Indoor bloomers

I bought this white amaryllis bulb right after Christmas. It was a leftover on the sale rack at Safeway, with the top leaves just starting to poke up. The best thing about amaryllis is watching them grow right before your eyes. They are embarrassingly easy for such a magnificent flower. 

The first hybrid appeared in England in 1799 as a bedding plant. In the 1950s someone saw the potential for Amaryllises as indoor plants and hybridizing suddenly became frenzied.  So many different colors now, similar to the story of the poinsettia.
 

 This is an tropical Anthurium flower that came in a big mixed floral basket my brother-in-law sent last March for my birthday.  Very nice it decided to bloom again in the middle of winter.

Look at this messy jungle, huddled up to the light on the floor of the office room. In a couple of months, I can kick them outside. Next year that Stag Horn Fern will be too big to winter over in the house.  I'll worry about that when the time comes.

Here it is Friday, another week gone and already halfway through January. Have a good weekend, whatever you have planned. None here.