More New Additions

This past weekend, I went to Ikea to find some cheap outdoor furniture, but ended up coming home with two new plants (they were only 12 bucks each!) and more plant paraphernalia:

phalaenopsis orchid

close-up

adenium (desert rose)

I'm excited to see how the adenium flowers! It might need some pruning - I saw a great video on YouTube on how to prune adeniums, might have to revise it again.

On another happy note, a bulb that was just sitting there in the dirt has finally sprouted new leaves! It had one very long leaf, still green and all and that was pretty much it. I confess, I kind of ignored it since that one leaf wasn't going away and nothing else was coming out. Then, my avid gardener "mentor" told me that I should wait until that leaf dies then try to trick the bulb into going dormant (basically stick it in the fridge for 3 weeks or so). Well, that leaf started to die and I kept ignoring the plant, waiting for the green to turn into brown. We had some cooler nights, then one day voila! Green sprouting and I didn't even have to pop it in the fridge!!

I can't wait to see what this is - my dad gave me this bulb about a year ago, and all I've seen was green leaves. Now I know what to do for next year with this one ~