Orchid Comeback!
May 12, 2025
Jim gave me an orchid plant for our 29th anniversary last year. Its flowers were gorgeous for months, until, finally, they all died and fell off. I was sure I killed my beautiful orchid. But I kept watering it… 1-2 ice cubes every Saturday (a suggestion I got from Mai, my favorite pedicurist).
Well, a couple weeks ago, I noticed the teeny little nubs that had remained on the bare branches were starting to grow into misshapen (elongated) balls. And today we noticed a blossom!!!
This is an awkward photo; it’s taken from the front porch, through the window. I was just too nervous to move the orchid to get a better shot, feeling like they are so delicate and fussy I might hurt it.
Here’s another shot of some upcoming — I hope — blossoms.
The one on the left looks like another future flower that shriveled up, died and fell off its branch a week ago. Fingers crossed we get a few more flowers out of this plant.
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