and maybe even flower for you again.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 22, 2023 02:24 PM (Mzdiz)

35
CBD, have you considered raising weeds? I can't kill the damned things...
Posted by: Brewingfrog

__________

Thanks to complete neglect and total indifference, I do not have a single weed in my yard.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 22, 2023 02:24 PM (MoZTd)

36 Well I'm gonna say "Hi" to all y'all before I get to my FW bitchin.

Posted by: cfo mom at October 22, 2023 02:02 PM (Q8bDL)

*rubs hands*

Hi cfo mom!

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 22, 2023 02:25 PM (Mzdiz)

37 Haha! She just stood up and I saw her. She was yapping on the phone for almost and hour and now that she gets up, she put on not one, but TWO masks.

Whatever.

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at October 22, 2023 02:26 PM (C73/M)

38 If you have houseplants, you kill houseplants.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 22, 2023 02:05 PM (RIvkX)

The key is having a lot of them. People don't notice if some die.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 22, 2023 02:26 PM (Mzdiz)

39
We have had perennials die almost immediately and annuals go on for years.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 22, 2023 02:26 PM (MoZTd)

40 So much for homegrown vanilla bean for the french toast and cookies.
Martha Stewert we are not.
Did you see her show where she grew her own sugar maples from seed, harvest the sap, boil down her own syrup for french toast? She mentioned making her own vanilla extract from her own orchids too, but only in passing.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 22, 2023 02:27 PM (cOq4q)

41 4-foot lemon tree that I started from a lemon seed. And lots of others that I bought or got handed down.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 22, 2023 02:10 PM (OX9vb)

That's awesome!

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 22, 2023 02:27 PM (Mzdiz)

42 *waves at Miley*

You have turned into a way better farmer and canner than I ever was.

Posted by: cfo mom at October 22, 2023 02:28 PM (Q8bDL)

43 Does this post cross the streams with the Saturday gardening thread? I don't want to be around for an explosion.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 22, 2023 02:28 PM (I/Qkd)

44 I hope to see you there next year.

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at October 22, 2023 02:23 PM (C73/M)

I am planning on attending!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2023 02:29 PM (3Gtis)

45 Yankee kudzu.

Posted by: cfo mom at October 22, 2023 02:15 PM (Q8bDL)

If it can survive lower light, send me a cutting!

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 22, 2023 02:30 PM (Mzdiz)

46 CBD, have you considered raising weeds? I can't kill the damned things...

Posted by: Brewingfrog at October 22, 2023 02:22 PM (5gZpE)

I was given one of those seed-impregnated paper discs by some company. I planted it in some fresh potting soil, and grew...

Grass. Yup...no flowers just grass.

It is a rare skill!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2023 02:31 PM (3Gtis)

47 When my mom died I kept a sympathy plant gift alive for about 10 years, it almost died once 5-6 years ago, but was revived by repotting and then a year or 2 ago it just slowly died. I cut off dead branches thinking maybe with less demands on it it would revive but it did not.

Posted by: PaleRider at October 22, 2023 02:16 PM (3cGpq)

When Pop-Pop died, my mom got a little table arrangement with a sword plant/mother-in-law's tongue in it, maybe 8" tall. Last time I saw it, it was 4 ft tall. And she was not a green thumb. When she would help my dad plant seedlings, he had to caution her. "Be gentle, Pat! Like they're living things."

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 22, 2023 02:33 PM (Mzdiz)

48 Heh. A young lady moved in a few months ago and had many well maintained plants on the balcony. Now, they are all in. Saw here and she was avoiding first frost. She has a light to keep them healthy, but most important she now has jungle cat. Critter lurks.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 22, 2023 02:33 PM (0EOe9)

49 I an terrible with houseplants, and particularly orchids. People will insist on giving them to me, and they terrify me. I've tried ignoring and also some attempt at care; neither works particularly well. Every once in a while I'll get a few blooms. I don't think I have enough light for them.

We also have a peace lily that someone sent when my mother-in-law died, 20 years ago. Now that I do try to care for because I don't want to be responsible for killing it. Don't need the bad ju-ju.

Posted by: bluebell at October 22, 2023 02:33 PM (GzJrq)

50 I am the Agent Orange of gardeners. Black thumb, kiss of death. One time I tried to raise some tomatoes and things went south. At the same time, the kiddies outgrew the sand box and I dumped it behind the garage along with the dead and soon to be dead 'maters. Damn things took off and we got a couple bushels.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door

Compost heap gardening is the best. Rotten tomato scraps sprout because they are supposed to germinate that way. Mellons pop up there too.
Pride of the compost heap is a papaya with 8 decent fruit on it. Could not grow from seed no matter how many times I tried.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 22, 2023 02:34 PM (cOq4q)

51 My FWP is I promised wife I'd finish the trim on the front bay window and start floor molding. But this beautiful fall day is begging for me to get the motorcycle out. What to do, what to do?

