good morning! And welcome to the tenth installment of a beloved hoddle series, The Orchid Tales.
For those unaware, The Orchid Tales follows your hoddler-in-chief’s journey as he cares for his orchid of almost three years now, affectionately named Planty.
I cannot seem to find the first two installments. They have been lost to eternity (Bonus points if you find them). You can read the rest here:
Part III / Part IV / Part V / Part VI / Part VII / Part VIII / Part IX
Has there really not been an update since April? That’s crazy. But what’s even crazier is that this is the 10th installment of The Orchid Tales.
It’s been an exciting few months for my orchid, which has grown a whole new leaf. This week it began growing a brand new stem, too, after its previous two fell off. I was informed by my orchid expert to not attach the newest stem to a piece of bamboo and to let the stem grow how it wants to grow.
But it’s all looking pretty good. The leaves are green, except for one which has some yellow and a slight concern. But I’m monitoring it.
Four new houseplants have entered my home since the latest installment. All small, potted plants to fit on my shelves. Two from Trader Joes and two from a specialty plant store. I cannot wait for the Trader Joes plants to outlive the more expensive ones.
Anyways, here are the newest additions:
Crown of thorns: An ominous name for a plant, although appropriate as it is pretty thorny. Apparently it’s easy to grow indoors because of its preferred temperatures and it doesn’t like to get too wet.
Ponytail palm: Probably my favourite one of the four. It looks pretty fun and wild. Since I can’t have an actual palm tree (can I?), this will do for now.
Calathea rosy: An addition from Trader Joes. It’s off to a good start with a new leaf unfolding in recent days.
Unknown: I can’t lift the plant out of the fancy pot without creating a mess right now, so I’ll leave it. But it also doesn’t need a whole lot of watering. A little uglier than the other three, but it’s got some yellow flowers.
Fitzie’s track of the day: Rock Steady, by Aretha Franklin
And now for your links:
Dan KP interviews Johan Lange
Dominic Solanke’s England call-up rewards player’s persistance
Jack P-B ($$): Future of Spurs’ attack looking bright