Phoenix orchid

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Phoenix orchid

Postby the foto fanatic on Fri Aug 16, 2013 10:07 am

I don't know what its real name is, but at our house we call it the phoenix orchid because it came back to life after I threw it in the garbage.

One day my wife told me to throw out "the flowers" as they were past their use-by date. Not realising that "flowers" did not include orchids, I ripped this one out of its pot and tossed it into the rubbish too. To justify my actions, there were no blooms at this time, only bare stalks.
My wife had a pink fit when she discovered what I had done, as the orchid was a gift from a friend when my wife was in hospital.

She promptly rescued the badly treated orchid and repotted it. I have to say that it really looked terminal at that point and I didn't think that it would be too long before I threw it out for good.
A few months later we get two of these - click to see larger.

I'll use this image to congratulate Her Indoors on her magical restorative powers - might get me out of the still lingering do-do. :)

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Re: Phoenix orchid

Postby Glen on Fri Aug 16, 2013 11:06 am

Nice image Trevor - and even better story!
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Re: Phoenix orchid

Postby zafra52 on Fri Aug 16, 2013 7:31 pm

Beautiful. She can now use it as a background in
her computer. :D
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Re: Phoenix orchid

Postby sirhc55 on Sat Aug 17, 2013 12:41 am

From a pink fit to a pink orchid. Nice story and a great pic
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Re: Phoenix orchid

Postby Mj on Sat Aug 17, 2013 11:06 am

Trevor... for your reference... Phalaenopsis Orchid otherwise commonly known as a Moth Orchid.
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Re: Phoenix orchid

Postby the foto fanatic on Sat Aug 17, 2013 11:24 am

Mj wrote:Trevor... for your reference... Phalaenopsis Orchid otherwise commonly known as a Moth Orchid.


Thanks. Someone else suggested "cattleya".

I think Ill stick to Phoenix. :?
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