tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post4733947736129856238..comments2024-03-27T07:35:21.832-07:00Comments on Plants are the Strangest People: Monstrosithuriummr_subjunctivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-63138244187168585082011-11-21T17:41:54.556-08:002011-11-21T17:41:54.556-08:00I am not a fan of blue phals personally. But peop...I am not a fan of blue phals personally. But people buy them. I make a point of telling them that when they re-bloom, they'll be white. I also point out that white phals are our best-seller, the most popular, in-demand by designer, phal. They sell like fricken hotcakes. Same thing for the yellow anthuriums. Who cares if they re-bloom white? White is awesome!<br /><br />JennyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-32639041589037411142011-11-21T07:01:01.427-08:002011-11-21T07:01:01.427-08:00Anonymous (Jenny):
Beautiful isn't wrong. Pay...Anonymous (Jenny):<br /><br /><i>Beautiful</i> isn't wrong. Paying a higher price for beauty that can only happen once is more questionable. If I wanted cut flowers, I'd just buy cut flowers.<br /><br />Nate:<br /><br />Yeah. Though I wouldn't have nearly the problem with bred <i>Anthurium</i>s of the same color: it's the knowing how they got that way that I find upsetting, not somr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-41483197845217019982011-11-21T02:01:25.467-08:002011-11-21T02:01:25.467-08:00It's not so much "wrong" per-se as i...It's not so much "wrong" per-se as it is Uncanny valley. Like a celebrity with one too many bad plastic surgeries, or one of those "real doll" things.Natenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-66304429776651471532011-11-20T11:03:31.054-08:002011-11-20T11:03:31.054-08:00Aw you guys are party-poopers. I'm already pi...Aw you guys are party-poopers. I'm already picturing an Easter display of those buttery yellow Anthuriums in dark willow baskets with 'neon' Algerian ivy. It'll be beautiful. Since when did beautiful become wrong?<br /><br />JennyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-462851463710540522011-11-18T12:06:00.685-08:002011-11-18T12:06:00.685-08:00ok, I will keep my eyes open :)
what gave it away ...ok, I will keep my eyes open :)<br />what gave it away was that not only the flowers but also the whole plant looked more or less blueish as the dye was visible in its leaves as well (just like a blue-dyed cut rose's leaves are blueish, so somehow you can "track" the path of water - and paint - inside the plant).Loonanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-79009516618201557982011-11-18T10:20:51.955-08:002011-11-18T10:20:51.955-08:00Ugh... I'm a little scared of going plant-shop...Ugh... I'm a little scared of going plant-shopping again (was planning to when my winter break starts, which should be next week).Ivynettlehttp://ivynettle.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-40396882095679021692011-11-18T09:56:10.507-08:002011-11-18T09:56:10.507-08:00Loona:
Yeah, if you can get some pictures sometim...Loona:<br /><br />Yeah, if you can get some pictures sometime, I'd be interested to see what they look like. How could you tell they were dyed?mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-39106908145521843932011-11-18T09:38:23.707-08:002011-11-18T09:38:23.707-08:00huh. I am also quite upset about these dyed plants...huh. I am also quite upset about these dyed plants - here in Hungary the recent dying craze is around Kalanchoe blossfeldiana. I have seen them (usually in supermarkets or shops not selling plants as a main business) a couple of times just the last few weeks, yep, they are also blue, and the price is three times more than that of the "boring" originals colours (the next time I see them Loonanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-61551590027002251452011-11-18T07:31:55.031-08:002011-11-18T07:31:55.031-08:00Paul:
Does the Taliban even exist outside of Afgh...Paul:<br /><br />Does the Taliban even exist outside of Afghanistan/Pakistan, though?<br /><br />Besides which, you don't want to accidentally bring the U.S. military in to defend the rights of the Dutch to sell dye-infused plants.mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-58253958790385321942011-11-18T07:15:54.590-08:002011-11-18T07:15:54.590-08:00Maybe we can convince the Taliban that these "...Maybe we can convince the Taliban that these "beauties" (*retch*) are a threat to their way of life ...Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-28356524748564164232011-11-18T07:13:29.734-08:002011-11-18T07:13:29.734-08:00Anonymous:
I'm pretty sure Diana knows that t...Anonymous:<br /><br />I'm pretty sure Diana knows that the purples are a true hybrid; she's saying that if she sees a purple <i>Anthurium</i> in the stores now, she won't have any way to be sure it's a hybrid and not just a dyed version of some other variety. <br /><br />No doubt the yellow <i>Anthurium</i>s would sell great, yes. I'm not worried that the sellers won't be mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-90243963145328734062011-11-18T06:38:47.084-08:002011-11-18T06:38:47.084-08:00I actually like the yellow anthuriums. What a gre...I actually like the yellow anthuriums. What a great alternative to callas which look like crap after a week. I think they'd (anth.) sell like hotcakes! <br /><br />BTW: The purple anth. are a true hybrid. They rebloom (easily) with the same purple hue, although the blooms are smaller than other varieties.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-11188934377098398192011-11-18T05:07:55.507-08:002011-11-18T05:07:55.507-08:00Thanks for the heads up. I've been keeping my...Thanks for the heads up. I've been keeping my eye out for a Purple Anthurium since I saw one in Panama (I KNEW I shouldn't smuggled a cutting through customs!). Now if I find one I know I'll have to ask if it was injected with dye.<br /><br />Will the insanity never end?Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16328488668540053999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-48919425154434503822011-11-18T04:55:25.697-08:002011-11-18T04:55:25.697-08:00Considering the Eurozone is a bit wobbly at the mo...Considering the Eurozone is a bit wobbly at the moment it might be possible for one houseplant blogger to spread the right rumours to bring it crashing down. No more Netherlands, no more dyed innocents.<br /><br />Rumours of incurable bulb rot and cane toads hiding in the pots should do it. Though the actual reality of the plant trade introducing Phytophthora ramorum to the UK has not changed thePatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-71881055731583835262011-11-17T20:05:04.715-08:002011-11-17T20:05:04.715-08:00This makes me anthry. (Anthurius?)
Have they no ...This makes me anthry. (Anthurius?) <br /><br />Have they no shame? <br /><br />Don't answer. I already know shame is a scare commodity when there are dollars and fools to be had.Lizahttp://goodtogrow.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-26988390761925990642011-11-17T19:00:12.973-08:002011-11-17T19:00:12.973-08:00Is it me, or isn't there something very wrong ...Is it me, or isn't there something very wrong with giving a plant with dyed flowers a name?<br /><br />And I don't quite buy the title of the article, but I suppose if you weren't listening to closely 'raspberries' could be confused for buzzing...Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16157968454131571365noreply@blogger.com