Blooming Orchids! Just call me Nero Wolfe ...

The Nero Wolfe reference is, of course, from the excellent series of mysteries written by Rex Stout. Go here if curious: http://www.nerowolfe.org/ & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_Stout

The cause of the celebration is that one of my orchids is actually blooming! I purchased two small orchids from the Missouri Botanical Gardens last spring and have been faithfully watering and encouraging them ... and yay! I have a bloom, with a second on the way. Pretty heady stuff for this novice flower grower.