Houseplants
The orchids in the kitchen started blooming again. I actually wasn't too sure whether the orchid's doing well earlier, so it's a bit of a relief.
Since the plant is dormant for ~9 months, it's sometimes hard to get feedback on whether the routine of “place by window water twice a week” is doing something or not. Being pretty new to taking care of plants, it still feels a bit strange that such a simple formula can lead to such elaborate blooms – like if someone came from the future and told you “the solution to world hunger is pistachios”, you have to scratch your head for a bit before taking that as an answer.
Not that all the flowers are doing so well. There are a few other plants that requires a bit of attention that needs to be looked into.
While the orchid is relatively forgiving, some of the other leafy plants I have do look at bit yellow. There were some that were adopted from a friend, and since there was a period where she couldn't care for them, parts of them have already dried.
I'm actually guilty of this too – there was a small plant I neglected for a few weeks last year, and although it's well care-for now, I think a part of it will just always be yellow.
The lesson learned here is that houseplants are not very forgiving. So now I should try to figure out whether to trim the dried leaves or leave them be.
Around this time last year, I wouldn't have thought much if I visited someone who has a bunch of healthy green plants around the house. My experiences since then have taught me that those people probably have at least a bit of chops to be able to keep the plants happy over time, at least at this day and age. Props.
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