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16-04-2004, 12:32 AM
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Worst Disasters and Best Miracles - whoops
profpam wrote: About the same time as you describe, we were in Singapore. We left our greenhouse to a dripper system and a timer to water the plants. It seems the diaphragm on the timer failed and water was pumped into the yard. The flood caused a power outage, and temperatures got down into the 32 degree range inside the greenhouse. I lost quite a few plants; however, Mick's Neofinetia falcatas that were deflasked seedlings did fairly well. I lost only a few of them. . . . Pam Everything Orchid Management System http://www.pe.net/~profpam/page3.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kenni Judd wrote: It's been quite a few years now, but I don't think I'll ever forget the night when, back when we were still in the backyard, I went to bed on a weather report that predicted a low of 49F -- nothing to worry about, for my personal collection, even if the forecasters were off by 5 degrees [the margin of error we expect]. Woke up the next morning, well after sunrise, to find a temp of 37F on the porch [unheated, but sheltered on all sides except south]. I'm sure it was colder during the night, and esp. out in the actual yard and open shadehouse. I lost only a few of the most tender plants; others were set back, and many were thrown off their blooming schedules for a couple-three years, but almost all eventually recovered. More recently, about 4-5 years ago, our water treatment system here at the nursery malfunctioned -- I have never gotten a satisfactory explanation, so I don't know exactly WHAT it sprayed on the plants. But whatever it was, I don't think there was a plant in the place that escaped having some or all of its root tips burned off. The losses were bigger on that one [proportionally, not just because we had more plants]. But more survived than I had expected, so I didn't have to file that Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition I was working on ... [And we now have an RO system that we're very happy with.] -- Kenni Judd Juno Beach Orchids http://www.jborchids.com "J Fortuna" wrote in message ... Anyone care to share stories about worst orchid-related disasters and/or best orchid-related miracles? Or any other entertaining orchid stories for that matter? Joanna (who is fighting a head-cold and procrastinating on taxes in damp and cold Washington DC area) |
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