Death Finger

I'm taking this post in a different direction. I'm not going to talk about books, movies, music, or posters or anything else pertaining to entertainment. I'm going to try something really different, just for the fun of it. I'm going to talk about gardening!

I have never had much luck with plants. Most of the time, I'm a person who adds water to something green and watch it grow, hoping that they grow. At the beginning of the year, I bought a sunflower (not the usual variety) and a Phaelaenopsis orchid. I've listed down their survival rate below.

The sunflower wasn't the usual variety because, it wasn't very big, I've seen sunflowers with a huge flower the size of my face, but this one was smaller than a saucer for a teacup. It was sadly pathetic. Sunflowers love the sunlight, so I watered it and put it in the sun. It was a potted plant. It died in 2 weeks. Perhaps I don't understand, but it was in the sun, it's a sunflower, and well, it had water. As far as I know, it didn't need fertiliser on the first week. Then again, I could be wrong.

The Phaelaenopsis orchid is still alive, but probably in its death throes. I was so happy with it that I over-watered it on the first week. The white moth-like orchid flowers all dropped off within the first week because there was too much water. I tried my best but oh well, too much water. Then I was busy and forgot to water it, and it started to wither. The branch that held the orchids started to dry out and well, turn into a stick.

If anyone out there can help me revive my Phaelaenopsis and perhaps, help me get it to flower again, I will be eternally grateful. However, if all else fails and I don't see help or comments, then if the plant dies, it dies, no matter how hard I'm going to try to help it grow back.

No amount of praying is going to help this plant. I suppose I'll just have to buy a new one and start all over again! ARGH! Maybe a sunflower or orchid is too difficult for me, I think I should try a cactus, just water and forget all about it for a few months!

And then, imagine if I owned a cat or dog or some other pet...