the garden

somebody gave my ma the orchid on the right for her birthday last september, but she was killing it due to the fact that they don't believe in sunlight in the house --- it has recovered nicely here and continues to set buds --- for xmas, my nephew gave me, weirdly enough, a gift card to whole foods, which i wasted on the other two orchids --- robert gave me the variegated violet last year sometime, which i repotted, causing it to double in size --- a number of stalks of incipient phalaenopsis are under development in the other room --- orchid daze commences at the botanical garden next weekend ---- there are reports of jonquils blooming out doors --- wheeeeee!