Cymbidium Orchids

Some plants seem to thrive on neglect.

Last year my cymbidium orchids missed out on all the lavish attention because Mr Honey Pie & I spent five months on a trip around Australia.

Although the spikes are not as long as they have been in the past, the individual flowers are the showiest I remember them in the thirty odd years I've been growing this variety.

I grew these from a discarded pseudobulb given to me by a neighbour.

Nurturing it without any expectations has seen amazing results and over the years I have run out of people to gift new plants to.

This is probably the first time in a very long time that I haven't got a spare pot or two or three waiting in the side lines ready to give away.

Instead, I have four pots of my own, spotted about the entrances to our home, receiving praises every time a visitor comes to the door.  Or simply admired by me and Mr Honey Pie every time we leave or enter the house.