Picture Of The Week (POW) Information & Submissions

[ninnymary]

Oh my goodness! SeedO, is she going to be an indoor pet?

Mary

 

[TheSeedObsesser]

Oh my goodness! SeedO, is she going to be an indoor pet?

Mary

Yep, indoor pet.

 

[Smart Red]

Good luck with you little Ellie. Some pot belly pigs stay small and cute, others? Not so much small.

 

[Smart Red]

Now that you week at POW is nearly over, @hoodat, I wanted to let you know what a fine looking buck you have there. Reuben's pose shows that he thinks he's pretty fine looking as well. Good job!

 

[thistlebloom]

@marshallsmyth your Calypso orchids are the TEG POW featured on the home page this week!

 

[Carol Dee]

@marshallsmyth that is a stunning orchid.

 

[baymule]

Beautiful orchids! Stunning picture to add some cheer to a frozen landscape many on TEG are now experiencing!

 

[897tgigvib]

Those little beauties will be blooming next spring. They make 1 or 2 small leaves that lay on the ground, then a 5 to 7 inch tall stem pops up with 1 or 2 flowers on top of it. The flowers last about a month.

They have pseudobulbs about the size of crocus corms but much softer, and a taproot that goes down to fungus. The fungus feeds it, and the ground fungus feeds off Fir tree root surfaces in a mutually beneficial cycle. Calypso orchids always seem to sprout in decaying Fir cones, always in the forest litter layer.

Not many people can successfully transplant Calypso Orchids. I get 6 out of 7 success though. You have to dig a deep and wide hole with your fingers, and lift it all out, then immediately transplant it to where there are more Fir trees in a much larger hole that you put a good amount of forest litter layer material in. Fir and Oak leaves mostly composted, with a small amount of the native soil mixed in.

 

[thistlebloom]

@catjac1975 , your rose is the POW feature on the home page!

 

[catjac1975]

Yay! I am seeing it!