The missus brought back some orchids from BKK.....not the packaged variety you get in the airport, but an open bunch bought at a market which I suspected would be confiscated on our way back to the UK.

We were flying KL and had no issues with customs in AMS or the UK and as they were looking a bit dehydrated and sorry for themselves on the last leg from AMS to NCL, one of the cabin crew took them off us a plonked them into a glass of 7UP which we were reliably informed would refresh the now sad and limp looking blooms.

Surprisingly, by the time we arrived into NCL, the flowers had spruced up and the previously bent stems were rigid.

Sadly, the aforementioned beverage seemingly only works to ‘refresh’ flaccid plant stems.....much to my disappointment!��