This is a direct result of Christine's undying faith in our two dying Orchid plants. We were sure we had killed both of them months ago. All of the flowers had fallen off (which is normal) and the stalks were drying up and dying and we had no idea how to fix it. Mom and I wanted to toss both plants because we both thought they were dead, but Christine wouldn't let us. She was sure they were still alive and wouldn't let us kill them for no good reason (even though they were both really ugly).
So we took them upstairs to the guest room and set them in front of the west-facing window. We watered them and watched them do nothing for a couple of months. Then one day after watering the plants, Christine came into the room announcing that the Orchids had both shown signs of life. And more specifically, that one of them was already growing buds!
Tonight I went to check on the plants and was shocked to see how many beautiful little buds were on the one plant! The other Orchid plant had much farther to go (it was really on death's door when we moved it upstairs), so it doesn't have as much growth, but it's definitely still alive and kicking!
It's a good thing Christine was so insistent with those little flowers or we would have killed two perfectly good plants for no good reason.
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