Me and my @Ã‚Â£$% mishaps!

Category: Garden | Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 4:45 pm

I learned those bad words from Capt. Kirk.

Since we got a lovely, new Cypripedium, and since my mother's determined to see us with a huge orchid collection I thought I'd make an orchid patch with all that lovely pine needle and rotted wood-mulch mother insisted I took home yesterday. And when it was done, I thought that I'd move at least the C. parviflorum to the new home.

So off I went with my little garden shovel and tried to lift the C. p. very gently from where it was growing. And then I had to try harder, and a bit harder, and as I carefully used the little spade (what on earth do you call them?) and my fingers to tease the roots up, my patience evaporated slowly. So I finally took a determined grip underneath that Cypripedium and HEAVED! It came up, and brought the Cypripedium "Ulla Silkens" with it. And not only that, but poor Ulla promptly fell apart too.

So here I am, not a very happy bunny at the moment. The C. parviflorum is split in three, as planned, but our poor Ulla is suddenly down from a nice clump with four spikes to two small clumps with two spikes each. *sigh*

Worst thing is, she's still blooming and should be left in place to bloom out and die down a bit.

I keep my fingers crossed for her, and am going to ask my husband for a stiff gin'n'it as soon as I've had my dinner of chocolate pudding with vanilla sauce and strawberries and cream for dessert. I got to see if I can find some better mood in there somewhere.

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toni wrote on Thu Jun 25, 2009 5:31 pm:

Hope poor Ulla is strong and survives.

I think Trowel is the word you were looking for.

I like your idea of mood enhancer and drink.
Mine is going to Denny's for their country fried steak with cream gravy, mashed potatoes with cream gravy and french fries dipped in cream gravy. All those carbs settle me right down and do wonders for my mood, we don't talk about what a health hazard it is tho.

Droopy wrote on Thu Jun 25, 2009 9:49 pm:

Trowel it is, thank you!

What health hazard? We gardeners dig it off in no time. *lol*

Sjoerd wrote on Thu Jun 25, 2009 10:10 pm:

Oh dear me, Droopy...wot'r yew loik! I reckon that patience is not one of your virtues (and you do have many).
The untimely lack of patience is made up for with your astounding good luck. Luck is also a virtue, it must be said.
The good luck was that you got your two plants divided and blooming ort not, I'll bet that it wioll survive the trauma and live to bloom again another day in it's new orchid patch.
Good luck and enjoy your mood enhancing therapy. ;-)

glendann wrote on Fri Jun 26, 2009 4:01 am:

I hope it all grows out ok.I take a depression pill and go on.I just can't have any good stuff with all my other pills.:) :) i would love to live long enough to see if it made it ok too.:) :)

Droopy wrote on Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:53 am:

We'll have to wait until spring to see what will happen to poor Ulla. I guess she'll sulk and not bloom, which serves me right.

And I'll see if I can manage to find some patience somewhere. It wasn't at the bottom of the strawberry bowl.