The birth of a child often has unexpected side effects. I don’t mean rings under parental eyes and planetary overpopulation – these are the expected ones. In case of my office sharing colleague it brought about a) her maternal leave (still expected) and b) the move of her Schlumbergera, which had suffered years of neglect, from her desk to mine. Where it was repotted and henceforce watered! Uh, wow, novelty! It started growing new leaves and surprised me recently with six white flowers, three of which have now opened completely! Grande gioia! Lets see if a manage a similar miracle with her orchid 😉