#mothorchids

So for my birthday 🎁 today the lovely @solomonhelenabebe decided to take me for my first ever Orchid show!!! The Kenya 🇰🇪 Orchid Society is having their show this week at Sarit Centre and it’s awesome 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 !!!! . Sooooo many beautiful plants and setups, wowwww guys really put their heart ❤️ and souls into their plants!!! Definately make a pass by there, they are selling some plants, pots, fertilizer Etc and the guys there are so nice answered many of my questions!!! . Enjoying this aging thing, 34 yrs old doesn’t feel so bad! Other years I would been keen on a serious party 🎉, now am just happy I got an orchid and saw many more! . 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿 Thanks for all the birthday wishes!!! Super appreciated!!!! . #RoyKingChronicles #Orchids #phaelanopsis #OrchidSociety #MothOrchids #IGKenya #Kenya #Nairobi #HousePlants #HousePlantsCommunity #KenyaOrchidSociety (at The Sarit Centre) https://www.instagram.com/p/Boyp-SxHX1S/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=8kbxdqc8wxg4

I embrace you, Lord, because your lowly state is my greatness, and your weakness is my strength. St Aelred of Rievaulx #wordstoliveby #walkbyfaith #adventseason #mothorchids (at St. Francis Friary, Syracuse, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXdfTviOnRK/?utm_medium=tumblr

What’s Blooming! Table full of Moth Orchids! Conservatory Blooms! #MothOrchids #GrandIllusionRanch #OrchidCollector #ConservatoryBlooms #WhatsBlooming #Orchids #BloomingNow https://www.instagram.com/p/CAOrscInt5B/?igshid=gdlh427ckez5

Happy Monday, friends. I know we’re all scared. It’s ok. I’m pinballing between deep worry and a weird hope. It’s quite the gamut. Love and empathy and good sense are the only ways forward for a time. It’s ok. Here are some flowers for you, and I hope you’re week is off to as good a start possible. ❤️🌸 ... #phaelenopsis #mothorchids #mondaymood #oakville #ladysmith https://www.instagram.com/p/B9zghndnMYd/?igshid=ma3gukumg6l9

Last week I was excited to see my slipper orchid finally emerging blooms, at the end of this blooming season! 😁🌸🌿🙌🏻, I was getting worried that I did not take care of it correctly this past year and it won't be blooming. It even surprised me with a double bloom!! Unlike moth orchids, these orchids only have one flower per blooming spikes. I'll be posting updates of its progress in the coming weeks 👍🏼😍😇 . . #orchids #cypripedium #slipperorchid #mothorchids #orchidlover #orchidsofinstagram #ladyslipper #blooms #flowers #airplants #plantlove #houseplants #house_plant_community #plantobsessed #plantdaddy #plantlife🌱 (at Dave's Air Plant Corner) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp4mDdaHHm3/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=rrqvep0s2vv9

So one of my oldest Orchids which I have had for two years minimum, became a mother of two “Keiki”over six months ago. 😊😊😊😊😊... Keiki are baby orchids that are a clone of their parent. Keiki is a Hawaiian word for child 👶🏼. . Not all Orchids develop Keikis. After your Orchid has finished blooming and you cut back the flower 🌸 spike, sometimes three things could happen; the stem can dry up and die which happens a lot, the stem may develop a new flower 🌸 and lastly you may start seeing leaves develop at the cut end of stem. Orchid keikis occur naturally when growth hormones accumulate at a node on the flower spike. . So far my Keikis have been growing for nearly six months. It’s important to let the root system develop on your Keiki until at least the roots are 3 inches long and it should have three or more leaves 🌱🌱🌱 on it. . From what I have read up in 2-3 Years your Keiki could start flowering some even earlier. While orchid keikis are exciting, they can also be a sign that your plant is under a lot of stress. Sometimes an orchid will put off a keiki as a way of continuing its legacy if it fears that death is in the future. . So now I got two more Orchids that I didn’t buy! 😊😊😊😊😊... plus this week I noted a new Keiki on one of my other Orchids. Guess it’s birthing time in our house...😁... 🤣🤣🤣... . So I just reported one of them in a Terrarium, am actually enjoying this Terrarium environments my orchids are doing so well in them plus maintenance is very low am watering them probably once every two months...🤗🤗🤗... compared to nearly every other week for my other orchids in the regular pots. Plus they look 👀 prettier and I can watch their root system much easier ensuring they are in good condition. #Keiki . #RoyKingChronicles #Orchids #phaelanopsis #OrchidSociety #Interiors #MothOrchids #IGKenya #Kenya #Nairobi #HousePlants #HousePlantsCommunity (at Nairobi, Kenya)

Despite the unseasonably cold LA weather, my orchids are thriving!!! You want great specimens? Please check out @orchidfeverlosangeles for a wide array of orchids, bromeliads and succulents!!! #orchids #phalaenopsis #phalaenopsisorchid #greenthumb #orchidfever #mothorchids