I've been growing plants since my earliest memory and what keeps me interested in green things is that I love to keep learning, to keep experimenting. I do this with orchids, too. I recently bought two tiny, leafless, rootless backbulbs for less than their containers were worth that have a slight chance of survival. I also buy orchids I have no idea how to grow on occaision, or orchids that might be a challenge, though not impossible, with my conditions and I have the pleasure of figuring out how to make them happy. One of my most treasured orchids is a noid phal- type dendrobium that is in bloom ten months out of twelve. The flowers are large, pretty and smell like grape soda. It was a pathetic, out-of-bloom rescue plant many years ago and I find it very rewarding to see the difference. I love my plants because they are each different and chosen with love or brought back from the brink. This is what keeps me interested in my green leaf collection, this and the fact that we have winter here and it gets quite gloomy out there beyond the windows.
Leafmite
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