It's alive!!

I love orchids, but I've never been able to get one to re-bloom after the initial flowers fall off. I usually keep watering them for a few months until I give up and buy a replacement. But yesterday, for the first time ever, I went to water my latest all-leaves-no-flowers orchid and saw that it has sprouted a new shoot with buds on it!

Look at all those buds!

I'm still sort of expecting that the buds will die and fall off without blooming, but at least I've gotten farther than I ever have before!