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so how's everybody doing
in the midlantic at least? i note Al is warm and snug and expecting a
plague of frogs; everybody else OK? 35 inches total on my deck. we were out of power for 18 hours (all electric house); had votives going as smudge pots for the orchids for a while. some of the little phals look unhappy, but so far the only bud blast is on the psychopsis, which has been blasting all winter. clearly it's unhappy about the cold/dry/both. oh, and it was snowing this morning. :\ --j_a |
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On 2/17/2010 9:00 AM, jankey wrote:
in the midlantic at least? i note Al is warm and snug and expecting a plague of frogs; everybody else OK? 35 inches total on my deck. we were out of power for 18 hours (all electric house); had votives going as smudge pots for the orchids for a while. some of the little phals look unhappy, but so far the only bud blast is on the psychopsis, which has been blasting all winter. clearly it's unhappy about the cold/dry/both. oh, and it was snowing this morning. :\ --j_a Then I won't tell you what a great day it is in N Calif... K Barrett |
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and me, giving an international tone to the whole issue, should say
that all my botanical Cattleyas stayed outside at the balcony for the winter (apart for C. dowiana and C. warneri) and they are fine. Marios, Athens, Greece |
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On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:00:10 -0800 (PST) in jankey wrote:
in the midlantic at least? i note Al is warm and snug and expecting a plague of frogs; everybody else OK? 35 inches total on my deck. we were out of power for 18 hours (all electric house); had votives going as smudge pots for the orchids for a while. some of the little phals look unhappy, but so far the only bud blast is on the psychopsis, which has been blasting all winter. clearly it's unhappy about the cold/dry/both. oh, and it was snowing this morning. :\ I'm down in North Carolina where we got enough snow a couple weeks ago it was impossible to catch a late show at the theatres one Saturday afternoon. I'm sick with some crud with body aches and coughing, and NOW a stopped up nose.. I blame my youngest for infecting me. The cymbidiums are happy enough despite their neglect and the Zelonkiia Onusta is very happy. Beyond that, the orchid bug is somewhat waning for me. Not enough time, not enough space, and just not giving me the same level of enjoyment as the garden. --j_a -- Chris Dukes |
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Chris, what are you doing in NC, when you could be freezing here in FL?
Diana (Blast Is Us!) wrote in message ... On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:00:10 -0800 (PST) in jankey wrote: in the midlantic at least? i note Al is warm and snug and expecting a plague of frogs; everybody else OK? 35 inches total on my deck. we were out of power for 18 hours (all electric house); had votives going as smudge pots for the orchids for a while. some of the little phals look unhappy, but so far the only bud blast is on the psychopsis, which has been blasting all winter. clearly it's unhappy about the cold/dry/both. oh, and it was snowing this morning. :\ I'm down in North Carolina where we got enough snow a couple weeks ago it was impossible to catch a late show at the theatres one Saturday afternoon. I'm sick with some crud with body aches and coughing, and NOW a stopped up nose.. I blame my youngest for infecting me. The cymbidiums are happy enough despite their neglect and the Zelonkiia Onusta is very happy. Beyond that, the orchid bug is somewhat waning for me. Not enough time, not enough space, and just not giving me the same level of enjoyment as the garden. --j_a -- Chris Dukes |
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jankey wrote:
in the midlantic at least? i note Al is warm and snug and expecting a plague of frogs; everybody else OK? 35 inches total on my deck. we were out of power for 18 hours (all electric house); had votives going as smudge pots for the orchids for a while. some of the little phals look unhappy, but so far the only bud blast is on the psychopsis, which has been blasting all winter. clearly it's unhappy about the cold/dry/both. oh, and it was snowing this morning. :\ --j_a Shovelled the walk five times Monday; I figured it would be easier to do it many times an inch or two at a time than all 15 inches at once. Being on a corner, I have a lot of walkway to do. Shovelled again Tuesday morning and other than sweeping a light dusting off the porch, happy I didn't have to go anywhere in it. It's not the roads that's the problem here - it's the idiot central Ohio drivers who act like they've never SEEN snow before - all cautious and going 10-15 mph. Yeah, real cautious and safe - and they'll pull right in front of you three feet ahead going 20 mph less than you without so much as a turn signal on a slippery road. Yeah, REAL safe! The orchids are ok; the GH furnaces are doing fine. I did have to rake the GH roof twice to let light in. And just over the fence, I saw today the neighbor's front porch roof is on the ground and their carport on the far side is about halfway down too! |
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On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:18:35 -0500 in Diana Kulaga wrote:
Chris, what are you doing in NC, when you could be freezing here in FL? It's probably because of the steady job in NC. The situation with the step kids is also a factor. It also doesn't help that my wife has declared points south of south carolina to be too hot and humid for her in the summer and florida also is dubbed "Too many bugs." She's been liking the idea of Ohio River Valley parts of Kentucky and bits of Upstate New York for when the kids are out of the house. Diana (Blast Is Us!) wrote in message ... On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:00:10 -0800 (PST) in jankey wrote: in the midlantic at least? i note Al is warm and snug and expecting a plague of frogs; everybody else OK? 35 inches total on my deck. we were out of power for 18 hours (all electric house); had votives going as smudge pots for the orchids for a while. some of the little phals look unhappy, but so far the only bud blast is on the psychopsis, which has been blasting all winter. clearly it's unhappy about the cold/dry/both. oh, and it was snowing this morning. :\ I'm down in North Carolina where we got enough snow a couple weeks ago it was impossible to catch a late show at the theatres one Saturday afternoon. I'm sick with some crud with body aches and coughing, and NOW a stopped up nose.. I blame my youngest for infecting me. The cymbidiums are happy enough despite their neglect and the Zelonkiia Onusta is very happy. Beyond that, the orchid bug is somewhat waning for me. Not enough time, not enough space, and just not giving me the same level of enjoyment as the garden. --j_a -- Chris Dukes -- Chris Dukes |
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On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:18:20 -0500 in tenman wrote:
If she can declare Fl 'too many bugs', then you NEED to declare any parts further north 'too much snow'. Ohio River Valley??? Upstate Snow York??? Is she KIDDING?? She's from Michigan. She misses snow. But after laughing at her siblings with their snow shoveling this winter... I don't think she misses shoveling snow. -- Chris Dukes |
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