Posted by: Turn 2 at October 22, 2023 02:34 PM (JfxgE)

52 Mrs. Aspirin Factory killed a cactus this last year. That takes friggin' talent.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at October 22, 2023 02:35 PM (eTnDQ)

53
Combined Book Thread/FWP: buying a book, only to find you already purchased it a long time before.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 22, 2023 02:35 PM (MoZTd)

54 Maybe I need to start a compost pile and then throw my orchids on it.

Posted by: bluebell at October 22, 2023 02:36 PM (GzJrq)

55 Turn 2 - soon the weather will change and the bike will be garaged for the winter (unless you live in a warm climate). Go vroom vroom and deal with the scornful looks later.

Posted by: PabloD at October 22, 2023 02:36 PM (K75+D)

56 Every kitchen should have a living basil plant or 2.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at October 22, 2023 02:37 PM (MeG8a)

57 I've had orchids do well, and I've formulated s9me trial and error ideas. Killing them seems to be mainly about underwatering overwatering; getting them to bloom seems to be about having a strong but indirect southern exposure to natural lighting.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 22, 2023 02:37 PM (82XQX)

58 I meant to add that I've also killed a few, too.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 22, 2023 02:38 PM (82XQX)

59
Two weeks until the time change! The dogs will complain. Her Majesty will complain.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 22, 2023 02:38 PM (MoZTd)

60 Thank the Lord that we have no debt. I know so many people who would be screwed if this hit them all at once.

Posted by: cfo mom at October 22, 2023 02:18 PM (Q8bDL)

I hear you! SO many people are living at the edge of potential disaster and don't seem to realize it. I'm grateful to not be one of them.

Well, I won't tempt fate. A serious medical issue can ruin most people, and you can't really plan for that. Publius' dad spent just under a month in a rehab before he died. Turns out the supplementary no longer covers that (who knew? It did the last two times), so after 20 days or so, it was $200/day out of pocket. WOW!

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 22, 2023 02:39 PM (Mzdiz)

61 Best orchid grow room we had was in last house master bathroom. It had a huge garden tub with faux frosted glass block window facing east that covered the whole wall from rim to almost the ceiling. Lot's of diffused rising sun and humidity from showers in the morning and indirect light rest of day.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 22, 2023 02:40 PM (cOq4q)

62 My FWP is sitting behind me at the airport. A screeching, tiny white haired old woman who has been spewing negativity for the last 45 minutes. Non stop. I don't know who is on the other end of the line, but, ffs, how can you keep listening to this blathering.

I'm probably sitting next to her on the plane. Fml.
Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at October 22, 2023 02:20 PM

Ugh. Sitting on the airport with a beer and trying to avoid FWPs.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 22, 2023 02:41 PM (Pz86S)

63 Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 22, 2023 02:41 PM (Pz86S)

Rumor has it that RMBS Μητέρα outshot everyone!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2023 02:44 PM (3Gtis)

64 400 lb booze hounds and people in pajamas with questionable hygiene are always best to sit next to on planes.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at October 22, 2023 02:44 PM (eTnDQ)

65 Peanut butter and OJ? That sounds wrong. Wife dumps stuff in our garden bed and we get all sorts of stuff. Watermelon vine started about 8/1. Tomatoes and callaloo everywhere, but, this summer we had very little crop.
My FWP is finding a good cleaner for the plastic surfaces in my car.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at October 22, 2023 02:44 PM (Eeb9P)

66 CBD, it looks like you have 2 options.
1) go the LaSue route and buy plants/flowers and throw them out after you've managed to dispatch them.
2) Plant them and practice benign neglect (BN) and see if you're over caring for them.
2a) Plant them with small amount of 3 month feed, water them once a week whether they need it or not.

Here in the desert we have to water more often; but, BN is my habit and we rarely kill plants (unless my homegrown watering system fails, then everything looks like it has been through a Sous Vide treatment i.e. grey and lifeless.)

