Faith

The first few orchid plants we bought were blooming when purchased. It makes sense that you get a plant whose flower you know you will like. Then you can tend it in the in-between time looking forward to a known bloom to come. The last few plants we bought are a year or so away from blooming. They are just green leaves in a pot. We went by little pictures hanging above the flats of seedlings at the greenhouse. The real flowers will no doubt have much more splendor than a bit of ink on a piece of paper ever could. Buying a blooming plant is great, but at the end of the blooming period, on a micro scale, there is a bit of grieving for the lost flower and a steeling for the months of tending leaves ahead. Buying a plant before it blooms is full of nothing but hope for the moment. And they cost a lot less at this stage. Faith has its rewards.

Good Bye until next year