I'm beaming lika a proud parent - an orchid I raised from a three-inch baby is blooming! Tiny little fringed yellow orchids, delicate and lovely. Several of these blooms in a cluster. What a thrill! My orchids tend to be pretty idle. I have only ever had one re-bloom from when I bought it, and the bloom was a mutant, so this one was especially cool since it had never bloomed in it's life. I have some orchids I think might be dead but it can be hard to tell because they can all of a sudden show green bits again. I was always semi-afraid of orchids until an orchid grower described the best care technique as "benign neglect". Well, I can definitely do THAT!!! Piece o' cake.
FLOWER KONNDOUMIKA