Saturday, June 21, 2014

a phoenix

I thought this thing had bit the dust. But I remember having read in the early stages of my orchid lust that just because it looks dead doesn't necessarily mean it is dead. Suddenly, forgotten in the thorny bosom of a bougainvillea, this sweet dendrobium began to sing.

Sunny mornings, rainy afternoons
have woken this dendrobium parishii
from dormancy

this species has a delicate candy scent

It is the summer solstice today. The sun will be directly overhead today at its zenith here in the Tropic of Cancer. I wish you, imaginary readers, an auspicious and very merry midsummer holiday-- party on, pagans.



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