"Don"
I am drawn to the orchids on death row.

Me too!

I didn't really discover this until a shipment of orchids froze
due to a faulty heat source. The leaves yellowed, browned,
fell off, the pbs were mostly brown & mushy but there was
still some green in the centers which gave me hope. The orchid
grower was a champ and zipped replacements right to me.
This time the heat pack worked! Still, I just couldn't throw
what was left of the frozen plants away. I hacked them apart
and put the pbs in hospital. To look at them you'd say they
were definitely dead - WAY dead. No leaves at all but there
was this green center. I wasn't sure if any of the roots survived.
Time would tell. I put them in low light on the bookshelves and
just let them rest. I just checked the other day and nearly every
pb has tiny little bright lime green sprouts from the base. Ha!
Who knows if they'll ever amount to anything. I'm just glad I
didn't give up and send them to the landfill.

I have learned more from
those mostly dead plants then from all the books that I have purchased.

Yes, absolutely. Total agreement.

Ruth CM