Thursday, October 18, 2012

Letting Weather take over

Unattended growth of my Alugbati vines



   I've been away for a long while since my last post. Away from my blog because of my priorities in school and away even from my garden. For a semester, I've been busy doing lots of school work and have somehow brushed aside my intentions of taking care of my garden and my blog; And thus goes the title "episodic".

       Being guilty of such neglect, I take my time to thank the elements who took care of my garden for the past few months especially the extreme sun and the unpredictable rain. Thank you for guiding my plants to growth and abundance as well as for keeping them nourished in spite of the harsh conditions of our place.


      Time Flows. And as it went, these fantastic things happened to my plants as the elements took over.


Skyrocketing height for
my young Malunggay tree
Staggering leaf growth of my Soursop tree.



And speaking of leaves, new leaf growths were visible in almost all of my plants...

New growth bud for my Ampalaya
New leaf for a bulb
New stems and leaves for my Malunggay tree

for herbs...












for ornamentals...

and for root crops!
Young Papaya leaves await
their turn to face the sun

my Patola vine's new leaf bud
keeps on reaching for new heights....



This new Rambutan bud grows well
among other leaves..

Even the Soursop's new leaf excitedly awaits its time to grow.

















































It's also time for the flowers and fruits to flourish...

The bright Calachuchi flower...


my Cattleya orchid...
Red Hot Chili Peppers...


Plump eggplants everywhere...







































Vanda orchid flowers...

Young Papaya flower and fuit....

                              
... and the rare Ginger blossom!

                It was also time for wounds
                          to heal and encourage fresh growth...

New Cattleya plantlet


New stems from a cut Calachuchi shrub
















recovering Lanson seedling





New growth from cut Malunggay branch

Recovering Santol seedling




















































And of course, a time for old leaves to die.... 


Dying Palm leaf


Truly, the powers of heat, light and moisture keep Plants and Mankind alive and nourished!


Thanks for reading my post!!!