Re: Orchid

In person, Libby, it's somewhere between pale lavender and pale indigo--there's a tad more blue than red in the darkest part. But whatever color, I'm just glad it adapted to life in a tree and bloomed.

Never ceases to amaze me what people throw away! Wonder how many orchids I would collect if I put a "wanted" message on freecycle? Wonder if I could afford the gas to do it...? Between and among all the patio-type trees on our patios--orange jasmines, ligustrums, hibiscus, Turk's cap--we have almost unlimited tree sites for them.


On Sep 8, 2005, at 10:57 AM, Libby Valentine wrote:

My monitor has it a pale lavendar, but it's lovely! Definitely worth rescuing.

Libby
Maryland zone 6

james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net> wrote:
It's pale indigo, Jim. Yeah, no tag. All of these "tree" orchids--maybe
10 or 12 altogether--were found and rescued from various dumps, trash
piles, and the like, mostly florist shop deliveries I suspect.

On Sep 7, 2005, at 10:09 AM, James R. Fisher wrote:

james singer wrote:

We have three orange jasmine trees [large shrubs] planted around the
front patio. One of them is opposite the front door, and we have
established four orchids in various crotches of that tree. One of
these orchids has just decided to bloom. Here's a picture:
http://hort.net/+12Ts

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And it didn't come with a name, or the tag is missing ? Pity,
because on my monitor it looks nearly blue. Is it that way to
the naked eye ? No purple or red color underlying it ?
-jrf
--
Jim Fisher
Vienna, Virginia USA
38.9 N 77.2 W
USDA Zone 7
Max. 95 F [36 C], Min. 10 F [-12 C]

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Southwest Florida
27.0 N, 82.4 W
Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

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