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Posts tagged “Orchids”

PlantTherapy: Orchid Fever as Summer Reading

Cymbidium from this past year's NYBG Orchid Show "A horticultural tale of love, lust, and lunacy." This year I read Orchid Fever, by Eric Hansen, and it was a great way to see orchids in a whol...

PlantTherapy: My Kingdom for a Vase

I am sure you can identify with rummaging through your apartment looking for a safety pin or some odd object to stand in for the real thing. A few weeks ago I needed a small bud vase for a clipping...

PlantTherapy: Saturday Morning Lady's Slippers

My flower budget this week only stretched as far as buying two stems. But they were a great two stems - these two lady's slipper orchids. I had them in a glass near my desk all week, and put a few...