Just for Amanda

My orchids looked like this the day after my daughter left. 

I had hoped they'd bloom while she was here.

I do believe she loves flowers as much as I do.

Of course, soon after she departed they all commenced opening their petals

to reveal the beautiful colors inside.

This is the second and third branches to bloom since it

died back and I managed to follow the directions to get it

to re-bloom.  There are two branches with seven flowers

(or buds) on each.  That's a whole bunch of beautiful.

You can see the sister plant has started budding too.

Out of peer lack of time today, I'm not going to

go through the effort of uploading to Kodak

to turn these last two photos.

Daniela has not learned how to smell yet, but we keep trying

to teach her.  She basically tries to kiss them instead.

These beauties came from Home Depot; when they had their

Gardening Club coupon I bought one and got one free.

What a deal!

And I thought orchids were beyond my gardening capabilities.

Don't be afraid to try.