New York Botanical Garden<\/a> gift shop. <\/p>\nAbbie was actually careful about asking me if I might write about this pot, as she knows that I sometimes find it difficult to write about my friends projects, be they books, products or pots – (believe me, I get about 5 -10 requests a day via email to pitch something on this blog), and to be honest, I was a bit noncommittal about reviewing this pot at first – that is, until I felt one in my hands. Really. One touch and I changed my mind.<\/p>\n
This past February, while Joe were in New York City we visited Abbie We met Abbie at her [ kind-of amazing] penthouse (where you enter through a roof-top garden – I needn’t say more). We needed to warm up a bit before going to brunch – so as wet were snooping through her library of gardening books, I spotted a trio of these new pots – just sitting on a table in that bright, February sunshine.<\/p>\n
“Abbie\u2026.Are these your new pots?” I asked.<\/p>\n
I picked one up carefully, thinking that it might be fragile – but it was so heavy and solid. Thicker than I imagined and hard, with a ‘ring’ to it when tapped – At that moment, I knew that this was no ordinary pot, so I agreed to write about it, and honestly – as sometimes, we bloggers do get things for free to write nice things about, but I really don’t like doing that. I really did, and do, like this pot.<\/p>\n
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Abbie had a nice white phalaenopsis planted in it, which makes sense as I would say that this pot is the right depth and scale for a large phalaenopsis, and undoubtedly many people will use this pot for their collections of this now common florist plant, but I have to say that this pot deserves to be in the serious orchid growers collections with more interesting species planted in it, as it is functional in ways few orchid pots are – massive drainage holes for one, and a good weight. Unglazed and porous, this may not be the best orchid plant for the one who wants a decorative plant, unless you use a tray with gravel in it, but this is a pot that orchids will enjoy, as it is clearly designed for plants, first and foremost this is a working orchid container. Dare I say – form follows function.<\/p>\n