tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797396120087729156.post1525277611967333807..comments2024-03-27T00:25:28.696+11:00Comments on Garden amateur: A good wall pot plantJamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653345793213312242noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797396120087729156.post-45571899125982497182018-04-22T11:18:27.155+10:002018-04-22T11:18:27.155+10:00Phil: you're right, backyards can be dangerous...Phil: you're right, backyards can be dangerous places full of attempted murders, and the occasional successful one. And good luck with the Staghorn. A neighbour has two magnificent ones mounted on boards, in dappled shade under overhead foliage, and they are wonderful things to behold.<br /><br />And Shivangni, glad to hear confirmation of my fat pets theory. I think I'm onto something here ...<br /><br />JamieJamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14653345793213312242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797396120087729156.post-46551205903567612742018-04-21T20:45:22.956+10:002018-04-21T20:45:22.956+10:00Yes Jamie, another murderer here. Thank you anyway...Yes Jamie, another murderer here. Thank you anyway for reminding me I've still lots of plants to collect and deploy in the many corners of my tiny yard/garden (the yard is the garden). And bromelaids are just the ticket. Also, it reminds me I must get a staghorn. Had them as a kid and they were fed with endless quantities of tea leaves and never complained. <br /><br />We just recently completed the destruction of an indoor lily which I think got too much water and collar rotted. These are those lovely indoor ones that grow huge and if you put them outside briefly for some odd reason they suddenly expire. We murdered several some years back that way. <br /><br />I did get at a local church market an immortal plant that defies herbicidal intent (as in homicidal - I think that is the correct word that we never use that way). It's the "cast iron plant" - an aspidistra. I got two. One objected to being suddenly outside and "died" but came back to life a month later. Their reputation is well earned. They're famous, apparently, for being ignored and surviving indoors for months without water or attention. I first came across them 50 years ago in Mad Magazine, which had a running random gag in their comic pieces with a pot plant whose name was "Albert the Aspidistra" and I intend to put that name on the pot of mine in homage to the original. <br /><br />We had some Aunts in Sydney who managed to kill "with kindness" each year's budgerigar, their Christmas present. After five of those we gave up. The local native mynas (not the Indian ones) were caught red-handed a few months back killing our canaries that we put on the veranda during the day. We lost several mysteriously over the years, but the mystery is at rest with the perpetrator revealed. The buggers are overly-territorial and descend in a pack all over the cage stabbing with their sharp yellow beaks until our panicking canary flaps into striking distance. <br /><br />The local Indian mynas are marvellous at spotting cats in our yard stalking the doves. I also caught a butcher bird once run at the veranda, making single hops up the steps, and jump feet first at the canary cage in an apparent attempt of grab the poor fellow. He just bounced off the cage, of course. That was a nice demonstration of nature at work one rarely sees.<br /><br />Oh dear, so much murdering. Phil in Newienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797396120087729156.post-7345944857394820202018-04-21T16:45:20.905+10:002018-04-21T16:45:20.905+10:00Your diary has been educating us over the years an...Your diary has been educating us over the years and am very grateful to you for taking the pain to post your blogs.<br /><br />I belong to overwater category and yes I have murdered my 2 bromelaids. Though I don't have cat / dog, but the 1 dog that we (my daughter & I) babysat for a week did become fat (as per owners), so you can tick your theory on human behaviour.<br /><br />Now I'll have to go an look for bromelaids though they tend to be expensive here and hope they bloom in Septmber / October in opposite hemishpereShivangnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05724368971699470594noreply@blogger.com