If I had 8 arms like an octopus I would have bought one. As it was I had one in my cart before I figured out that there was no way I'd be able to get it home in tact with everything I still needed to do.

Well someday I'll get an orchid for my house. Just not today.

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I have moth orchid . It finished flowering, very pretty. I cut the stem all the way down. Now it is putting out a new leaf but not a flowering stem

I'll keep that in mind. Someday I'll try growing one. I'm just plan old chicken. Cluck cluck.

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Thankyou for that information. Glad I didn't buy the one at target because they were definitely dry and brown. I'll watch that very carefully when I look at them. I would sure like to have one but they seem to be hard to care for.

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i have checked out what target sells, orchid-wise.... not exactly the best choice to get an orchid....
also, after the flowers die on the phal flower spike, you cut the spike at the first node going back down the spike from where the flowers were.... sometimes they will re-flower on the spike, sometimes not....

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JUST STOP AND SMELL THE ROSES

african violets need decent light and to be ketp consistantly moist. i've always had them - off and on over the years. i only got blooms when i lived in one apartment - i had the plants in a west facing window and they grew well and bloomed often.

now i've got a plant stand with a grow light (on a timer set to match sunrise and sunset) and my plants are doing extremely well...tons of good growth and they always have blooms on them.

another thing i've found since i bought my house - the av's do much, much better when they are in those self-watering pots that are made specifically for av's!!

my orchid is a phal...it's always growing new leaves but hasn't flowered in a couple of years...