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 22, 2023 02:46 PM (OZ5XL)

67 My FWP is finding a good cleaner for the plastic surfaces in my car.
Posted by: Jamaica NYC at October 22, 2023 02:44 PM (Eeb9P)

Mother's VLP.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at October 22, 2023 02:47 PM (eTnDQ)

68
I was chatting with a Lowe's check out clerk when buying some poinsettias last year. She looked at them and got the sads. She said she had babied the ones in the employee break room after Christmas and in the months following and they were doing great. She said she took a weeks vacation in July, came back to work and they were dead.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 22, 2023 02:47 PM (enJYY)

69 I don't do houseplants, my wife does and she loves a challenge. My Mom was the same way.

I like plants outside where I can forget to water them for a month and they survive.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 22, 2023 02:48 PM (xhaym)

70 You have turned into a way better farmer and canner than I ever was.

Posted by: cfo mom at October 22, 2023 02:28 PM (Q8bDL)

High praise! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have even thought that canning meat was possible. In fact, you were indirectly responsible for me becoming a YouTube prepper junkie.

As to the canning, Publius is my teammate and I couldn't do it without him.

As to the farming, I will only say that as things went downhill with Publius' daddy at the beginning of August, the garden went neglected for the next month+. I shudder to think of the lost produce. On the upside, we planted so much, we still got a respectable amount into the freezer.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 22, 2023 02:49 PM (Mzdiz)

71 Well, the guy who does the food thread has more in common with Fritz than with Theodore.

Posted by: Eeyore at October 22, 2023 02:49 PM (brAQZ)

72 >>> My FWP is finding a good cleaner for the plastic surfaces in my car.
Posted by: Jamaica NYC

Get to a real hardware store and get a can of MEK. It will remove the surface gunk by disolving the plastic underneath it and the gunk and plastic will slide off in sheets.

Yeah, that. Or GOO GONE if 409 doesn't do it.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 22, 2023 02:49 PM (cOq4q)

73 Mothers VLP better than Chemical Guys VLP? I use # of reviews as a guide and CG have thousands

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at October 22, 2023 02:49 PM (Eeb9P)

74 Apply small pieces of hardwood charcoal and several limestone pebbles. Save rainwater and dip the plant when the sub-stratum is dry and then re-hang outdoors with at least 50% shade. Orchids are symbiotic organisms that utilize microorganisms, (fungi, bacteria, etc.) from the host. The less you handle them, the better. Osmocote is the preferred treatment, but is not food, per se, creates a medium from which the plant utilizes nutrients. Palenopsis are generally hybrids in the U.S. and the further from the genus, the more sensitive to other factors and difficult to maintain. You don't feed them, they feed themselves.

Posted by: Fla sob at October 22, 2023 02:50 PM (1aF22)

75 Spousal unit is the same way. There is no plant she cannot kill. Even when she really tries not to.

Posted by: black thumbs at October 22, 2023 02:51 PM (KFhLj)

76 It's dust in the textured surface. MEK is a bit much. I am surprised 3M doesn't have something

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at October 22, 2023 02:51 PM (Eeb9P)

77 Home again, home again, jiggety-jig!

Made it safely home from this year's Texas MoMe. Paul and Rebecca will be getting home tomorrow from his Mom's Birthday Weekend (I told him that the MoMe was on the calendar first, and there were 2 other perfectly good weekends that I would have been able to make this year - I only get to talk to you Morons in person once a year)

Went to the Waffle House on the way out of town - Eromero and his lovely bride were already seated at a table and they invited me to join them for breakfast - wouldn't let me pay for my meal (I left a nice tip for the server).

I had SOOO much fun this weekend; it was lovely to see folks I had met before (even if I had forgotten their blog name and/or their real life name), and wonderful to meet first-time visitors. I had so much fun being "solo" this year that I may do it again next year....

(ALL of you folks need to wear your nametags at all times at these MoMes, because I have slept quite a few times since the last time we saw each other, and I am really embarrassed when I have to ask who you are!)

Thanks to all who helped to make this year's MoMe a resounding success - you guys are the best!!!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - AoSLadies Brigade plucky comic relief at October 22, 2023 02:52 PM (SRRAx)

78 Rumor has it that RMBS Μητέρα outshot everyone!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2023 02:44 PM

I am told she shot remarkably well. I kept telling her she was doing better than she thought. And we had a lot of great coaching talent on the pistol range.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 22, 2023 02:53 PM (Pz86S)

79 400 lb booze hounds and people in pajamas with questionable hygiene are always best to sit next to on planes.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

I get the ones who can no longer smell so they use their cologne or bath water out of a fire hose.
The worse are the pachouli oil aficionados, truly horrible to be trapped near.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 22, 2023 02:53 PM (OZ5XL)

80 F-1 live from Texas is starting

Posted by: Skip at October 22, 2023 02:53 PM (gQBG4)

81 We also have a peace lily that someone sent when my mother-in-law died, 20 years ago. Now that I do try to care for because I don't want to be responsible for killing it. Don't need the bad ju-ju.

