Thank you! This is actually the first time I've had an orchid - I also heard how difficult they are, but a little tender loving and care will do wonders. I take it every sunday and give it a good soak, then drain ALL the water and put it back. Piece of cake! I haven't even changed the soil - not that there's much in it.

It's just like adopting an older or sick animal and nursing it back to health!
Yes, isn't it!

Phred, your mom and granny knew what they were doing! Violets... hmm, I have some of those too, I wonder how many kinds there are. The ones I have are small and hangs on the side of the pot. Tiny lilac flowers pop up during the summer. I just replanted some.

Bengalz, I too think it's a brilliant idea to use hair claws to keep them in place, but I can't take the credit, it was already there when I got it.

Oh Lut, I bet Bernard can keep almost any flower alive! All I want to know, is how to keep an olive plant alive. Just today, I replanted one and the only green shoots there were, fell off. I put it in a little glass - hope it will shoot new roots! The rest of the plant I put into new soil - it HAS got roots!

Catty1, Yeah, if I could rescue orchids for everyone, I might even be able to make a living!