HEY, MA, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE THIS...

August 11, 2015

HEY, Ma, you are not going to believe this....

I have a well known history of killing indoor plants.

It goes back many years...

My mother gave me a Yucca plant, because it

was dying.. and she didn't want it to die on her

watch.  She was a great gardener.  Inside as

well as outside.  They had a green house that was

L shaped, from the back door to around the corner

to the garage.  She could go to a restaurant and

see a plant she wanted...... pinch a piece off of it,

bring it home.. put it in a pot of dirt and wa...la..

it would grow and she would have her own plant.

So she didn't want this plant to die with her.

She knew I killed plants and was use to it..

But surprise, surprise it grew.  I snapped off all

the dead or dying leaves and it came back with

it's own.. It grew to about 2 feet tall.   I gave it

to my sister in law when I left R.I.  And she got

it to go to 4 feet and it bushed out about 3 feet.

But that was the exception to my rule.

My husband who is deceased, finally brought

home a plastic plant and told me, "I know you

can't kill this one", after me killing 4 of his.

So when a friend gave me a Orchid about

almost a year ago.. I cringed...Thinking

oh, no... knowing I am going to kill this small

delicate flower.. Even the King said "oh, no..

she kills plants."

The only thing I had going for me... was my

neighbor has one.. and when she goes out of

town, I have had to water all of her plants.

She told me to fill the orchid with water.. let

sit for about 3 minutes and gently turn it

upside down... and let all the excess water drain

off.  And it worked for hers... I did not kill her Orchid.

So figured, ok... I can do this. And it did work. Those

flowers lasted forever.. like 4 or 5  months or more..

they were there before they started to shrink and die off. 

Now what do I do with it, I thought.. So I stuck it in a window

on the North side of the house.  We were running AC

so didn't dare leave it where I had it.. just 2 feet away.

And then.....................then.............. I FORGOT IT...

And for some reason, yesterday, I thought about it.

Oh, no.. it has to be dead, where ever it is... so I

searched for it.. and found it.. in the window in the

back room on the north side,.... where I had not

watered it all that time.. what almost 3 months?

I gently removed it.. soooooooooooo slowly....

I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT... IT HAS BUDS..

I DIDN'T KILL IT....  It survived somehow with

out water for 3 months...

HEY, MA.. there might be hope for me after all.

I DIDN'T KILL IT..