My Orchids

[lavendertook]

This is an orchid I've had for 3 years in my living room window. I've been watching its flower spikes grow for about 4 months, and it just started opening its buds the past week. Hopefully, they'll last for 3 or 4 months.




Its blooms are more golden this year. The last two years they were more of a peachy salmon. It's a pretty change. Last year's display was small--just a couple of blooms. When all 3 spikes are open this year, there will be a good dozen.


And next to my senior orchid is a prolific orchid colored orchid I got in October or November. It's got 2 dozen blooms on it and some of those blooms have lasted a good 4 months, bless its little orchidy heart. It's been keeping my window full of color all winter. I also got that mini-orchid on the bottom right in December and it lost it's first blooms but that one just opened a couple of weeks ago--it's sending out a couple of more buds.


I wonder if this orchid will be so prolific next year.


They're very happy in this window. I lost a lot of orchids over the years until I learned how to not over-water them, and discovered how happy they are in this window.

So that's what's in front of me right now, over the top of my screen and beyond my furry companions curled up around me. I have an awful lot of pics from the past few years to share with ya'll--lots of spring flowers and fall colors, local fauna and my furry homecrew, so I hope to spend more time mining those for this month's posts.

Comments

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

No mailing orchids! That is sure to make one sick or dead plant.

When did it last bloom? They usually only bloom once a year, and some years they skip.

[jan-u-wine.livejournal.com]

it was blooming when i bought it, but the bloom has since dropped off. That must be about a month ago now....

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

You have done nothing wrong. There's no telling how long it was blooming before you bought it. If it was blooming in December, you probably won't see a bloom on it until the end of this year. Maybe in September or October it will start sending up blossom stems that you'll watch grow for a couple of months before they develop buds and a bloom opens. Once it blooms, the blooms can last for 4 or 5 months. The other 7 or 8 months, you just have green leaves to look at, and little feelers vines. So I guess that's the patience part--remembering to keep giving it a shot glass to drink once a week, even when it's being boring for several months. If I am lucky, maybe I'll be treated likewise. (-;

[jan-u-wine.livejournal.com]

yeah, my blooms could do with a shot glass o' something right about now.....

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

*snicker*