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This is a plant I got from a
small village in
Portugal last year. David and I went into a tiny supermarket after having bet a dinner that it´s cheaper to buy whisky in a local shop than on the plane,-I thought it was cheaper in a local shop! And very far back in the room in a dark corner, was this miserable orchid cactus, dry and yellowish.I asked for a cut of it and got one along with a big smile from the sweet elderly lady working there. After one week at my home it just exploded with new shoots and it´s really spectacular now. I hope it will blossom allready this summer. By the way I won the bet ! And had a wonderfull dinner with David! And suddenly this happened in beginning of may 2005:
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