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this is a whatsit? so...what is it?

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this is a  whatsit?  so...what is it?

just for contrast the snow in the background makes this first bud of my phalaenopsis look tender and vulnerable...it's seriously cold outdoors...minus 20 C.



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That's not a whatsit - it's a thingummy :-)

9 Jan, 2010

 

LOL...thank you Andrewr...I knew I could count on my goY friends!

9 Jan, 2010

 

Think your right Andrew :o)))

9 Jan, 2010

 

Reading minus 11 here ourselves at the moment Lori... Better wrap your "thingy" up well......

9 Jan, 2010

 

the lower window sill temps help "shock" my Phal into bloom! they like temps in the 60's F. and they are more likely to thrive in our optimum environment than most other orchids...except the wildflowers of course... and bloom for ages and ages! So I just let them do their thing and I don't have to wrap them up...best houseplants on the planet!!

9 Jan, 2010

 

....no...no....you are all wrong...its a "whateracallit"...thought everyone knew.....lol :))))))

9 Jan, 2010

 

Actually it's a thingywotsit anonymosa (which is what I call everything I can't identify). I've even seen people write that in a notebook when I tell them :-D

9 Jan, 2010

 

I bet you kept a straight face too Andrew!!....lol

10 Jan, 2010

 

Is that the Latin term for unidentified plants David LOL. I can never remember the proper names. Not bad at the commonal garden ones. Lori that is very cold. At least all the gardens look the same with the blanket of snow on the top. It's turned colder again here at the moment. We haven't had much sunshine, although yesterday we did have some during the day and it was really nice as it brings out the colours in everything.

25 Jan, 2010

 

oh my! lol... we've had four days of very mild temps...two or three degrees above freezing and yesterday it RAINED....heavily for about five hours! Imagine if it had been colder...we would have been buried in snow! this has been a very serious January thaw.

27 Jan, 2010

 

It's been one of our coldest winter's for years Lori. It's still cold outside O.9 with snow showers expected at the end of the week. I'm off to school this morning with 2 other ladies to do OPen the book and help take assembly. We do this once a week and work puppets or dress up to tell the stories. I love going. Tonight it's a church meeting.

27 Jan, 2010



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