Unknown AV #3 bloom

Super cute!  It's a white with pink thumbprints.  Can't make a definitive ID, but there's a large chance it's Optimara Dali.  I know for a fact they sell Optimara plants at both Lowe's and Home Depot (I can't remember where I picked this leaf up at, could have been either one), so it's most likely an Optimara of some kind.  Dali matches the best.  As with orchids, forever a NoID, but you can always make an educated guess :)

We have mouse ears!

The AV leaves I planted last month are starting to sprout!  Hooray!  I seem to have more of the O. Chico (purple and white) than I do of the pink one, but some of the pinks are sprouting too.

These are all from the babies I'm growing for the other pharmacy kids.  They should be ready to go to their new homes in about a month to six weeks.

Now blooming: Rlc. Little Toshie 'H&R' and Phal. mini ivory

Two of its 4 buds are open at the moment, with the other two not far behind.  Buds on this plant grow FAST.

And here's another picture of the mini ivory NoID with flowers that are right side up this time :)

Optimara Little Maya

Today was "work-on-the-AV-shelf" day.  I did a lot of repotting, dividing, and even had to do a spray for powdery mildew (yuck!).  And then I dropped one of my newly repotted divisions, scattering dirt all over everywhere, but that's another story.

Most of the AVs are either done blooming, or have been disbudded (debudded?!) so they could be divided today.  One of the two still blooming strong is this one, O. Little Maya.  It's pretty obvious I'm kinda smitten by dark red AVs :)

No longer a mystery growth

But alas, it isn't the spike I was hoping for :(  Bulb. careyanum.

Just a regular ol' growth.  I've found two more of the same thing since the first post, so I guess it's just waking up from a winter's nap too.  Drat.

Now blooming: C. Purple Cascade and a thanksgiving cactus

Here's the Purple Cascade all opened up.  Had to tie the spike up with a piece of string because the buds/flowers were unusually large this time and they got a bit heavy.

And since my thanksgiving cactuses haven't bloomed for more than two years (they don't like Laramie much, I guess), I am celebrating the event this time by taking a picture of the first open bloom and learning how to do stuff to it in Photoshop...yay!

I had five different colors of tgiving cactuses at one point, but I killed one and tossed another one that struggled to live.  I'm down to three colors:  this pink and white, an orange, and a white.  The orange (Golden Dancer) will be the next one to open.