She's here! And she's a BIG girl!

Luckily they found me one that hadn't started blooming...but it's close. Four inflorescences. Two have single buds that are very close to opening. One is still in the sheath and looks like it has two buds, and one sheath isn't very large yet. She's bursting out of an 8" pot!

I had a spot reserved for her. My sunniest window didn't have a proper plant stand, and the cats' scratching post was just the right height and could hold three pots. So I've been using that for a couple of years now. I laughed today when I set Mildred in her place and realized the scratching post and the windowsill in front of it were covered entirely with catts!

The Phal. aphrodite didn't enjoy the trip quite as much. Eight lovely blooms blasted en route, so I think I'm going to cut the spike high and see if it wants to try again.

Julie