orchids
Thanks for the info! I really appreciate it! I will get a hefty tax return
this year because of all the deductions I can take from my house building
project. I've promised myself to indulge in at least one new orchid but a
few would better. I do envy the growing conditions coastal Californians
enjoy, but after talking to a friend of mine who just moved there about all
the water problems they're having I'd rather have the cold. I used to say
New England seemed to be about the safest place to live in the U.S. as far
as natural disasters are concerned. That is until NASA released it's recent
report concerning ozone depletion. But of of course this is an un natural
disaster in much the same way the irrigation of the deserts of Southern
California is un natural. But I'm off on a tangent I should be saving this
for the Earth Forum.
On a completely different subject one of my other interests is the
restoration of the American Chestnut (Castanea Dentata). I recently joined
the American Chestnut Foundation. I mention this because I have branches
from American Chestnuts that are quite old, the wood just doesn't rot. It
does however split, with many perfect cracks and crevices for epiphytic
roots. I have never mounted an orchid before becuase it's rather tough to
grow mounted orchids on a windowsill. It's something I've wondered about
though. What should I do in terms of treating the wood for mounting. It's
not rotted at all, just weathered.