El Presidente Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 Ken grows a startling array or Orchids at his house. One of the few plants which thrives on neglect. http://www.cadenagramonte.cu/english/index...a&Itemid=14 _______________________________________________________________ Cuba: Second National Orchid Festival to be Held in May Havana, Cuba, Feb 9.- The Cuban Botany Society and other institutions are sponsoring the 2nd National Orchid Festival to be held in Old Havana from May 3rd to the 7th. http://www.cadenagramonte.cu/english/index...a&Itemid=14 The properties of the Heritage Society, the Quinta de los Molinos Garden, National Association of Botany Amateurs and the Juan Tomas Roig Environmental Protection and Benito Juarez House will welcome all those interested in the world of orchids and other ornamental plants. The previous edition of the festival held last December was successful, according to a note issued by the organizing committee, so this upcoming event is expected to become ideal sites for dialog among the cultivators and experienced fans. The participants will be able to attend workshops and conferences and exchange experiences with botanists, conservationist, artists, photographers and naturalists: lovers of a plant that has over 20 000 species in the world, distinguished for its modified petal and appreciated for its delicacy. The program of activities includes children´s drawing contests, photography, philatelic expositions, painting and live plant samples of which Cuba has reported over 300 species, including the so called frog or ghost, chocolate or cinnamon, giraffe or spider among others. Co sponsoring the event are the Historian´s Office of the City of Havana, the National Network of Botanical Gardens, the National Botanic Garden and the Ecologic and Systematic Institute among others. (acn).
Ken Gargett Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 i have no idea exactly what it is but that photo is one of mine. neglect? i regularly have to pick them up after you've knocked them over blundering along my balcony.
Colt45 Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 I figured Ken as more of a venus fly trap kind of guy......
Ken Gargett Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 I figured Ken as more of a venus fly trap kind of guy...... i can never keep them alive.
Colt45 Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 i can never keep them alive. Yeah, it's not like they feed themselves. Dr. Greenthumb......
Ken Gargett Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 Yeah, it's not like they feed themselves.Dr. Greenthumb...... the weird things die as soon as they have a fly. bizarre.
Colt45 Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 the weird things die as soon as they have a fly. bizarre. Perhaps if you kept things juuust a smidge cleaner, the flies wouldn't pose such a virulent threat to the surrounding flora.
CanuckSARTech Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 Perhaps if you kept things juuust a smidge cleaner, the flies wouldn't pose such a virulent threat to the surrounding flora. LOL.
Matt Day Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 i thought ken would like cacti as there impossible to kill
PigFish Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 the weird things die as soon as they have a fly. bizarre. Ken, without whale carcasses to feast on, the actual fat content of the fly has diminished. We now have a fitter, leaner, Renaissance fly. The fatter flies made fishing better as they are more nutritious, fish needed to eat less and being fat, they were easier to catch. Even the "fly catching challenged" fish had a shot. This helped build bigger, albeit slower fish. They broke down waste faster due to their lazy nature and varied tastes. We had a cleaner environment with the fat fly. Composting started sooner and the resulting compost fed plants better. I mean nothing goes better with rotting whale then rotting potato! Due to atherosclerosis the fat fly did no live as long, nor did they produce as many flies, cause fat male couch flies don't like fat assed female flies. You activist types are always screwin' around with the environment! Look at what you have done to Venus Flytrap population alone! -Piggy
sandholm Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 the weird things die as soon as they have a fly. bizarre. Stop shooting the flies first, the flowers cant handle the lead poison, you crazy gun slinger
PigFish Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 Stop shooting the flies first, the flowers cant handle the lead poison, you crazy gun slinger Ken's afraid of guns mate. Those are my dead flies! -Piggy
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