Pot of Orchids

For Will's birthday this year, I took inspiration from Bangkok at the Jim Thompson House, where we saw an ancient Chinese porcelain pot filled with the same variety of orchids.

I found a massive pot from Oriental Furnishing online-- one of the biggest pots I could find, actually: 20" diameter.

Because of its size, it was wrapped in a bedsheet--tied with a ribbon!--but Will was still able to guess what his package was.  

We finally were able to get the coconut bark and moss and transplanted at least 9 orchid plants into the container.  Over the years word has gotten out (I am not sure how.  wink, wink) that Will can make orchids rebloom.  We have been given at least 15 orchids to rebloom, rejuvenate, or return to health.  So far only 2 haven't made it and it was really because they were too far gone before we could rescue them. 

Still, Will transplanted several plants of different varieties, with one of them actually with blossoms.  The container is half filled with those shipping peanuts to help with the water (the pot doesn't have a hole in the bottom) and the rest is bark, moss, and orchids.  Several of the orchids were root-bound and we are hoping that the transplanting will not kill anything.  We bought a nice table and set the pot down--perfect window height. 

I have to say that it looks absolutely marvelous! And should the orchids rebloom, hopefully with several different flowers, it will look even more beautiful.