What flowers to you are pleasant?

[CileEsodsedly]

At my home it is a lot of kinds of flowers. And I very much love flowers. And especially I like orchids.
And you what like flowers?

 

[umbrellabeach]

I love pansies, Easter lilies, roses, violets, tulips, and even dandelions. I also love those flower blossoms on crab apple trees. They smell so good. ♥♥♥

 

[Grumpy Cat]

My favorite flower is a rose. I have roses in the livingroom, in the bathrooms, and my whole bedroom is wallpapered in roses with rose flower accents. All my roses are artificial, of course, cause I don't like to see flowers wilt and go off to rose heaven.

 

[Vanilla]

Yellow tulips (they're just so happy)
Or any kind of white petal flower, such as lilies, or white roses

 

[wyverary]

I have no pictures, nor do I know any specific names, but the tiny little asters that bloom along my hiking trails are always a welcome sight in the spring and in the fall.

 

[tlc]

Not big on flowers but mine was always tulips, especially the stereotypical child's drawing of one. I like the clean bold lines and colors.

 

[Sass]

Orchids remind me of my Dad, he grows them. I also like roses, lilies, daisies, peony, frangipani, jasmine and freesias

 

[Judge]

My mother used to grow Tulips for each spring....she was so proud of them each year.

 

[JeIIohamster]

This flower... I don't know what it's called, so if you know tell me!

 

[Sander]

I totally love orchids!
Especially the white ones like this one:

 

[Ste11aeres]

I like growing orchids because they are tome of the easiest plants to care for, if you know how.

 

[Sander]

I like growing orchids because they are tome of the easiest plants to care for, if you know how.

Really? I honestly didn't know! People always say that they are one of the toughest plants to take care of.
So what is your secret?

 

[wyverary]

I like growing orchids because they are tome of the easiest plants to care for, if you know how.

I should try them, then. I have a brown thumb.

 

[Ste11aeres]

Really? I honestly didn't know! People always say that they are one of the toughest plants to take care of.
So what is your secret?

That's because people don't know how.

You have to understand that orchids have fleshy roots that store water. These roots can easily rot. They must, must, must be potted in bark which water will flow right through. When you buy an orchid, it will probably be potted in moss, or even be in bark with an inner moss ball around the roots. As soon as you buy it, you have to take the orchid out of the pot, remove all the moss, soil, bark, whatever that is around the roots, trim off any rotting roots, and replant it in fresh bark. Then, it's just a matter of watering once a week, giving it sunlight but not direct sunlight.
(there are some species that need bright light, but the most commonly grown species cannot tolerate light that is too bright.) If the leaves are extrememly dark, it needs more light. Leaves that are extremely pale indicate the plant is getting too much light. Don't water too often, or the roots will rot. The most important thing is the potting mixture.

I should try them, then. I have a brown thumb.

 

[Sander]

Thanks Stella!

 

[Aeolienne]

I don't have anywhere to grow flowers, not even a windowbox. If I did, I'd have hyacinths, jasmine, fuchsias and nasturtiums.

 

[Aeolienne]

Nothing says "sumer is icumen in*" better than laburnum and wisteria.

* It should be noted that at the time the oldest song in the English language was written, the word "sum(m)er" referred to what we would now think of as late spring. A sign of the Medieval Warm Period?