June 12, 2007
Dissection avoided, ripping tackled, expertise needed
The spinning was great, thank you. I received a very generous gift of fiber not too long ago so I'm desperately trying to get through what I had started so I can go on to that stuff instead, fickle spinner that I am.
Last night, I sat down to face my errors and get out the scissors for surgery. A friend was over so I showed her what I had done and she told me that she thought that ripping was a better option than cutting. That's what I had feared all along, but it was nice to have it confirmed. I got on with it and now I'm working my way back towards where I had to stop and rip. If I could convince my daughter to take a nap, that would help, but somehow, though she was in bed an hour late last night and up 2 hours early today, she can't be convinced that napping is a good idea.
Can I ask you for your help? All you plant loving people out there, could you tell me what either of these plants are? I don't have any other shots. Thanks. You'll see why next winter.
Posted by kate at June 12, 2007 12:55 PM
Comments
The purple one on the left looks like Tillandsia lindenii "Blue flowered torch". The other one might be Vriese splendens "Flaming Sword", but both are definitely Bromeliads. Have fun.
Posted by: Sally at June 18, 2007 12:52 PM
I don't know the plants (looks like others did), but I have to say that I'm so glad you didn't cut. Cutting and then some sort of grafting to fix mistakes probably would have worked, but it seems so *stressful* and irreversible!
Posted by: connie at June 14, 2007 12:09 AM
Definitely bromeliads. My father has some planted in his garden. The thick spear like flower is very unique. it is a tropical plant.
Posted by: Miki at June 13, 2007 11:50 PM
As Jen said, it seems to be an unwritten rule that the less sleep the babes have the less they want. Perhaps they go through stages of just not needing as much? As we all know, by puberty they cannot be pried from bed with a crow bar.
Posted by: Lee at June 13, 2007 04:43 PM
Rule of babies/toddlers--less sleep=harder to fall asleep!! I don't understand it either, but it's the truth!! Can't wait to see you guys again. Let me know when you plan on visiting the area...
Posted by: Jen at June 13, 2007 08:44 AM
Bromeliads, I have some in my backyard.
Posted by: Patricia at June 12, 2007 08:02 PM
I have no idea what those plants are - but it seems there are lots of educated people out there. Sorry to hear you're having to rip up your project.
Posted by: Asaknitter at June 12, 2007 07:53 PM
They look like heliconias to me.
Posted by: buttercup at June 12, 2007 04:11 PM
Well it looks like others have already named the plant. =)
Glad that things are on the track of knitting again. You sound like me while I am spinning. I will have something on the wheel and be drooling over something else.
Humm I am wondering what you are cooking up with those pictures....
Hope that the wee one decided to take a nape for you. I say that the energy is so wasted on the young. LOL
Posted by: Tonia at June 12, 2007 04:10 PM
I think those are a type of bromeliad too. Torch ginger looks a little different- but it's a good name for a stitch pattern...
http://www.papergraphix.com/images/gingerflower2.jpg
Posted by: Erin at June 12, 2007 03:54 PM
bromeliads! http://www.flickr.com/photos/sisudave/517256720/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/50453329@N00/120207742/
Posted by: jody at June 12, 2007 03:11 PM
They also look similar to the tropical ginger flowers you see in florist shops and growing everywhere in Hawaii.
Posted by: Lee Ann at June 12, 2007 02:23 PM
Vriesea Bromeliad.
So is it a design for a winter issue of a magazine?
Posted by: Miriam at June 12, 2007 02:08 PM
Here we go:
http://www.bromeliads.co.nz/images/images/vri-yam-hyb.jpg
Posted by: Emilee at June 12, 2007 01:55 PM
They look like some type of bromeliad. At the Bromeliad Society International (http://bsi.org/), there's a gallery where you can search different genera to see what they might be. Good luck - can't wait to find out why!
Posted by: natalie at June 12, 2007 01:50 PM
Those are bromeliads!
I'm searching for good pictures to show you for the sake of comparison.
Posted by: Emilee at June 12, 2007 01:49 PM
