Do your plants have a mind of their own?

[Angurek]

Mine do. They actually behave more like people than plants sometimes. I nicknamed my my Rhynchostylis "Ninja" because it does everything it can to escape from its container. I just can't seem to make it hold still.

My Cattleya and my Dendrobium both flaunt their flowers as if they were movie stars. They do everything they can to grace themselves as much as possible (which I don't mind). The cattleya even has an exotic perfume.

The brassia seems to be the quiet one of the bunch; it just seems to grow at random.

My little vanda is hyperactive, growing at 100 Miles per hour. Its bigger cousin, the sanderiana, is a complainer, and it mopes around almost as much as it grows. It's a very moody plant; sometimes it will be growing at the speed of light, and other times, it refuses to do anything (though it still blooms). It's also very jealous. It started growing the moment I bought the little vanda seedling, as if to say, "I ain't gonna be upstaged!"

My plants are awesome!

[Ross]

Yes they do! Mine bloom when they aren't supposed to, they don't bloom when they're suposed to, and otherwise just do their thing. I'm glad for it, because in the mean-while I try to figure out what is happening

[Angurek]

Originally Posted by rsfrid

Yes they do! Mine bloom when they aren't supposed to, they don't bloom when they're suposed to, and otherwise just do their thing. I'm glad for it, because in the mean-while I try to figure out what is happening

Yours bloom out of season too, huh?

Yeah, that happens to me as well. The catt shouldn't be in bloom until spring, but it's just blooming like there's no tomorrow (it's sending out another shoot with a spike ATM). I don't know if it's trying to outstage my Den or not.

[Tindomul]

I view my orchids, and all of my plants more along the lines of a computer game like pokemon or whatever that game was that kids were playing 10 years ago. Remember the one where they had to feed and generally take care of their electronic pet.
Well, orchids are like that. Living machines that need us to provide them with the proper stimuli and nourishment for them to become healthy and happy. Its a hoot!

[GreggC]

I thought that was what they were supposed to do.

[FinnBar]

i think of mine as real characters too

just recently my Aerangis modesta asked me to move it closer to the light. i did as requested and a little later it started a huge, thick root.