Leopard Orchid Rebloom

The Jenny, Guest Blogger

Just an average leopard-y colored orchid from Trader Joe's. As far as I can tell, it's a Brassia or "spider" orchid. It was just doing it's own dormant thing for the last couple of years (I'm not so adept with them as Scribby). This summer it cropped up with what looked like a skinny stalk of asparagus. The asparagus very very slowly grew into a bloom of four flowers which lasted for over a month. Gotta love orchids. So sculputral and long lasting.

Grandma's Cactus - Part 2

The Jenny, Guest Blogger

Wrote the first time about Grandma's cactus in January. Since then I felt bad for the little thing, repotted it into a larger vessel, and moved it to the bathroom window box. Just look at it now! It got really bulbous at the top. It has almost doubled in size (I placed it's original pot in the picture for reference).

As it got bigger it would wrinkle, droop, then perk back up again at a larger size. Charming, eh? Always wondered how cactus grew. During one of its growth spurts it leaned over so far that it started to grow root type thingies in its middle. Cactus architecture self defense? So weird!

Anyway, cactus is doing great. A fine addition to the succulent window. Maybe Grandma is up there helping it out!