blooming

This flower was dormant for 7 years, I kid you not, and it just started to bloom this spring.

I kept it around with just leaves and had given up on my ability to grow actual orchids. But I never threw it out. Hope springs eternal, I guess. One day very recently, all of a sudden a shoot peeked out from within the leaves. Then, like firecrackers, flower buds began to appear. I was sure I'd overwater or underwater them and they would soon fall off, as happened before (the heartache!). But they didn't fall off. I held my breath and tip-toed around this plant for several weeks, trying not to disturb its environment. And then, what do you know.

There are no less than seven blossoms. Seven. (7) Every day I stare at them in amazement. So, hope did not lead to disappointment this time.