Saturday Sky

Brought to you today by some minor rain god.  It's calmly grey and drizzly and pretty much wet.  It should be snow this time of year, but at 41* that ain't gonna happen.  And I'm not complaining.  I love a good snowball fight and still build a snowman when the white stuff cooperates.  But all the time I spend out back with the bunnies - yeah, temps just enough too high for snow is much easier.  It doesn't make for gloriously exciting blog pics though.  So I thought I'd show you the sky through my garden window.  Do you see that?  That is the phragmipedium I bought in August.  That there thingie on the top is a flower bud. Actually, there are two flower buds.  I first realized my phrag was sending out a bud when I looked in on it the day after I got back from SAFF.  That was the end of October.  So now, two months later, the plant is still in bud.  It takes orchids a Very Long Time to go from initial bud to bloom.  I figured the thrill of anticipation would get old if I posted it here then (you are thrilled with anticipation, right?  No?  Huh - whatsamatter you?).  I have no idea how much longer before this beauty blooms. Apparently, my Twinkle orchid understands my impatience with bloom timelines because it burst back into bloom to keep me entertained while I wait for phrag. And the great fuss I made over Twinkle's bloom and phrag's promise of bloom must have inspired my paphiopedilum and the phalenopsis because both of them promptly set to making buds too.  Still a long wait for both of them.  Sometime in January would be nice.

Comments

[Leslie]

orchids in January; wonderful!

[Laurie]

It's lovely to have a way to extend the blooming season. I have Xmas/Tgiving/Easter cacti, an occasional bloom from my orchid cactus, and that's IT.

[Carol]

My sis has turned me into a fancier. She has over 300 orchids and each one is more breath-taking than the next. Mom is partial to the "Cats". Can't wait to see the blooms. Don't forget us!! Happy Holi-daze!