Posted by: bluebell at October 22, 2023 02:33 PM (GzJrq)

They're pretty low maintenance, but I've got one in the master bath that needs a do-over. I was told that you saw off the bottom 2+" of the root ball, and some on the sides, then repot with fresh soil. I've been meaning to do that all summer.

I water it when it's looking limp. I really don't give it more than the minimum, and I've had it for 3 years.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 22, 2023 02:53 PM (Mzdiz)

82 >>> Apply small pieces of hardwood charcoal and several limestone pebbles. Save rainwater and dip the plant when the sub-stratum is dry and then re-hang outdoors with at least 50% shade.

Rainwater from roof catchment / rain barrel would be very helpful. Gets them some dust and bug poop just like in the wild. And no chlorine.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 22, 2023 02:53 PM (cOq4q)

83 Haha! She just stood up and I saw her. She was yapping on the phone for almost and hour and now that she gets up, she put on not one, but TWO masks.

Whatever.
Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at October 22, 2023 02:26 PM

Because if *course* she did.

Karen's gonna Karen.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 22, 2023 02:54 PM (Pz86S)

84 Mrs. Aspirin Factory killed a cactus this last year. That takes friggin' talent.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at October 22, 2023 02:35 PM (eTnDQ)

Just water it and it will go belly up.

When in doubt, do not water.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 22, 2023 02:55 PM (Mzdiz)

85 Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - AoSLadies Brigade plucky comic relief at October 22, 2023 02:52 PM

Sounds like everybody had a great time. Glad to hear it.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 22, 2023 02:56 PM (V8he0)

86 >>> It's dust in the textured surface. MEK is a bit much. I am surprised 3M doesn't have something
Posted by: Jamaica NYC

Just joking about the MEK, had to use the stuff on an industrail job and I think it turn the plastic surface to sticky goop instantly.

But, I would try the Goo Gone.
If your talking about something like an armrest it is probably dust and body grease in the low spots.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 22, 2023 02:57 PM (cOq4q)

87 Mrs. Aspirin Factory killed a cactus this last year. That takes friggin' talent.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

With cacti the problem is wrong soil, not enough sun, or too much water. Usually too much water.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 22, 2023 02:59 PM (IG4Id)

88 And looks a little warmer than yesterday was

Posted by: Skip at October 22, 2023 02:59 PM (fwDg9)

89 My FWP right now.... flies. Lots of them on the back of the house. Several inside too. The Bug-A-Salt gun is getting a workout.

bugasalt dot com

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 22, 2023 02:59 PM (Q4IgG)

90 Sub-stratum medium is coco fiber shredded with hardwood charcoal and bits of limestone, (soft), sphagnum moss and air; lots and lots of air for arboreal plants.

Posted by: Fla sob at October 22, 2023 02:59 PM (1aF22)

91 Watching Lincoln Lawyer on Netfx.
Neve Campbell is still pretty hawt.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at October 22, 2023 03:00 PM (ufFY8)

92
Just joking about the MEK, had to use the stuff on an industrail job and I think it turn the plastic surface to sticky goop instantly.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

Glad you let on that using MEK wasn't the best choice! I've used it to make a plastic paste from ABS shavings to meld to pieces back together.

Acetone: Do not use acetone on plastic. I used it on a mouse that had been labeled as property in a common computer lab (yeah, I was stealing it for another workstation). The permanent marker disappeared perfectly; but, the mouse's plastic texture wiped away as well. A perfectly shiny mouse let the cat out of the bag so to speak.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 22, 2023 03:03 PM (OZ5XL)

93 Mothers VLP better than Chemical Guys VLP? I use # of reviews as a guide and CG have thousands
Posted by: Jamaica NYC at October 22, 2023 02:49 PM (Eeb9P)

Have no idea. It works for me. CG might be just as good or better. Go with your gut.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at October 22, 2023 03:03 PM (eTnDQ)

94 Which is too bad, because I think they are magnificent flowers!

Didn't Georgia O'Keefe paint some allegorical orchids?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 22, 2023 03:04 PM (a3Q+t)

95 With cacti the problem is wrong soil, not enough sun, or too much water. Usually too much water.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 22, 2023 02:59 PM (IG4Id)

It was watering.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at October 22, 2023 03:05 PM (eTnDQ)

96 Hello Horde from Monroe Louisiana. My FWP is I'm no longer at the MoMe. But I still have Moron companions for another day.

