Kitchen garden

The new window in the kitchen is a great plant place. We have the annual Xmas Amaryllis started and it is just showing a green bud (or leaf). Not really visible in the picture, but it will be in a couple of days. The other plant is a Moth Orchid.

The Moth Orchid (Phalaenopsis) is kind of an orchid with training wheels. It's the one you see all over the place at a "reasonable" price - not the $150 one. We got the orchid in bloom last March. It was a welcome back present for Penny when she went to the Dominican Republic with Marilen.

With lots of inattention, it continued to flower for several months and even grew a few new leaves. It seems to really like the bright, indirect light and the humidity right over the sink. Anyway, we tried to get it to re-flower on the old stalk, but failed. Now it has got a whole new flower stalk with flower buds starting to swell. Watch for continuing updates ob both flowers!