tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post2892476051624770493..comments2024-03-27T07:35:21.832-07:00Comments on Plants are the Strangest People: Work-related: Dendrobium Yellow Splash No. 7 picturesmr_subjunctivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-81107522066789198072008-09-21T15:32:00.000-07:002008-09-21T15:32:00.000-07:00Ooooh, I do love orchids so much! But I favor Onci...Ooooh, I do love orchids so much! But I favor Oncidiums, which seem to thrive on MY UTTER NEGLECT, and reward my neglectful behavior by blooming three or four times per year. <BR/><BR/>It's different when you've got them at home, though, and aren't under pressure to sell them. House plants may look weird and wild, and no one censures you! But just let one orchid get weird-looking in the shop, andMelissa Gay Arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05110043975523595473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-48492186519402785752008-09-18T06:52:00.000-07:002008-09-18T06:52:00.000-07:00mr s, good point. No work issues for all, I say!mr s, good point. No work issues for all, I say!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-90398989705946646312008-09-17T15:41:00.000-07:002008-09-17T15:41:00.000-07:00anonymous:The main problem with using a quarantine...anonymous:<BR/><BR/>The main problem with using a quarantine greenhouse is that the boss would never go for it. We'd have to heat or cool an extra greenhouse, which heating and cooling is expensive enough that we keep it closed for most of the year, and when we need that space, we actually need it for other stuff, so we'd only be able to quarantine about every other order. Plus the Flower Shop ismr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-49159540662193761862008-09-17T14:56:00.000-07:002008-09-17T14:56:00.000-07:00I read every day with my first cup of coffee too! ...I read every day with my first cup of coffee too! My plant supplier just found mealy on some gorgeous new ags I was thinking of buying. Mealy just really, really sucks. <BR/><BR/>Maybe the customers get pissy this time of year because they know the growing season is coming to a close. Perhaps they are mourning the lack of outdoor gardening to come over the next several months? Or their gardening Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-16176233920300164272008-09-17T01:20:00.000-07:002008-09-17T01:20:00.000-07:00Didn't you mention something about 'vacation' and ...Didn't you mention something about 'vacation' and 'soon' recently?<BR/><BR/>Somewhere nice, untouched by storms, floods, or earthquakes. With disease-free plants...<BR/><BR/>If there's a vacant glasshouse at work perhaps you could set up a quarantine area with footbaths and bug-zapper lights and decontamination suits. (joking) I'm sure the hygiene standards of some growers tunnel under my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-49356333357626584372008-09-16T19:14:00.000-07:002008-09-16T19:14:00.000-07:00Well thanks, everybody. It is appreciated. Somebod...Well thanks, everybody. It is appreciated. <BR/><BR/>Somebody has visited from Blotanical lately, so it must be at least partly working now, though I'm a little confused -- when I tried to find my blog through the Picks posts at Blotanical, I couldn't do it. No telling what that means. <BR/><BR/>Also somebody just posted something at Garden Web to the general effect of, <I>Adenium obesum</I> justmr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-46114098953594563272008-09-16T16:09:00.000-07:002008-09-16T16:09:00.000-07:00Sorry to hear about the tough times at work! Hang ...Sorry to hear about the tough times at work! Hang in there...<BR/><BR/>I visit your site every morning - with my first cup of coffee in hand. And if you haven't posted anything yet, I return later in the day to visit. So, there are definitely people reading your blog.<BR/><BR/>And my own Adenium Obesums (I have two) drop their leaves a few times a year and grow new ones back shortly after. Why?? Plowing Through Life (Martha)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06547318824997712369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-63058076787269969362008-09-16T08:14:00.000-07:002008-09-16T08:14:00.000-07:00Oh definitely still reading. Just been busy mysel...Oh definitely still reading. Just been busy myself, so when I think of commenting, a customer calls and wants to whine about something. Then I lose track of what I was doing, and it takes another hour to remember, because I'm senile. I'm not in the plant industry, but I think customer problems are universal. <BR/><BR/>As far as Adenium obesum, mine all dropped every leaf on several occasions Lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17953459540634785074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-63131711926756689832008-09-16T06:03:00.000-07:002008-09-16T06:03:00.000-07:00I'm still reading, Mr S. So sorry to hear work is...I'm still reading, Mr S. So sorry to hear work is being such a shitter. I've been signed off sick from my job for six weeks, and probably will be for another six weeks. I sympathise with it all getting too much, and having managers who don't understand, and stupid customers and all the rest of it.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04695173188736074202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-75459059902809511162008-09-16T05:55:00.000-07:002008-09-16T05:55:00.000-07:00I'm sorry to hear you have been having a rough tim...I'm sorry to hear you have been having a rough time at work :(. I hope things get better soon. Some of us are reading!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com