"Al Pickrel" <Al@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> The Phal gigantea is alive and well though somewhat sooty and in need of
> cleaning. I saw it last week when I went to take care of things in the
> rented greenhouse. I have to go back early next week to check on them
> again.
>
> The Phal apendiculata, which got awarded last October, just came apart
and
> may be dead. Actually it did not come apart until I touched it, then
all
> the leaves fell off at the point where there the leaf joins the petiole.
> It was not a rot. The leaves looked pale-ish and dead. And they just
> dropped off when touched. Too far from heat to be cooked. I don't
think
> it was the cold because it was one of the first to be brought in after
the
> fire was out.
>
> There are several plants that have done this now...two weeks after fire.
> If I had to guess, I would say it was the plant equivalent of smoke
> inhalation. The smoke was mostly burning plastic and it must of
> "fumigated" the greenhouse interior for a few minutes before the fire
> opened up a big enough hole in the plastic skin so it was lethal to
> anything exposed and breathing. (Somebody has already pointed out that I
> shouldn't be having any problems with mites or insects for awhile.)
>
> Anyway, the burned benches are cleared out. The metal pipe structure is
> cleaned of melted plastic and soot. and I have the thing ready to be
> re-skinned. This was planned for today but it is too windy, so it was
> moved to tomorrow.
>
> We are doing alright here. We were very lucky. There is a lot of
plants
> that were lost and I really don't know yet exactly what was lost. I
keep
> cringing as flashes of what was on some of those destroyed benches pops
> into memory, but the real pain will be when I get everything back and
set
> my attention to doing an actual inventory.
>
> I am so tired of this. Weary...and this was only a small and localized
> entropic event. There is just no explaining the MESS involved to
anybody
> who has only seen this kind of thing on TV. Fire, winds, floods. These
> things don't carry away everything you have...they reduce it to an
> indescribable mess and leave it all right in front of you to clean up
> while reminding you constantly what it all used to be... The worst part
> is AFTER the actual event...
>
> Still, we doing alright here... Things are coming along.
>
How I wish Clinton had never said 'I feel your pain' becasue it cheapens
the
emotion. But I do. Hugs from me.
K Barrett
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