Currently... uh, Thursday: 27 February 2020

[calissa]

Currently Reading

Having blasted through a heap of reading over the last week, I'm kind of between books at the moment. I have tentatively started The True Queen by Zen Cho, but am only just through the prologue. I'm already glad I took the time to reread Sorcerer to the Crown though, since it has helped set the context... and it had been way too long since I first read it.


Currently Watching

I actually got around to watching the first episode of The Untamed today. It really does throw you in the deep end, doesn't it? So many characters! I've been making use of the primer from Reading the End.


Currently Observing

The photo at the top of the post shows new growth on a butterfly orchid that was rehomed with me. It was in poor shape when it arrived--standing in water had rotted many of its roots. I trimmed it up and repotted, and it seems to have recovered. I'm rather pleased. It seems I'm developing a bit of an orchid collection. My Australian native hybrid recently produced a new cane. I've not had success with striking these previously, but I changed up my potting material this time and seem to have been successful.

Comments

[calissa]

Maybe? What kind of orchid and what kind of weird? Do you have my email address?

[pantha]

It is... an orchid? Generic supermarket orchid? Probably some sort of Phalaenopsis? Think it once had dark pink flowers?

As for weird, it hasn't flowered in ages but fairly recently it grew a new leaf (now nearly full-sized) and has sprouted loads of roots that are jutting off horizontally in all directions from the top of the pot. It does still have roots that go down to the bottom of the pot, though, and those are still green so I think they're healthy.

I... may have your email address? I'm not sure.

[calissa]

As for weird, it hasn't flowered in ages but fairly recently it grew a new leaf (now nearly full-sized) and has sprouted loads of roots that are jutting off horizontally in all directions from the top of the pot. It does still have roots that go down to the bottom of the pot, though, and those are still green so I think they're healthy.

These all sound like good signs! Don't worry about the roots growing out of the pot--my biggest and healthiest looks like some kind of eldritch horror. And they like to be a bit crowded. If it hasn't flowered in a while, it may need a bit more light than it's getting. A bit of diluted liquid fertiliser every now and then also doesn't go astray.

I'll DM you my address.

[pantha]

Thank you! <3