... the nice
last fall or so I stopped by al's orchids in leesburg, va. one of the plants I picked up was a phal philippinense seedling with a tiny spike and bud. al thought the bud might blast, but last week I was pleasantly surprised to see the bud had popped open! I love the colors of this species, and last I had it a number of years ago, the plant was so robust that the flower spikes would grow quickly right up into the fluorescent light bulbs and burn. nice little flower, hope plant keeps growing
If anyone has interest in phal philippinense, Ramon here (rdlsreno) has some nice seedlings for sale!
the not so nice .....
last tuesday was driving home from work, sunny day, no hurry and other car came around corner fishtailing. i barely avoided head on but back end other car whipped around and caught left front of mine as i was trying to head onto grassy lawn
always make sure you have seatbelts on, are watching everything around you, and if someone is misbehaving, just get out of the way immediately. turns out southern new jersey has very high rates of uninsured and unlicensed drivers. there are lots of nurseries with transient workers and out of state license plates. this was not in a 'busy' or high volume area, and driver said he and two buddies were on way home from work. places you are most familiar with are the ones statistically to have the most accidents; people often have their guard down around home.
i'm fine, very fine considering, God was watching out for me (and maybe the three in the other car). if they hadn't caught part of my car they might have head on with a car behind me. just be always watchful because life changes very quickly!
last fall or so I stopped by al's orchids in leesburg, va. one of the plants I picked up was a phal philippinense seedling with a tiny spike and bud. al thought the bud might blast, but last week I was pleasantly surprised to see the bud had popped open! I love the colors of this species, and last I had it a number of years ago, the plant was so robust that the flower spikes would grow quickly right up into the fluorescent light bulbs and burn. nice little flower, hope plant keeps growing
If anyone has interest in phal philippinense, Ramon here (rdlsreno) has some nice seedlings for sale!
the not so nice .....
last tuesday was driving home from work, sunny day, no hurry and other car came around corner fishtailing. i barely avoided head on but back end other car whipped around and caught left front of mine as i was trying to head onto grassy lawn
always make sure you have seatbelts on, are watching everything around you, and if someone is misbehaving, just get out of the way immediately. turns out southern new jersey has very high rates of uninsured and unlicensed drivers. there are lots of nurseries with transient workers and out of state license plates. this was not in a 'busy' or high volume area, and driver said he and two buddies were on way home from work. places you are most familiar with are the ones statistically to have the most accidents; people often have their guard down around home.
i'm fine, very fine considering, God was watching out for me (and maybe the three in the other car). if they hadn't caught part of my car they might have head on with a car behind me. just be always watchful because life changes very quickly!
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