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O is for Orchid : My A to Z Wish List

April 17, 2012 By: Patricia

But first, A to Z fans, I want to call your attention to the April edition of “Three Authors, Three Questions” over at Chiseled in Rock blog. I’m featuring a mystery author, a children’s book author, and a debut dystopian thriller author. Honest, you don’t want to miss this one.

And now to “O” is for Orchid

I wish I could figure out how to keep an orchid plant alive and make it bloom again once the first round of flowers are gone.

Honestly, I do the homework, I study the orchid sites on the Internet, and I try to follow the instructions to the letter.

I buy a plant that looks healthy and has plenty of new flowers.

I do the special little watering tricks.

I talk to it.

I even beg.

It doesn’t work. The orchid refuses to give me another round of blooms, and then it dies.

I sure do wish I could grow orchids.

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Comments

  1. Pat Tillett says

    April 18, 2012 at 3:46 pm

    I’m right there with you. When I go to the nursery to buy a plant, the plants draw straws to see which one has to go home with me…

  2. mooderino says

    April 18, 2012 at 3:24 am

    I would suggest threats. Hold a pair of gardening shears next to the stem and lookk like you mean it.

    mood
    Moody Writing
    @mooderino
    The Funnily Enough

  3. Debra Harris-Johnson says

    April 17, 2012 at 8:52 pm

    Orchids are beutiful, one of my favorite flowers but oh so finicky. I’ve never been able to grow them either but others have no problem. If I ever find out the secret I will let you know.

  4. Jemi Fraser says

    April 17, 2012 at 5:08 pm

    I have no skill at all in this department!

  5. Nicole says

    April 17, 2012 at 4:18 pm

    When you learn how to maintain Orchids, give me a holler! Seriously, the only other living organisms that I’ve been able to maintain for more than a few days were Roses…and they aren’t even my favorite flower, lol.

    The last plant that I tried to keep care of was a Bamboo plant given to my for a holiday. The Bamboo plant withered away as quick as you could say “dead plant walking,” I tell ya!

    ~Nicole
    Blog: The Madlab Post
    *Rockin’ the A to Z Challenge!*
    @MadlabPost on Twitter

  6. Name: Luana Krause says

    April 17, 2012 at 2:07 pm

    Orchids are tricky. I have trouble with Bonsai. I love them but I kill them.

  7. Arlee Bird says

    April 17, 2012 at 1:19 pm

    Most plants hate me. Although I have a piquin pepper plant that has seemed to feel comfortable in my backyard for several years.

    Lee
    A Few Words
    An A to Z Co-host blog

  8. Sara Hill says

    April 17, 2012 at 1:12 pm

    I’ve never tried orchids. I can only grow plants that yell, “Water me!” by drooping.

  9. L. Diane Wolfe says

    April 17, 2012 at 12:32 pm

    The only thing I can grow is spider plants. Want one? They are really hard to kill.

  10. Kerrie Boyd Thomas says

    April 17, 2012 at 11:52 am

    I love orchids. However, since I don’t have a green thumb and can only grow plants that can take care of themselves for the most part, I know not to attempt keeping an orchid alive. *giggle*

    Stopping by from the A to Z Challenge!

    Giggle, Laugh, Cry

  11. DL Hammons says

    April 17, 2012 at 11:11 am

    You want to kill a plant? Give it to me! I’m serious. Heck…you can even send me your weeds…I’ll kill them dead as well! ๐Ÿ™‚

  12. Patricia Stoltey says

    April 17, 2012 at 10:49 am

    I think we should break out the champagne and chocolate when I reach 400 followers, don’t you?

  13. Jennifer Lane says

    April 17, 2012 at 10:28 am

    I definitely don’t have a green thumb so kudos to you for trying with the misbehaving orchid. Are you trying to visit every blog on the A to Z Challenge? WOW! Thanks for following and I’m now follower #399!

  14. Jenny says

    April 17, 2012 at 9:27 am

    I know what you mean. My orchid hasn’t bloomed in for-e-ver. But at least it’s still alive!

  15. Alex J. Cavanaugh says

    April 17, 2012 at 9:15 am

    I have one word for you – plastic!

  16. Karen Walker says

    April 17, 2012 at 7:58 am

    Orchids are so beautiful. I have a black thumb altogether so do not attempt to grow anything. Sigh!
    Karen

  17. farawayeyes says

    April 17, 2012 at 6:59 am

    Hi Patricia,nice to meet you.

    I used to live ‘highup’ in Colorado, now I live in the Caribbean where orchids abound. Could simply be your climate.

  18. Lynn Proctor says

    April 17, 2012 at 6:20 am

    wish i remembered all the things my friend has told me—she used to raise orchids—she is an author and sort of a plant expert–i love them too–i remember when i was a child–we always wore an orchid on Easter–

  19. Margot Kinberg says

    April 17, 2012 at 6:06 am

    Pat – Orchids really are absolutely gorgeous aren’t they? I just love ’em, and I don’t blame you for wanting to grow them. Now, off to CiR ๐Ÿ™‚

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I read, I write, I blog, and sometimes I do the laundry and cook. My 2014 novel, Dead Wrong, was a finalist in the thriller category of the 2015 Colorado Book Awards. Wishing Caswell Dead (Five Star/Cengage, December 20, 2017) is a historical mystery set in 1830s Illinois in the fictitious Village of Sangamon. The novel was a finalist for the 2018 Colorado Book Awards for General Fiction. My most recent release, In Defense of Delia (Five Star/Cengage, November 2022), is available in hardcover and will soon be available in ebook and trade paperback. Read Moreโ€ฆ

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