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Old 22-04-2006, 01:49 PM
Pete808808 Pete808808 is offline
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Question Where are department store orchids cultivated?

Hi everyone,

I live in the UK and I see more and more department stores with orchids for sale and I want to find out more about where these plants are grown.

Do any of you know where these, presumably massive, greenhouses are, how so many plants are cultivated at the same time and the type of equiptment used to monitor the temperature and humidity of such large places?

I would be particularly keen to know if there are such places in the UK, I've searched the net but there is no mention of such nursaries. Could it be that all our orchids are imported from canada?

If any of you have worked in such lpaces I would love a little insight into your world.

Please let me know.

Many thanks,
Pete808808