05/15/2011 01:40
I Didn't Mean To
I had decided when I went in to work today that I wasn't going to buy any plants. I have plenty of planting to do before I buy any more plants.
But James came to the store this week. James is one of our orchid suppliers. He brought in a vanilla orchid. Did you know that vanilla beans are the seed pods for vanilla orchids? Neither did I. It's a very interesting plant, sort of scroodley in its growth habit.
Here's a picture of the plant. It's sort of viney.
And here is what the blossom looks like