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 22, 2023 03:06 PM (dJxFA)

97 Magic marker ? WD 40 or VERY light oil, 10 weight or less, and soft cloth.

Posted by: Fla sob at October 22, 2023 03:07 PM (1aF22)

98 94 That was her vajayjay.

Posted by: Fla sob at October 22, 2023 03:08 PM (1aF22)

99 Hello Horde from Monroe Louisiana. My FWP is I'm no longer at the MoMe. But I still have Moron companions for another day.
Posted by: screaming in digital at October 22, 2023 03:06 PM

Safe travels, SiD. We're missing the MoMe already and we haven't even left TX yet.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 22, 2023 03:09 PM (Pz86S)

100 AYFKM

I'm sitting in my seat on the plane.

Just watched a young woman walk by while boarding and she was using one of those little plastic flossers. While boarding. So freaking gross. I hate people.

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at October 22, 2023 03:10 PM (JhNDb)

101 98 94 That was her vajayjay.
Posted by: Fla sob at October 22, 2023 03:08 PM

Well, it was no Rothko.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 22, 2023 03:11 PM (a3Q+t)

102 Nobody made a bigger hole in the target than Screaming in Digital did.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 22, 2023 03:12 PM (a3Q+t)

103 CFO Mom, if you have an electric dryer that rotates but doesn't heat up, the problem is likely very simple to fix. Pull dryer away from wall and unplug from outlet. Remove cover where cable enters enclosure and check screw terminal - cable connections. My last two dryers were free because of identical symptoms, and both times one of the two hot cables had melted due to a poor connection. Cut off melted end, re-strip, crimp on a ring terminal, screw it down tight, and you're back in business. Email in my nic if needed... and youtube has numerous vids on this stuff.

Posted by: Cowboyneal at October 22, 2023 03:13 PM (DzsA0)

104 You too RMBS. I'm still grinning from my 200 yard shot!
I heard Geoff telling your mom how awesome she was shooting. You're a great coach.

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 22, 2023 03:13 PM (dJxFA)

105 61 Best orchid grow room we had was in last house master bathroom. It had a huge garden tub with faux frosted glass block window facing east that covered the whole wall from rim to almost the ceiling. Lot's of diffused rising sun and humidity from showers in the morning and indirect light rest of day.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 22, 2023 02:40 PM (cOq4q)

Excellent inspiration!

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 22, 2023 03:14 PM (Mzdiz)

106 Nobody made a bigger hole in the target than Screaming in Digital did.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

12 gauge with buck shot and 15 ft?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 22, 2023 03:15 PM (OZ5XL)

107 Duncanthrax, I've got a lovely green bruise on my right shoulder but it was totally worth it.

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 22, 2023 03:16 PM (dJxFA)

108
12 gauge with buck shot and 15 ft?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

A joke!
No disrespect to SiD!!!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 22, 2023 03:16 PM (OZ5XL)

109 Today is 10/22 Day.

IYKYK.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 22, 2023 03:16 PM (a3Q+t)

110 >>> Nobody made a bigger hole in the target than Screaming in Digital did.

Recoilless rifle?

Posted by: fluffy at October 22, 2023 03:18 PM (86W+h)

111 AZ, Duncanthrax's 12 gauge + his expert tutelage

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 22, 2023 03:19 PM (dJxFA)

112 37 Haha! She just stood up and I saw her. She was yapping on the phone for almost and hour and now that she gets up, she put on not one, but TWO masks.

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at October 22, 2023 02:26 PM (C73/M)

My eyes hurt from rolling so hard.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 22, 2023 03:20 PM (OX9vb)

113 By the way, orchids throw their leaves like this. It should dry from the tip to the stalk. Black spots and yellowing=more of a problem. Haz a small nub in the center? Can be shedding and growing a new leaf or a spike for flowers. Quickest way determine health with them is to examine what most people call roots, (tubicals I think). Plump and green with a slight waxy feel to them? Good to go.

Posted by: Fla sob at October 22, 2023 03:20 PM (1aF22)

114 Recoilless rifle?
Posted by: fluffy at October 22, 2023 03:18 PM

Well, just the .50 BMG sighting round, not a 105mm Beehive round.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 22, 2023 03:20 PM (a3Q+t)

115 Today is 10/22 Day.

IYKYK.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 22, 2023 03:16 PM (a3Q+t)

Yep, contract day for Raconteur Press. If you don't get offered a contract today, they didn't accept your submission.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 22, 2023 03:20 PM (Angsy)

116 You too RMBS. I'm still grinning from my 200 yard shot!
I heard Geoff telling your mom how awesome she was shooting. You're a great coach.
Posted by: screaming in digital at October 22, 2023 03:13 PM

You did well. Next year, 300 and 500. To paraphrase Zod, you will do this.

