Christmas Color

I received a Christmas gift from a friend and treated myself to some new orchids.

I set them up as a room divider rather than sticking them in a corner.  The plant on the left is not an orchid, but helped fill up the top of the shelf.

  This is my cattleya.  It was still in bud when I brought it home last week.  Now it looks like this.

And it is fragrant.  This is my first cattleya and my first fragrant one too.  I got a couple which were finishing up on their bloom time, but would give me an idea of what they looked like.

  And a red one.  I have always wanted a red orchid.

The fourth one seems to be a dark purple one and should know what it looks like in a few days.

So, new orchids.  They make me feel happy.