Orchid porn with fuzzy interloper

My son continues to worry about my preoccupation with orchid progress. When he temporarily broke my camera (by playing a catchy rhythm on the on/off button while it was hooked up to a computer trying to interface), he told his friend "he like his camera better than me and the only thing he likes better than his camera is taking picture of his orchids, and I just ruined that!" Having solved the camera issue (it just needed to reboot), here are recent bud updates.

Both Phalaenopsis (moth) orchids are budding, the result of pruning the stalks from the last flowers and getting the flowers to try again. The one on the left has one stalk and the one on the right has two. This happens very slowly and the buds and stalks are very waxy.

The bud on the right just opened last night. As you can see, it's working on a second and third bloom. I'm watering and fertilizing attentively, not wanting to oversaturate or starve the fella.

This set of buds is from the showier phalaenopsis. There is a good growth tip on the end of this stalk and I suspect it'll be busy for a while once it goes. The first bud is about to pop and I suspect it may go today.

Growth at the tip of the stalk.

Okay, I know I have created adequate suspense. . . .

Voila! The first orchid of our new season. He just opened last night and will likely expand a little more with the petals pushed back and the center pushed out, in a display that would make Georgia O'Keefe proud! I think she was actually more into hybiscus, but whatever. . . .

And the reason I'm so into orchids, other than that they compliment my obsessive nature?

Winter. This scene unfolds right out our suburban front window. This rabbit has taken up residence under the forsythia bush and helps himself to any birdseed that might fall his way. I think this fella would be an orchid fan given half a chance. He'll be after my garden in no time, but these days he's heavily into birds.