Remember Carl...



...my very first orchid? He was a little guy when I got him in January of last year:





He lived with my mom until we moved into our house, where he has enjoyed the greenhouse window and the porch, and has gotten BIG:

REALLY BIG!!

He is also my very first orchid to ever put out a spike and bloom since living with me. That makes me very proud! I am officially an orchid freak.

Carl is now showing off in the sitting room - hopefully he'll be in bloom for a long time!