In general I'm a bum. A greenhouse bum, a grocery store bum, a home improvements store bum, and for any outing or showing I just hang out, take inventory, being a fixture and nuisance. In this case I went to the grocery store and saw these Cymbidium orchids they had for sale for Easter last year. A couple months later they're out of bloom and on sale ($2.00 ). I don't recall them being of any good color or substance when they were in bloom, and didn't think they were worth the price at the time ($34.00). But for a couple of bucks I grabbed them and kept them in the back yard of a friend for the summer. She has a small greenhouse at her place so we overwintered them there. Here it is May, and to our surprise they're in bloom. I can't believe how beautiful they are. It doesn't happen often, but sometimes it pays to be cheap!
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