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Ursula

Mar 30, 2014 6:48 AM CST

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Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a

We must be getting your rain coming up from the South! My rain water containers in the garage are full to the gills!
And finally the temperatures are a bit more Spring-like, but we are all looking forwards to some warm sunshine when this mess here is through.
The generator is always on standby, but I must say since Sandy we didn't have any power outages. Perhaps it helped that the town cut a lot of branches/trees and added new, taller power poles and lines. I wish they would move those underground…

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Xeramtheum

Mar 30, 2014 11:18 AM CST

Name: Anne
Summerville, SC (Zone 8a)
Only dead fish go with the flow!

Bletilla in bloom!

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Ursula

Mar 30, 2014 12:19 PM CST

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Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a

Ohh, how very nice! Are they growing in your garden?
Around here I can just see some tips peeking out.....

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Xeramtheum

Mar 30, 2014 1:52 PM CST

Name: Anne
Summerville, SC (Zone 8a)
Only dead fish go with the flow!

Thanks .. they are growing in a bed that gets only about one and a half hours of full sun around noonish .. the rest of the time they are in bright shade .. I also have the B. ochracea but it's way behind the white and purple ones since the shade is not quite as bright.

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Ursula

Mar 30, 2014 3:39 PM CST

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Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a

Sounds good!

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dyzzypyxxy

Mar 31, 2014 11:58 AM CST

Name: Elaine
Sarasota, Fl
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Lovely bletillas, Anne! I tried some but they have petered out and disappeared. Either something eats the rhizomes or they couldn't take the summer sauna climate.

Got a nice back-lit shot of my Phaius microburst this morning.

Elaine

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Ursula

Mar 31, 2014 12:45 PM CST

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Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a

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Xeramtheum

Mar 31, 2014 12:48 PM CST

Name: Anne
Summerville, SC (Zone 8a)
Only dead fish go with the flow!

I love that Phaius! Is that a terrestrial orchid? Also, I've heard that deer love Bletilla.

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dyzzypyxxy

Mar 31, 2014 3:55 PM CST

Name: Elaine
Sarasota, Fl
The one constant in life is change

Yep, the Phaius are in regular clay pots with about half perlite and half leafy stuff from the garden, with maybe a little sphagnum mixed in. They seem to be doing well in the shade under my big oak trees. I think they might be able to grow in the ground, but I like to be able to bring the pots into the pool cage when they are in bloom.

Elaine

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Xeramtheum

Mar 31, 2014 4:42 PM CST

Name: Anne
Summerville, SC (Zone 8a)
Only dead fish go with the flow!

Well I guess they will be going on my list of wants! Lol .. Why can't I just say no? Like I really need to acquire more plants.

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Ursula

Apr 1, 2014 7:00 AM CST

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Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a