I have been closely observing the unifoliate cattlya and another den. The den is going to growing a cane. I'm suspecting the cattlya too but it's being sneaky: it does nothing for a few days and then grows a little. The other cattlya that has a tiny plant is growing so slowly I am beginning to think it's not going to grow at all.

Doing my work at another workstation earlier today, I noticed that a colleague is extremely mad about african violets. She has a really pretty purple one. She says they are fool proof. I thought about trying them and then realise I can never get them to bloom in my dark corridor.

My father has installed in the study a lovely bright flourescent lamp for his reading. HA HA HA HA HA! The fool! The orchids will take over that room sooner than he realises.