My stept daughter paid a visit and when she comes she brings me an orchid. At the moment she said there is nothing special with buds, so she got a smaller orchid full of buds. I am looking forward to them opening.

And one flower after the other is appearing.

My orchids are all I have to show at the moment. Roll on Spring so that something more arrives.

And my orchid again.

And another photo of my favourite orchid of the month.

And another is flowering. I have so many I forget their colours and it is always a pleasant surprise when they arrive.

This is not one of my orchids, but a special version seen in the local store.

You could call it the secret internal life of an orchid.

I do not even remember when I got this orchid, must have been a few years ago, but it is still showing its new flowers today.

And yet another new discovery : a complete stalk of new buds. They are very sneaky before their appearance, suddenly they are there.

And another orchid opens it bud.