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illegal orchids or orchid smuggling.....
jamiemtl wrote:
wow, this is amazing. i love it! i'm reading Orchid Fever right now..and who knows, maybe by tomorrow I'll go out and by myself a few orchids!!! Abandon all hope oh ye who enter here... I occurs to me that you may not know what sorts of flowers we are talking about. I believe the first chapter of Orchid Fever opens in the jungles of Papua New Guinea, with Eric Hansen explaining to a tribesman why he'll spend more money that the tribesman can conceive of just to take pictures of an orchid considered common to the tribesman... That orchid is called Paphiopedilum sanderianum. The claim to fame of this orchid are its petals that can grow alomst a yard in length. http://www.orchidsonline.com.au/species1354.html Here's one I found from Chuck Aker's page, I hope the link works. http://www.flasksbychuckacker.com/im...erianumjm.html and heres an itty bitty picture of how long the petals can get (small photo off to the left) http://www.iosoc.com/forward-2/products.htm The Phragmipedium kovachii from Peru can be seen he http://autrevie.com/Articles/Phrag_kovachii.html http://www.peruorchids.com/galeria/p...peruvianum.htm Compare that to any of the other phrags and you'll see why its so hot. http://www.paphiopedilum.org.uk/phragmipedium.htm K Barrett |
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