Wow @apm I hadn't seen that yet.

And thanks for your support!

Denise, you’ve inspired me to share my own little garden of orchids. A couple of years ago my girlfriend started it as a single pot of orchids in the kitchen which has grown into five distinct varieties.

It brings us joy every morning as we make breakfast and coffee:

This was the first orchids that started the “kitchen garden”. It was much smaller back then with just a couple of flowers.

Each orchid has a slightly different pattern and color. We wanted them to all be unique and complement each other.

The latest addition to our garden is this yellow and dark red spotted orchid:

The purple color of these orchids is hard to capture right, but they always stands out from the bunch:

Even the plain white orchids can stand their ground having the biggest flowers of the bunch:

Vilen, I'm in awe of you having these beautiful flowers in your kitchen! Thank you for sharing them.

I love this one! The coloration really makes it stand out.

I love bright colors but plain white orchids are beautiful too.

So cool 👍

Thanks for sharing.

Beautiful orchids and gorgeous pictures, @Denise! Longwood is such an incredible place—these photos reminded me of the time I got to spend there last March. What an amazing experience!

This thread also reminded me of yesterday’s (?) “Fresh Air” program. They interviewed a researcher who has been studying resilience in children. He named the resilient ones “dandelions” and the fragile ones “orchids.” :)

Thank you @lidja! If I lived in the area I would visit Longwood often. It's always good to find time to see what is in bloom there.

I love the names you shared from "Fresh Air", they seem to fit.

I had to share this, @Denise .

I had no idea it was a real thing and not a photo shop.

🙂

That is simply amazing!

Thanks so much for sharing it; I love to learn about things like this.