On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 18:35:19 -0000, "Sue & Bob Hobden"
wrote:


Welcome back Pete, where have you been, there was even a thread asking where
you had gone. Couldn't mail you as I've had to reformat my HD and lost
everything!


Blimey, it was only a major incursion of Real Life, I hope all's OK
here in my absence.


It's on of the oldest "pretty" plants in cultivation, for over 2,500 years
in China, and they grow some outside at Kew right next to the Alpine House.
Cribb and Bailes in "Hardy Orchids" say it's doubtfully hardy in the UK.
Probably due to our wet cold winters, they live under a nice blanket of snow
for the winter in their native lands.

Well I've seen mine covered in snow several times over the years.
--
Pete The Gardener
A room without books is like a body without a soul.