Leo Schordje
wilted blossom
Jean Schordje's windowsill Feb 2010
When I was a kid, my mother always had a number of houseplants on the windowsills of the home. She mostly grew African Violets. When I moved back to the Chicago area after college, I started giving her the occasional Phalaenopsis, she particularly likes Phals. She has become quite a good grower of Phals. She does not care about the breeding or AOS flower quality, if she likes it, she grows it, if not, she gives it away. This is a photo of her east facing bay window off the kitchen. Some of the Phals in the window she has had for more than 20 years. Most she has had for more than 5 years. You might recognize a Phal Baldan's Kaleidoscope, Phal Mini Mark 'Holme', Phal equestris, a (complex pink x schilleriana) hybrid, Phal Brother Rose, an amabilis hybrid and a couple others whose names I have forgotten. In the background is a Dendrochilum glumacea just before it flowers opened. (this photo is a couple weeks old) which I will post close ups of in another thread.
I am really quite impressed with her skill. She has a very practical low tech approach to her growing, and she is good at it. She even does most of her own repotting, so this photo is 100% her efforts, not mine. (I do pick up bark and supplies for her, but she does the repotting).
When I was a kid, my mother always had a number of houseplants on the windowsills of the home. She mostly grew African Violets. When I moved back to the Chicago area after college, I started giving her the occasional Phalaenopsis, she particularly likes Phals. She has become quite a good grower of Phals. She does not care about the breeding or AOS flower quality, if she likes it, she grows it, if not, she gives it away. This is a photo of her east facing bay window off the kitchen. Some of the Phals in the window she has had for more than 20 years. Most she has had for more than 5 years. You might recognize a Phal Baldan's Kaleidoscope, Phal Mini Mark 'Holme', Phal equestris, a (complex pink x schilleriana) hybrid, Phal Brother Rose, an amabilis hybrid and a couple others whose names I have forgotten. In the background is a Dendrochilum glumacea just before it flowers opened. (this photo is a couple weeks old) which I will post close ups of in another thread.
I am really quite impressed with her skill. She has a very practical low tech approach to her growing, and she is good at it. She even does most of her own repotting, so this photo is 100% her efforts, not mine. (I do pick up bark and supplies for her, but she does the repotting).
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