tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post7685796525898729654..comments2023-05-09T15:04:53.510+01:00Comments on Experiments with Plants: Orchids (28 NOV 2012)b-a-ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01565084697297328338noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-74660893153851132212012-12-13T18:15:30.394+00:002012-12-13T18:15:30.394+00:00Thanks all for your comments.
Andrea & Diana&...Thanks all for your comments.<br /><br />Andrea & Diana's comments reminded me that sweet peas should not be taken for granted - there are some countries where they can't be grown.<br />As for orchids, they are the ones that play hard to get/grow. I wont go out and buy any but I'll keep watering my inherited ones and keep hoping.b-a-ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01565084697297328338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-9723338640405246932012-12-10T16:51:28.557+00:002012-12-10T16:51:28.557+00:00I love orchids but they don't survive with me,...I love orchids but they don't survive with me, I'm afraid. Now sweet peas, I can grow them. So next time I get the urge to buy an orchid, I'll buy some sweet pea seeds instead. Crystalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07725991262021867082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-52751470464823247502012-12-09T13:59:15.298+00:002012-12-09T13:59:15.298+00:00Your right b-a-g, Orchids are all over the joint t...Your right b-a-g, Orchids are all over the joint these days and even from a few feet away I cant tell if they are artificial or not. Mind you I cant think I have ever came across an Orchid with the fabulous fragrance which many of the Sweet peas have.Alistairhttp://www.aberdeengardening.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-37427446330230224562012-12-05T02:03:57.990+00:002012-12-05T02:03:57.990+00:00Someone gave me an orchid and I really did enjoy t...Someone gave me an orchid and I really did enjoy the flowers for the year it bloomed, which I thought was amazing. But then when it was clear that it wasn't going to form any more flower stalks without my intervention, although I hate to admit it, I composted it. Carolynhttp://carolynsshadegardens.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-20206892471540181162012-12-03T03:29:34.806+00:002012-12-03T03:29:34.806+00:00Hi b-a-g, i smiled at your comment in my post, and...Hi b-a-g, i smiled at your comment in my post, and your post here! Re-mine: i guess we should learn from larvae-stop when the tummy is full! Yes your sweet pea can very well suffice to look like a Phalaenopsis flower. But we are in the hot temps so we can't grow sweet peas, the nearest we get is the stringbeans with bluish flowers. But of course they are both legumes, so the same flower Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05848957958059476177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-72596878225161458092012-12-02T23:04:11.811+00:002012-12-02T23:04:11.811+00:00I love the sweetpeas too....I have inherited an or...I love the sweetpeas too....I have inherited an orchid at work that is pathetic and I am trying to research how to revive it...I am not an orchid person.Donna@Gardens Eye Viewhttp://gardenseyeview.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-45116233101790636012012-12-01T21:32:11.622+00:002012-12-01T21:32:11.622+00:00(I too batle with tired orchids inherited from my ...(I too batle with tired orchids inherited from my mother. Repotted them the other day. Perhaps there will be flowers ...) My sweetpea is a Podalyria, a sprawling small tree with subtle mauve and white flowers. Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-63085918319583419852012-12-01T14:29:48.289+00:002012-12-01T14:29:48.289+00:00Intriguing enough to grow? I am useless with indoo...Intriguing enough to grow? I am useless with indoor plants of any sort, but I find your story of discovering sweet peas clambering up through plants inspirational, and I am already pondering where I might get the same effect.Janet/Plantaliscioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15605580157193047780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-22375971532141083562012-12-01T00:49:42.494+00:002012-12-01T00:49:42.494+00:00I suspect that orchids may be one of those plants ...I suspect that orchids may be one of those plants that can become addictive. There are so many gorgeous ones to choose from; there are more than 30,000 species located all over the world! So far I have resisted, but It may be too late for you.debsgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656883577922890561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-85588402393341392502012-11-30T03:29:55.859+00:002012-11-30T03:29:55.859+00:00Only YOU, dear b-a-g, could find a parallel betwee...Only YOU, dear b-a-g, could find a parallel between sweet peas and orchids. And as a sweet pea lover and orchid killer, I heartily thank you. And I am at the same time encouraged, and my try orchids again one day, but I will surely plant sweet peas this very coming spring.linniewhttp://linniew.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-53838004536025156232012-11-30T00:25:33.671+00:002012-11-30T00:25:33.671+00:00I too like the Darwin story. I bet he is saying I ...I too like the Darwin story. I bet he is saying I told you so from the grave. Sweet Peas grow themselves, I swear. No gardeners needed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-5553564938692210892012-11-29T20:21:34.312+00:002012-11-29T20:21:34.312+00:00Loved the story of the sphinx moth and Charles Dar...Loved the story of the sphinx moth and Charles Darwin. I have never had good luck with orchids, but they are so very beautiful, they are hard to resist. (Only after killing several can one resist, apparently.) Perhaps I should try to grow sweet peas instead!HolleyGardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14892421871044249940noreply@blogger.com