I hear she did well. I'll take a little credit, but she's a good student.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 22, 2023 03:22 PM (Pz86S)

117 Not really a "problem", more of a "success", I'd say, but the new CEO at Victoria's Secret has decided to deemphasize "activism" and return to their core competency of hawt women wearing sexy underwear.

It turns out that hiring Megan Rapinoe (who no human being in history, male or female, gay or straight, has ever wanted to wanted to have sex with) as their spokesthing may have been a mistake.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 22, 2023 03:24 PM (Y6AXb)

118 Duncanthrax, I've got a lovely green bruise on my right shoulder but it was totally worth it.
Posted by: screaming in digital at October 22, 2023 03:16 PM

I've got a lovely yellow bruise on my shoulder today. I really should look into a recoil pad.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 22, 2023 03:25 PM (Pz86S)

119 I sprung for a phone app called Picture This. It's like a $30 app. Take a picture of a plant and it will identify it, give the latin name, the common name, etc. It will also tell you the health of the plant and how to remedy most plant ailments.
It's not cheap, but I bought it as a gift to myself and I use it a lot.
The same company makes apps that identify birds by their call. But I don't have that one as I am a pretty good birder. Interesting stuff.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at October 22, 2023 03:25 PM (MeG8a)

120 Who knew punching your Diversity ticket wouldn't work?

Posted by: Skip at October 22, 2023 03:26 PM (fwDg9)

121 I see some attendees to the MoMe are here.
I had a freaking blast. I second Teresa in
Ft. Worth wear a tag. Also glad to see you are
Planning on attending next year CBD. You were missed.

Posted by: Jewells45 fuck cancer at October 22, 2023 03:26 PM (LlJOi)

122 AZ, Duncanthrax's 12 gauge + his expert tutelage
Posted by: screaming in digital

I guess that was a pretty good guess then, even if it was supposed to be a tease.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 22, 2023 03:28 PM (OZ5XL)

123 79 The worse are the pachouli oil aficionados, truly horrible to be trapped near.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 22, 2023 02:53 PM (OZ5XL)

I found a patchouli plant this summer, and I've had it here on the back porch for a few months. Time to bring it indoors.

It's got interesting leaves, and it needs to be watered frequently. The scent is mild, unless you stir up the leaves.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 22, 2023 03:29 PM (Mzdiz)

124 Many moons ago, I worked under someone that I did not really see Eye to eye with. He was a bit too detail oriented, while I was more task/goal. We clashed several times. When he left to go to different group. We had a going away party, I gave him a poison ivy plant I dug up as a joke and told him when he wanted to remember us to take a leaf off and rub it on himself.
He did not take it with him so it was moved to a shelf in our work area. No one watered it for a solid month, and we noticed it was still alive.
Maybe that is the plant for you.

Posted by: Picric at October 22, 2023 03:32 PM (13tTk)

125 Oh, I also have some sweet potato vines inside. They are really quite pretty. Just cut some pieces of sweet potato, especially where they are already rooting, bury about an inch deep in a pot, and water about once a week. Be patient--it may take up to a couple of months for you to see plants.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 22, 2023 03:32 PM (OX9vb)

126 I'm sitting in my seat on the plane.

Just watched a young woman walk by while boarding and she was using one of those little plastic flossers. While boarding. So freaking gross. I hate people.

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at October 22, 2023 03:10 PM (JhNDb)

I haven't been in an airport since 2004. I don't miss it.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 22, 2023 03:33 PM (Mzdiz)

127 https://youtu.be/KfBiDDJ4YEs?si=xf0XtiikTh6Uc_UU

This channel on how to revive orchids.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 22, 2023 03:33 PM (cLWyk)

128 My wife is a master gardener, and she has been an orchid fan for years. Her diagnosis is black rot. Cut off the leaf.
https://orchideria.com/orchid-black-rot/

Posted by: Max K at October 22, 2023 03:43 PM (JlGCE)

129 My condition on the loss of your orchids. I have killed the mums I bought a couple weeks ago.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at October 22, 2023 03:43 PM (lK0s0)

130 18 I remember back in the 80's having all sorts of indoor plants... hanging baskets, cactus gardens, etc.

