From Immature to Mature Coffee

[podling]

My coffee trees have flowers!!! They're flowering!!! Really!!! Finally! After only 6ish years of varied living conditions, including the time spent fostered in the greenhouse and at my parents house when I couldn't take care of them myself, they've flowered!!! Pretty white flowers, even. If I had a camera, I'd post pics, that's how cool I think this is.

Now, from what I understand, they won't have a decent crop of beans their first year. But who knows, maybe I'll have enough to, say, brew one cup of coffee. I don't drink coffee, but... well, I mean, I'll have to find someone to test it on. :)

And if it ever gets warm, I can put them outside, where they will probably be even happier. Woo!

Comments

[astrophysicat.livejournal.com]

I knew they were close. And you thought you had permanently scarred their sexual developement didn't you?
Mine is sad, I haven't found anywhere that sells orchid food up here for it yet, so Tom is like starving now, green but all the new leaves are smaller than the old ones.

[podling]

It's true, I did think that. Or maybe not permanently, but definitely set it back a few years. Suddenly I've had a flashback to that movie Sliding Doors...

Anyway, they should have it at Home Depot. Or you could try a florist.

[astrophysicat.livejournal.com]

They don't have it at my home depot, because mine sucks, but we really do need to go to a larger floral shop, we just never do it.