NOID with a will to live;)
 

This pretty lady seems to be a glutton for punishment.. got her 2 years ago from a friend who was going to toss it because after 6 years in her care "frickin stupid !#*@! never blooms!!". It had never been repotted, was still in that tiny plastic cup, the moss had turned to puke colored sludge, and had one root since my friend kept cutting off the air roots. I repotted it and said "well, sink or swim my sick 'chid"". It started growing roots like crazy:) Then I forgot to bring it inside this last winter. Temps dipped down into the mid 30s and didn't get above 45 for almost a month. I didn't water it for 3 months since I figured it was dead (that's probably what saved it..) and low and behold it is gorgeous!!! I just repotted it again, and the container it is in now is still jam packed with happy little roots. It loves the abuse

Oh, and to be perfectly clear... I do not recommend this sort of growing and this pink gal will NOT be left out this winter! Nobody puts baby in a corner

It is lovely! Glad it survived!

From the attachment thumbnail I thought it was an adenium haha

Beautiful!

Wow, it's beautiful. You're right, it seems to have quite a will to survive!

Fingers crossed that it will continue to do as well without the "abuse." :lol:

FWIW, a quote from one of my all-time favorite movies! :Tup:

Did you show this to your orchid-disrespecting friend? I think he'll be like "@$!# This is !$##! Sorcery!!"

I did. They wavered back and forth from "that's not the same orchid, did you get a new one?", to "so can I have it back?". Me- "no and hell no" I offered a care lesson though (minus the leaving it out in the cold, of course) :lol:

I wouldn't bloom either if they swore at me like that.:rofl: