The Orchid Backbulb

Sitting alone on my lowly pot
Most of my roots coming to rot
I, once a lush plant, in full bloom
Now waiting for my incoming doom

With me in this desolate place
Silent as the night's moon ablaze
Rocks that are chipped with algae growing in valor.
Which my once healthy roots anchor

The season changes, like a wonder
Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer
Time has passed for me in a blink
I served my master well, I think

I grew leaves and bloom my flower
Looking pleasant to my grower
When the time has come to wither
Never thought the leaves will still linger

I bore shoots and helped them cope
They didn't flower, but there was hope
It took time and like me they grow old
Another shoot they were to unfold

Now the pot looks too crowded
For us to survive we have to be divided
From our sanctuary we were uprooted
To my surprise, I alone was separated

My master put me in a new container
Placed with the last pot's remaider
Cold and alone am I now
To thrive here I cannot vow

Months had come and go
And to my biggest surprise, what I saw
Another shoot was born underneath
It sprouted from my last leaf sheath

But this time, as the new shoot progress
My own body seems to be in distress
My once plump body began to shrivel
The mystery of my depart I finally unravel

To grow this budding little green
My own life it will redeeem
The story of the backbulb I cannot disguise
Another life will be my demise

Two in Bloom

Imagine waking one morning and see these beauties on your garden...

What could be better???

Thru a book, I came to know these beauties...

Its Laeliocattleya Angel's Treasure

Turning Green

Two months and no writings?

Hey, that's too much...

I'm back and alive!!

I suddenly got this green feeling... Well, I'd like to grow greens, that is. Once I had this dream that a part of our home will be filled with flowers and fragrance. I woke up and realized, "Hey, I can do that!". The first thing that came into my mind that morning was to renovate our back terrace into a small garden.

The choice of plants to grow was too diverse. With an indirect sunlight and windy conditions, I could grow shrubs, bulbs, anything that flowers. But I wanted something flowering that lasts longer and smells great at the same time. And whoa! Like a big lightbulb in my head flashing wildly, the choice was made: I'll grow orchids!!!

With the variety of colors and fragrance and species, orhcids will be my best bet to decorate my garden. Since April, I've studied orchids: their favorable growing conditions, propagation, caring and maintenance. And with the help of a handful orchid hobbyists around me, there are lot to learn and it will be so much fun and exciting!! Every payday is a sure visit to orchid shops, from Cubao to Baclaran, Cavite, and even Tagaytay!! I'll be growing dendrobiums, oncidiums and cattleyas for a starter. Pictured below are a few of the species I found interesting.

A few plants not pictured above are as follows (most of which are cuttings):

Brassia Rex, Blc White Bow Bells, Blc Almakee, Blc Pink Pamela Hetherington, Dendrobium Sharry Starbright, Dendrobium Yellow Chai Ling;

The growing of orchids was a real challenge; I have to know which type would live on shady and well lit areas of the terrance. I have to know how to feed them for superior growth and flowering. Since orchids doesn't want noon sun, it would be best to cover the area with a double black net. In the long run, I will need to put steel fence with cyclone wire around the terrace to allow aeration for the orchids.