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    Home » Cats

    Cats and Orchids

    LAST UPDATED: January 21, 2019 PUBLISHED: January 15, 2016 By Pam Greer 20 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

    Calico cat and Orchid

    Do you grow orchids?  My daughter got me one several years ago for Mother's Day.  I always thought they were difficult to grow, it turns out they aren't.  Now I have 4 orchids, which is great because it seems like at least one of them is always blooming.  This deep pink one is one of my favorites.  I sat it down on the floor to try and get a better photo of the blooms.  Well, you know what that means.

    Calico Cat with Orchids

    Someone decided she had to come help me with the photos.  Amazingly enough both Coco and Luxie pretty much leave my orchids alone.  I've probably jinxed myself and I'll come home from the grocery store today and find these blooms every where!   Before growing any plant, I always make sure that they are non toxic to cats, and I was very pleased to discover that orchids are just fine!!

     

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    Comments

    1. M. K. Clinton says

      January 23, 2016 at 2:36 am

      I have tried to grow them a couple of times, but I am not very good at house plants. They are so beautiful.

      Reply
    2. Kathe W. says

      January 22, 2016 at 2:26 pm

      Our Lucy eats blooming plants...so you know we don't have any in the house! Have a lovely day!

      Reply
    3. Shadow says

      January 22, 2016 at 12:05 pm

      That pink with kitty makes a purrrRRRrrrfect picture. I like sniffing all the pretty flowers outside.

      Reply
    4. Comedy Plus says

      January 22, 2016 at 9:50 am

      Awww, what a pretty girl you are too. I'm glad mom cares about putting the right plants so you don't get sick or worse.

      Have a purrfect Feline Friday. 🙂

      Reply
    5. Socks, Scylla, Fenris, Tuiren &YinYang says

      January 22, 2016 at 9:01 am

      Mommy killed her orchid, maybe we will allow her to try again when she isn't distracted by kittens.

      Reply
    6. Kathryn says

      January 20, 2016 at 4:58 pm

      These photos are just beautiful! Orchids are my favorites. I hope they continue to live life in peaceful coexistence with your furbabies!

      Reply
    7. Little Binky and Granny says

      January 20, 2016 at 4:09 pm

      Beautiful picture of you and the orchid, Coco 🙂 Pawkisses 🙂 <3

      Reply
    8. Quirky Homemaker says

      January 20, 2016 at 12:50 pm

      Cute cat, gorgeous orchid! I do love the color. Hope you didn't jinx yourself!

      Reply
    9. Silver says

      January 19, 2016 at 2:42 am

      We have one - it has flowered twice this year - we are amazed!!

      Reply
    10. Jean Dion says

      January 18, 2016 at 5:35 pm

      I'm so jealous. I always kill my orchids with kindness (i.e., too much water). No matter how much I tell myself to avoid watering, I can't help it and they wither away.

      Jean from Welcome to the Menagerie

      Reply
    11. Marty the Manx says

      January 17, 2016 at 10:24 pm

      Coco is beautiful! My brother got my Mom orchids, I don't know what she has done, but none of them has ever bloomed again 🙁 Beautiful photos!
      Marty's Mom

      Reply
    12. Esme says

      January 17, 2016 at 10:12 pm

      Our old cat-Penelope would love to play with the orchids-knocking them off.

      Reply
    13. The Daily Pip says

      January 17, 2016 at 4:40 pm

      I love orchids,too. For whatever reason, they are one of the only flowers that our cats leave alone.

      Reply
    14. Katie Kat, Bootsie and Guero says

      January 17, 2016 at 3:13 pm

      Glad to know that orchids are non-toxic to cats...

      Purrz from the Katie Katz.
      btw - Guero am feeling soo much betters - he gotted his easy on today and did a sleepy selfie.

      Reply
    15. Flynn says

      January 17, 2016 at 12:11 pm

      Your orchid is beautiful, and so is your cat.

      Reply
    16. Ellen Pilch says

      January 17, 2016 at 10:17 am

      Beautiful orchid and kitty. I didn't know they were non-toxic to cats- that is good.

      Reply
    17. Cheryl says

      January 16, 2016 at 7:54 pm

      My son gave me one about a month ago and it is doing great. It's about the same color as yours here. I just lost one finally after about 4 years. It would die, I would take off the dead buds and leaves, then just kept watering it and before you know it, it was blooming again...a good investment I think for color all year round.

      Reply
    18. The Island Cats says

      January 16, 2016 at 7:08 pm

      We can't have pretty flowers in the house because we always wanna mess with them.

      Reply
      • Rosa @ Cat Lady Confidential says

        January 20, 2016 at 6:58 am

        Same here. My cat played with every plant in the house until they were completely destroyed. But that's ok, because I really suck at gardening 🙂

        Reply
    19. Ann says

      January 16, 2016 at 4:27 pm

      Don't they normally like to sleep in the plant pot?

      Reply

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