the dyed plants are out in force for mothers day.

[Paphluvr]

My wife received a dyed blue one from the grandkids last year (made me want to gag but she loved it as grandmothers are wont to do). It actually isn't a bad white with nice red lip now that it's rebloomed this year. I might be even nicer that my other white/red lipped Phal. that I've had for years and had bought un-dyed.

[rbarata]

It doesn't evoque any special feelings to me, good or bad... I just don't buy them.

[fooferdoggie]

I took a pic the lucky bamboo with fake orchid flowers I saw at walmart but Can't find it.

[Arizona Jeanie]

OK, I don't like them but someone must. I'm happy to hear that these plants can survive and re-bloom.
I also didn't like the Chihuly exhibit that came to the Desert Botanical Garden (Phoenix)--all that bizarre glass stuff was really distracting from the natural form, color and beauty of the desert plants.
Just because something can be done doesn't mean it should!

[estación seca]

I was at the DBG recently. At the entrance are some tall Chihuly glass sculptures with lots of long, spiky yellowish-green parts. A visitor from the Midwest asked me what kind of cactus it was. I told him it was a glass sculpture.

[Bohata]

Originally Posted by fooferdoggie

I took a pic the lucky bamboo with fake orchid flowers I saw at walmart but Can't find it.

Most of the lucky bamboo I've seen isn't even real bamboo. It's Dracaena.

[Dollythehun]

Originally Posted by estación seca

I was at the DBG recently. At the entrance are some tall Chihuly glass sculptures with lots of long, spiky yellowish-green parts. A visitor from the Midwest asked me what kind of cactus it was. I told him it was a glass sculpture.

That was NOT me.

[PaphMadMan]

Originally Posted by Arizona Jeanie

OK, I don't like them but someone must. I'm happy to hear that these plants can survive and re-bloom.
I also didn't like the Chihuly exhibit that came to the Desert Botanical Garden (Phoenix)--all that bizarre glass stuff was really distracting from the natural form, color and beauty of the desert plants.
Just because something can be done doesn't mean it should!

Some might say the artistic statement was in the juxtaposition of the man-made and natural forms. But I can see that Chihuly's work could be jarring in that setting. Nestled among tropical foliage and flowers or in a lush manicured garden would be more effective.

[Optimist]

Out of curiosity, I bought one of these once. 3 years later, it is a great bloomer, very thick leaves, nice. Here is a picture of my formerly blue-dyed phal.

[estación seca]

Originally Posted by PaphMadMan

Some might say the artistic statement was in the juxtaposition of the man-made and natural forms. But I can see that Chihuly's work could be jarring in that setting. Nestled among tropical foliage and flowers or in a lush manicured garden would be more effective.

A lot of people did like the Chihuly exhibits at the Desert Botanical Garden. Attendance during both of them was far higher than other times.