You lived in a fern bar?
Posted by: Archimedes at October 22, 2023 02:15 PM (I/Qkd)

back in the 80's I think I did, thanks to my wife.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 22, 2023 03:43 PM (q3gwH)

131 I have flown only a handful of times in the last two decades. It's a bit like riding a bus long distance these days, but maybe less reliable. I view the possibility of flying again with not a little dread.

Posted by: the future is not what I thought it would be at October 22, 2023 03:44 PM (KFhLj)

132 I guess Dave Chappell decided to get political. So much for being reasonable on wokeness.

He is Muslim so should have expected it.

Posted by: Drive by at October 22, 2023 03:46 PM (MNhXM)

133 My FWP that I have to fix in a few minutes is I snagged some loose wire with the flail mower attachment on the tractor. Now I get to spend an hour or so with the fencing pliers cutting wire, unwrapping a few from the spindle or whatever and cutting some more. By the time I finish that I'll probably decide the rest of the field mowing can wait for another day.

Posted by: PaleRider at October 22, 2023 02:07 PM

Dad, is that you?

Except he did that yesterday.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at October 22, 2023 03:46 PM (lK0s0)

134 Drifted off and watched some of Enemy of the State - pretty redundant, same scenario repeated every 8 minutes.
Oh, and his wife was a bitch too.
Is that a thread that runs through his movies?

Posted by: Braenyard at October 22, 2023 03:47 PM (u44Cz)

135 My FWP is that I must go out again because the Kroger didn't have rye flour, caraway seeds, or unsalted butter. I managed to forget eggs.

On a happy note, I found fresh salmon on sale. Will be able to make it for dinner, provided I can find puff pastry and leeks.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at October 22, 2023 03:51 PM (lK0s0)

136 Good afternoon, Horde.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 22, 2023 03:51 PM (ovudU)

137 hiya

Posted by: JT at October 22, 2023 03:53 PM (T4tVD)

138 Good afternoon, Ben Had!

Was the weekend a smashing success? Sorry I had to miss it this year.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 22, 2023 03:53 PM (OX9vb)

139 Good afternoon, Horde.
Posted by: Ben Had

Hi Ben Had!
It sounds like the Txmome was very successful!
Congrats to you and all who helped and attended.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 22, 2023 03:54 PM (OZ5XL)

140 Birds like the poison ivy berry and deer either eat the plant or the berry.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 22, 2023 03:55 PM (u44Cz)

141 My FWP is how you have to affirmatively opt out of giving a tip at drive throughs.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 22, 2023 03:55 PM (FVME7)

142 My condition on the loss of your orchids. I have killed the mums I bought a couple weeks ago.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at October 22, 2023 03:43 PM (lK0s0)

When potted mums go south, I usually coddle them outside, then plant them in the garden by the screen porch. I've got 5 or 6 different colors now. It was so cool to see them come back on their own this past spring.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 22, 2023 03:55 PM (Mzdiz)

143 Dash, It was beyond fantastic!

Posted by: Ben Had at October 22, 2023 03:56 PM (ovudU)

144 Deer like rattan too.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 22, 2023 03:56 PM (u44Cz)

145 Frost forecast for tomorrow morning. Possibly heavy. Yet, I still will have to mow the property as the grass, where it exists, is needing it. I hope it will be the last time for the season. It's an all day chore around here.

My FWP #2 ^ up there.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 22, 2023 03:56 PM (Q4IgG)

146 AZdeplorable, how are you feeling?

Posted by: Ben Had at October 22, 2023 03:57 PM (ovudU)

147 133 My FWP that I have to fix in a few minutes is I snagged some loose wire with the flail mower attachment on the tractor. Now I get to spend an hour or so with the fencing pliers cutting wire, unwrapping a few from the spindle or whatever and cutting some more. By the time I finish that I'll probably decide the rest of the field mowing can wait for another day.

Posted by: PaleRider at October 22, 2023 02:07 PM

I had never realized there was a good length of stiff wire in the form of a steel spring inside one of those tall pop up sprinkler heads. Not until I ran over one with the lawn mower.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 22, 2023 03:57 PM (q3gwH)

148 somebody at the MoMe drove in with Arizona plates, i was trying to figure out who but never did.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 22, 2023 03:59 PM (q3gwH)

149 Tom Servo, that was blake

Posted by: Ben Had at October 22, 2023 04:00 PM (ovudU)

150 CBD, in a previous blog a long time ago, you had a photo of pots with very desiccated plants. At the time I mentioned that you had 'a black thumb'. My late wife had one of those, in spite of coming from a long line of florists, gardeners and landscapers. She did great floral arrangements though.

