Phalaenopsis Orchid
Waiting Room at Gentle Dental

Phalaenopsis Suddenly I felt joy seeing you— beautifully arranged with care by an Ikebana master who knows divine proportion so I breathe in this elegance that is refreshing. I've pondered why you've touched me— not because of your eight petals on the eight flowers reminding me of the I Ching's 64 hexagrams, or your name Phalaenopsis given by Carl Linnaeus for looking like moths in flight or diving into flames, but by your bending as flowers do toward sunlight thanking the Father for nourishment from seed to fruit, learning from you how to be humble and how to pray with curving grace.             — Peter Y. Chou                 Mountain View, 5-4-2010