On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 21:29:43 GMT, profpam
wrote:

t is a sorry matter what Hollywood does to the orchid community. Just
look to the movie, "The Orchid Thief" and find that the Ghost Orchid,
not known as a drug was used as not only a drug but also distorted in
size. The movie did not follow the book in which case it ended-up as as
a near flop.


Not that following the book would have helped the movie.

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