The Chinese has a saying which goes something like this: “Failure is the mother of all success”. Well, I have asked myself recently how many times it takes one to fail in order to taste the sweetness of success. Twice I tried doing the cream of mushroom soup and twice it failed! Very disheartening especially when additional efforts had gone into the second try.When I took a step back to get some perspective, I realised that hey, “Nurture takes a longer time than nature!” Oh well, if scientists took 277 attempts to arrive at cloning sheep Dolly, what is 2 attempts then?
Yeah, but the science of cooking is well, eh, nothing close to doing cutting edge science! So I sad lor. (Pardon my Singlish)Anyway, the motive behind writing this entry is to share about my joy in seeing a mini orchid plant bloom under my care (and some credits must go to my mother in-law too!). Yang and I bought a few pots of plants from Far East Flora along Thomson Road some months ago and this variety of orchids has been doing well. So far, it has shown 3 straws of blooms. The photo you see here is the 3rd one. There are 9 flora buds in total and they open in succession. All the plant need are indirect sunlight and a good watering once a day. It takes care of itself from there.
The basil plants are growing too – a bit messy though. I discovered that their stems can’t support themselves on their own. Tried using chopsticks and wires as secondary supports for them. I observed that adventitious roots are sprouting from the lower stems – most likely to create more support for the stem. Anyway, it occurred to me that I could propagate them by stem cutting since the roots are already starting to elongate. So I snipped and sticked 2 stems into the soil and they appeared to be doing well so far.
Thank God for these plants that gladden the heart :)
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