tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post7357874503931086324..comments2023-08-16T18:56:13.685+10:00Comments on diary of a suburban gardener: The Orchid ThiefSue Catminthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14242341696447975933noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-10267013154581182962011-06-22T06:50:07.229+10:002011-06-22T06:50:07.229+10:00Several years ago I had to decide whether I would ...Several years ago I had to decide whether I would be a specialist gardener or a generalist. After dipping my toe in the world of orchids I soon decided that being a generalist was preferable. Specialist collectors are obsessives and a little mad, and their gardens reflect their mental state. Like you I enjoyed the book.Silashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12942680588335644689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-56802132230584271022008-12-21T12:15:00.000+11:002008-12-21T12:15:00.000+11:00Hi VW, I think I now have the comments auto emaile...Hi VW, I think I now have the comments auto emailed, so that should help my confusion. I love hearing about your garden life with its dramatically different weather. We have just started what will probably be a long hot dry summer - today it is 30 - I don't know what that is fahrenheit but it is hot. <BR/>Re the wisterias, I found it fascinating that you need to wrap them, and I plan to write a post on my long struggle with wisterias, which is a life and death struggle, me nastily wanting their death but they always coming back from the brink. CMSue Catminthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242341696447975933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-7992120391954100932008-12-21T12:09:00.000+11:002008-12-21T12:09:00.000+11:00Hi Frances, that is so cool, that you really have ...Hi Frances, that is so cool, that you really have the mysterious elusive ghost orchid! It is just as well it won't flower because it sounds quite dangerously seductive.Sue Catminthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242341696447975933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-12709315905436972282008-12-15T10:44:00.000+11:002008-12-15T10:44:00.000+11:00Hi Catmint, I have my blog comments auto-emailed t...Hi Catmint, I have my blog comments auto-emailed to me (do you have that set up for yourself? - very handy), and the word limit is more generous here than at blotanical, so maybe conversations are best this way. I get tired of seeing my pictures in a row when continuing a comment at blotanical. Maybe I need to do a farther-away shot or pick a flower shot instead! We're right around zero degrees F here for the next few days. Of course I waited to wrap my new wisterias until last night. It was a funny scene with my frozen fingers (gardening gloves apparently aren't designed for warmth) trying to tie twine and plastic sheets around the vines while wind gusts were tugging and pulling at everything. I felt very grateful for a heated house afterward. As I pulled into the garage today, I noticed one poor rose bush with shriveled leaves still attached that really seemed to be shivering in the wind, poor thing. Then I was very grateful for a garage. So I'll just be here inside with my cabin-fevered kids, feeling grateful for protection during harsh weather. Enjoy your mild winter for me! - VWVWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17539135776275337661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-22649671776608483752008-12-15T10:01:00.000+11:002008-12-15T10:01:00.000+11:00Hi Catmint, I was going to warn you of the same th...Hi Catmint, I was going to warn you of the same thing about the movie. If you know going in that it is so different, you won't be disappointed. I loved the book way more than the movie, BTW. I wanted to tell you that I have the orchid, the ghost orchid in my greenhouse. It is so small, it is just roots, no leaves and will probably never bloom for me either, HA<BR/>FrancesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-27459194617405566772008-12-15T00:16:00.000+11:002008-12-15T00:16:00.000+11:00Dear James, good luck with your orchid addiction r...Dear James, good luck with your orchid addiction recovery journey. I have visited your blog and your photos are truly amazing.<BR/><BR/>Dear Jan, thanks for your comment, I so appreciate the interactivity.Sue Catminthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242341696447975933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-36912187847779716242008-12-13T07:47:00.000+11:002008-12-13T07:47:00.000+11:00I haven't a clue about orchids and suppose if I ha...I haven't a clue about orchids and suppose if I had one, it would sit outside in my garden in a pot, too. Except it gets COLD here in the winter! JanJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12844013803699228989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-17535781366777658822008-12-13T01:46:00.000+11:002008-12-13T01:46:00.000+11:00As a recovering orchid addict I can attest that th...As a recovering orchid addict I can attest that the book captures the orchid addiction accurately. It might be your saving grace that your cymbidium hasn't bloomed...lostlandscapehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10960325527200005691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-59198780022276116122008-12-13T00:23:00.000+11:002008-12-13T00:23:00.000+11:00thanks for the warning Susan, I guess films need t...thanks for the warning Susan, I guess films need to be judged on their own merits anyway.Sue Catminthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242341696447975933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-36246864975807863682008-12-12T23:49:00.000+11:002008-12-12T23:49:00.000+11:00That is indeed a wonderful book! I couldn't put it...That is indeed a wonderful book! I couldn't put it down.<BR/><BR/>Be prepared, though--the movie has very little to do with the book. It's a good movie--it just isn't really about the story in the book.Susan Tomlinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01532464326705599296noreply@blogger.com