Orchid (Phalaenopsis) Flower Spike

UPDATE: 5/11/2022, Eight blooms open (out of 13 buds)

I didn't stake the spike enough. I underestimated how tall it would get, so it arched over in a way that didn't best present the flowers. I ended up using an adjustable ribbon at the top so I could slowly lift the spike a bit each day, and that has worked really well... plus, I think it's kind of pretty!

UPDATE: 5/1/2022

Four blooms open now!

UPDATE: 4/20/2022

First bud starting to open, 4 months after spike first started forming.

UPDATE: 3/26/2022:

 Finally starting to see real bud formation!

Also, I got this pale yellow orchid yesterday at Walmart for $15!

UPDATE 2/19/2022:

Also, I got a second one this Valentine's (2022) and took pictures so I can remember what the blooms look like, ha ha! (I can't remember what the first one will look like because it's been so long since it bloomed!):

 

1/9/2022: My orchid started putting out a bloom spike which I first noticed about a week before Christmas!

This will be the first time it has bloomed since I received it almost two years ago. I re-potted it in August of 2020 into a larger pot, and I've been fertilizing it 2x a year with a slow-release fertilizer.

Pictures from re-potting in August 2020:

First Snow of the Year First Day of the Year!

Got 1" to 2" of snow on the same day my military foster dog came back to me!

Winter Storm Uri

So... this was insane! The winter storm that knocked out power to 14 million Texans (ERCOT failure) for days on end. We never lost power fortunately. Lubbock is not on ERCOT (yet!), although we're being moved onto it this summer. 

Not much snow, but it didn't get above freezing for 5 days and was in the single digits most of the time.