Here we are in February. I’ve mentioned before the February is the hardest month for me. It may be the shortest month, but it tends to be a very grey month. The skies are grey, and if we have snow, it’s usually at the grey, gross, slushy stage. It’s too early to start seeds, and there’s no prospect of anything happening in the garden.
It’s a month that just tends to drag on for me.
So, I rely on my indoor blooms.
Another bloom on the Passion Flower. I’m so pleased this one is doing so well in the house this winter. I have a very hard time overwintering tender plants like these. It’s so hard to give them enough light and humidity.
I’ve actually had this little Kalanchoe since before Christmas. It was in a little deer-shaped planter. I’ve put the planter away with the other Christmas decor, but I put the plant on the kitchen window. And as you can see, it’s very happy. I’ll probably give it a bigger pot in the spring and put it on the sun porch for the summer.
And in orchid world…
My light pink orchid (which was bought before Christmas at Walmart) had put out a couple bloom off shoots from the original bloom spike. I know they can do this, but I’ve never seen it happen when there are still flowers on the first spike
The only time I’ve seen it happen is like here…
When your blooms are finished, you can follow the stem down. If there are nodes that are a little open, cut just above them, and if you’re lucky, you’ll get a new spike at the node. This one is on the bright yellow orchid that I bought in last summer.
I think orchids may be my emotional support plants!
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I’ve never seen a Kalanchoe before your blog. It’s very delicately pretty. And your orchids. You are my orchid guru. Mine are blooming right now, but my other plant completely died last fall. It seems I can only keep them alive for one rebloom and then, “poof”! They’re goners.
Blessings and love,
Betsy
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Blooms in February….I am in awe of your ability to coax the life into anything green.
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You have such beautiful blooms to help you thru the greyness of February.
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We just had a bit of snow here! I love seeing your plants. I’ve never had luck with orchids for some reason. I think where we used to buy them delivered them in the cold, and they had gotten too cold. I’ve also had luck with kalanchoes though.
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Nice blooms, very cheerful! We need that in the Winter!
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Your flowers look very happy!
The only passionflower I’ve ever had was a volunteer vine in my backyard. It was a monster. The first time I tried to get rid of it, it came right back. Eventually I made it go away (it was growing on dead bamboo that needed to to be removed.
I have a little pink moth orchid; it blooms twice a year! I don’t do anything special for it. It was a birthday present in September 2020. So sweet.
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