I was out shopping at my local home improvement store, and this orchid caught my eye. It has the most amazing sunset colors I think I've ever seen on an orchid! There was no way I was going home without it.

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I can't stop staring at it! It's a mini, so the flowers are teensy, yet perfectly formed. And check out all the different colors going on in those flowers!! (And by the way, even though I obviously Photoshopped a bit of a drop shadow around the image, the color of the flowers has not been enhanced or changed in any way. This is really what they look like!)

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I have no other orchids that look even remotely like this. I can't wait to see if it will get bigger, or if will stay a mini. My only regret is that the big chain store didn't bother to put a tag in. An orchid this gorgeous deserves a tag!!

Perhaps I'll just give it my own pet name...I'll call it 'Sunfire' or something, just to make it feel important! LOL! It certainly is putting on a show worthy of the most noble of names. This orchid makes it feel like summer even when there's snow on the ground!