Posted by: Ciampino - The Fertilizer Man at October 22, 2023 04:00 PM (qfLjt)

151 AZdeplorable, how are you feeling?
Posted by: Ben Had

Better, thank you. I was discharged from the hospital on Thursday.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 22, 2023 04:00 PM (wlyrr)

152 Get cleaned up and upstairs

FOODIE NOODIE

Posted by: Skip at October 22, 2023 04:02 PM (fwDg9)

153 My FWP is how you have to affirmatively opt out of giving a tip at drive throughs.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 22, 2023 03:55 PM (FVME7)

I'm kind of ashamed, because we eat out far too often. I need to get on top of meal planning. Garden/harvest season is over and I have no excuse.

You never know what they're feeding you at a fast food place, but you can be assured that your health is not their problem.

My latest thing is reading ingredients for acheta flour (crickets). Tyson just bought a cricket producer. Beware.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 22, 2023 04:02 PM (Mzdiz)

154 she was using one of those little plastic flossers. While boarding.

I guess you have to presume she just wanted to look her best on the flight?

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 22, 2023 04:04 PM (4PZHB)

155 AZ and Dash, we missed y'all. And the rest of y'all who couldn't make it.

AZ, glad to hear you're doing better!

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 22, 2023 04:04 PM (dJxFA)

156 When potted mums go south, I usually coddle them outside, then plant them in the garden by the screen porch. I've got 5 or 6 different colors now. It was so cool to see them come back on their own this past spring.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 22, 2023 03:55 PM

Thank you for the pro tip!

Posted by: NaughtyPine at October 22, 2023 04:08 PM (lK0s0)

157 One thing I found with orchids is lots of humidity.they also like warmth.
Beautiful plants, but too much work for me.
In the last year I have set up a "grow room" for veggies and small fruit. .
I'm getting a good amount of tomatos, as well as peppers, lettuce, etc...
Gonna try spinach and potatoes.
There are some very inexpensive table top hydroponic systems, as well as LED grow lights.
Beats the heck out of bugs🤪

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 22, 2023 04:13 PM (YsSDZ)

158 It turns out that hiring Megan Rapinoe (who no human being in history, male or female, gay or straight, has ever wanted to wanted to have sex with) as their spokesthing may have been a mistake.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 22, 2023 03:24 PM (Y6AXb)

She would be my go-to if I were in the business of selling comfortable shoes.

Victoria's Secret could re-brand itself to "good looking, and comfortable underwear with a classy name brand" and clean up. I expect they will go "frederick's of hollywood" instead.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 22, 2023 04:15 PM (xhaym)

159 The VS "Lane Bryant of Hollywood" may have been too much.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 22, 2023 04:35 PM (4PZHB)

160 I killed both of my orchids a couple of months ago. I'm still upset over the smaller one which I had for 3-4 yrs. I started fussing around with the both of them. As they say, if it ain't broke don't touch it. Lesson learned.

Posted by: sidney at October 22, 2023 05:09 PM (hGlnS)

161 We have mums outside in the ground. The deer ate the flowers off them the other night.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at October 22, 2023 05:19 PM (R4t5M)

162 I have an aloe vera. I think I watered it in April.?

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at October 22, 2023 05:39 PM (hirWM)

163 We have four big orchids in pots on the porch. The ones with long, narrow leaves. They bloom reliably once a yer, and have survived for a number of years, including a move to the desert (they're in a shady location, and have held up for 3 years so far).

If you grow a citrus or apple from seed, remember that many trees nowadays are grafts, and you may not get the same performance or fruit from a seeded offspring.

Posted by: MartynWW at October 22, 2023 05:43 PM (sHP7b)

164 Good morning.
ID 10 Teas are watching some stupid Morning show.

Posted by: Noah Bawdy at October 22, 2023 08:16 PM (bI6Hc)

165 Get a pothos. They don't make pretty flowers like orchids, but they're nearly impossible to kill, as houseplants go.

Posted by: PlainJane at October 22, 2023 08:23 PM (1eidB)

166 157 +++ on the humidity. Temperature is specific to species and sub-species. I have seen variations at altitude, (above 3000 meters), where it is not un-common for it to freeze during the night usually the short days of the year. Mostly Dendrobians, small Catteleyas and Vanilla plants. The closer to the genus the greater the occurrence of odor in the blooms. Most Paleonopsis are Southeast Asia, Micronesia and the Philippines.

Posted by: Fla sob at October 22, 2023 09:55 PM (1aF22)

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