Notes on orchid husbandry
My philosophy of orchid cultivation is what is known as benign overlook. I'm lucky to stay in a weather wherein all I need to do is positioned them in a good spot and allow nature take its direction. If I attempt to take care of them they die and when I ignore them they're high-quality. Well it's no longer pretty so simple as that, however it's near. I mist them throughout the dry season and repot them every years or so. Aside from that, they're on their personal.
It's a good thing they're around and I get reminded of that from time to time. I think yesterday was the worst day in human history. I swear, people formed a line for the chance to be mean to me. Horrible day. Horrible day! I came home late and paced and growled like a caged animal. I went out onto my patio and something happened to make all of that drift away.
I walked out the door and stepped right into a cloud of the most pleasant perfume on this planet. My Brassavola nodosa is in bloom and nothing I've ever encountered comes close to the heady scent of those in any other case nondescript white and inexperienced flora. B. Nodosa blooms inside the winter right here and it is aromatic handiest on warmer, wind-unfastened nights. Last night time became one such night. I stood underneath a waning gibbous moon and inhaled a scent of such complexity I needed to sit down down to technique it. It's nearly as if it's a mixture of the blossom of a key lime with a flutter of vanilla and a black pepper cease word. If I stand farther away, it's sort of caramelly and chocolatish with a whiff of nutmeg thrown in. At mid variety it's a buttery jasmine with a hint of damson plum. Man, I ought to spend an hour circling the aspect and breathing in, dreaming of moonlit nights in unique lands. Ahhh. One exact whiff and I became transported to a cliff facet terrace in Grenada, a balcony in old Rangoon or a moonlit night within the equal highlands of southern Mexico where B. Nodosa originated.
Having a horrific day? Stick your nostril in a blooming Brassavola nodosa and it may not rely anymore.