Ninecrow, Has it bloomed? How about a photo? My hasn't bloomed in 2 years.

Your little shriveled black tip is probably what is left of a flower inflo. Remove it and if there is any rot at the connection, cut or scrape it out. Bill

these are a few options for you that can really help out with using a laptop especially when used to a desktop, use it as a laptop for portability when needed that way then when used at home get a wireless mouse and a keyboard which you likely already have and plug those in and use them if you have your monitor plug it in and use it too then you have the best of both, my husband has the docking station for his laptop and anytime he is at his desk it is docked and his monitor, mouse, keyboard and speakers, are all connected and ready to use, people walking in and looking would have no idea he is using a laptop, when he has a meeting to go to he grabs the laptop out of its docking station and puts it in his laptop bag and goes. If I only had a laptop it is definitely how I would go about using it.

Bliss arrived from Roses Unlimited 5 weeks ago at 10" tall & wide. (Wanted a pair, but Pat only had one.) Repotted into a 3-gallon, it's grown well in that short time. Just went out to measure & it's now 16" x 16". Semi-glossy leaves healthy no spray through hot days of mid to high 90's, overnights cooling to 70, high humidity & frequent rain. After a week, a terminal bud began to develop & opened 10 days later (noted on my calendar, lol). Creamy pink infused with apricot, that first 2" flower held fresh for 9 days. Pretty amazing, considering how often I nose nuzzled the many baby petals to sample its perfume, catching new nuances of complexity each time. A mixture of ripe non-citrus fruits with a touch of vanilla cream, similar to fruit nougat, in a soft swirl of floral minibursts my memory associates with ylang ylang. More than a sensory delight - a spiritual uplift. This rose is well named. Back to earth - began pinching for structure after that bloom indulgence & the baby rose responded with new branching. Allowed only one of those side shoots a single bloom (so I could bliss out again). Snapped off at the peduncle base as the sepals descended, that bud went into a small blue bottle vase & accompanied me from desk to night table for several days, till it dried in perfect form in the air conditioning. Even dried, it retained the ghost of its perfume. That bloom opened to 3", more petal & fragrance packed than the first. Dutifully nipped several more buds to direct the rose's energy into root & branch growth. Measuring Bliss' current stature a few minutes ago, spied a new bud just beginning to form along a side branch. Compelled to let that one bloom, too. Having only spent 38 days with Bliss as of today, have to say I'm besotten. Sue