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@hoyahead avatar @hoyahead Ā· 2Y
GUYS šŸ˜­ I was walking around my room doing a growth check (yes, with my turbie twist on šŸ§–ā€ā™€ļø lol), and went over to the lil orchid babies and saw a new leaf on one! So of course I excitedly ran my finger over it and (embarrassingly) started congratulating Leilani and telling her I was proud of her, and thatā€™s when I suddenly realizedā€¦ ITā€™S NOT A LEAF, ITā€™S THE START OF A SPIKE (!!!) and I suddenly lost all brain functioning for about 2 minutes while chaotically repeating ā€œoh my god, oh my godā€ and attempted to record a video explaining why this was such a huge deal for me. (P.S. ā€” Letā€™s be thankful that we canā€™t upload videos to Greg for now, because some things are better left unseen lmao.) This freaking orchidā€¦ Iā€™ve put her through hell. I accidentally overfertilized and burned her less than 2 weeks after getting her in March of this year. After nursing her back to health, I then stressed her out again when I moved in May. I got her as a younger orchid, so Iā€™ve never seen her bloom irl (although Iā€™ve seen pictures šŸ„µ). In fact, none of my orchids have bloomed yet, Iā€™m definitely a #NewPlantParent when it comes to orchids. Even though #Paphiopedilum orchids are terrestrial and moisture-loving, Iā€™ve been doing a shitty job maintaining her watering schedule. TL;DR ā€” Sheā€™s not only survived in spite of me, but my ā€œproblemā€ orchid just happens to be the first that will (hopefully) bloom! What are the chances?! šŸ„³ In case you canā€™t tell, Iā€™m really f*cking excited. Brain still not fully recovered from the surge of glee. Geez, nature is pretty cool dude! šŸŒø #OrchidLovers #OrchidOrg #RareOrchid #ResilientPlants #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #NewGrowth #PlantTherapy #PlantShelfie