Phalaenopsis orchid

 

 

Until last july I never thought that I would make a post about an orchid, I didn't like them at all, sorry
to say so. The only thing I liked about orchids were the leaves on some of them.
When I grew up in the 60's orchids were very rare to get, and when they were for sale it was only 1 flower that you could buy, in a little jar. As a child I thought the flower was fascinating, but when I
grew older I saw an orchid only as a flower that sick people got once a year from the Salvation Army.
And than, the last years, almost no-one grow plants indoors, but yes, most people DO have orchids.
I don't know how it is in other country's but here in Holland orchids, and than in particular phalaenopsis are a big, big hype.
About hypes I am a bad consumer, I don't care about them at all, and that's a good thing, otherwise
we had an empty white interior by now, with 2 phalaenopsis in the front window:-)

So, I never spend a dime on an orchid, & hated the look of tables full with them in the shops.
Until last juli!
I got a phalaenopsis from my dear parents, and no, it wasn't love on first sight, how could it be,
after all those years that I wouldn't look at an orchid, but I found a place for it in the window sill,
and the next day, with a lot of sun, the flowers looked so cheerful that it softened my heart:-)
Here it is just after I got it,

 
After a couple of weeks I really loved the little epiphyte, and found myself looking for info on google and orchid forums ( and discovered that there ARE more interesting orchids, LOL).
It grows really well, got a new stem in the mean time, at first I thought it was a new plant but it
turned out to be a new flowering stem;

But last weekend I discovered this new growth on the backside of the plant, and I think that this
could be a new plant, time will tell;

And this is the whole plant, also a picture from last weekend,

So, Mom and Dad, thanks again for broadening my green horizon!!
Dikke kussen! Ingrid XXXXXXXX