Rain Rain Go Away

On leave today but can't do much. Why do schools give so much homework during school vacation? Do Principals and Teachers uses a different dictionary which has a totally different meaning for Vacation? C'mon, these are the only times where I could take leave and plan for some outing with the whole family! Especially during these times where the bosses say go on leave or they will be forfeited by .. Got to save the company some money u know.

Originally plan to do some gardening but it rained and there's water everywhere. Still when the rain slows to a trickle, went out and make a round about my plants and to smell the Colmarie and lawrenciae ... wonderful. Some of the flowers of the Colmarie are starting to fade but the fragrance is still there.

The various Den hybrids are doing OK. Buds all intact and spike getting longer. I shall blast them again when rain stops with the cocktail again just to be sure. The Vanda lamellata has faded. How I wish they would last as long as the antelope Dens. But wait. Did I see a spike behind there and it sure is. Barely has the last flower fade, the lamellata has given me a new spike wow! Yeah...

Moving on, the 3 budding Cynoches are doing well. Soon there'll be wonderful fragrance in the morning. Was told that back home where these came from, the fragrance is collected by male bees to make pheromone to attract mates. As the bees are active only in the morning, these flowers smell only in the morning. Since we do not have the bees in Singapore, will my cynoches stop making fragrance eventually... Or will some clever local bee discover the usefulness and help keep the flowers producing fragrance ...

Coming back to the front, the Epi do not seem to be doing too well. These guys seem to be having trouble with the bugs. Must include them in the bombardment later to ensure the buds survive.

Well the rain has stopped and weather forecast say there's no more rain till 3am, let's go give the bugs a hard time. Who ask them to come to my orchids..