Rescuing orchids has become Terry Richardson’s full-time hobby, caring for his plants, researching new information and making videos to share what he’s learned.
Finding your favorite nursery can be thrilling. Here are our picks for the best independently-owned plant nurseries near Los Angeles.“We didn’t know what we were doing,” Terry said. “The orchid didn’t have enough light, we weren’t watering it enough. ... We literally didThe failure weighed on Terry. He felt guilt and remorse until a few months later, in January 2018, when he went out to empty the trash and discovered an abandoned, half-dead orchid sitting next to the dumpster.
“Seeing Penelope bloom really felt like an accomplishment,” he said. “I had stepped out of my comfort zone and was successful at something that was really hard. I felt like there were good life lessons to learn from plant care, and I thought, ‘How can I re-create that again?’ I started going to the dumpster two or three times a day looking for orchids to rescue so I could have that success again.
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