FYI and enjoyment (a news story) :
"That was 53 years ago.
...
[Ruben "R.E."] Post got to know Ed Peterson ...
[who] had a couple of good-sized greenhouses at his home and knew everything Post wanted to learn about growing orchids. So Post began helping Peterson with his plants. He learned how to plant, re-pot, feed, water and maintain...
Post is so well known in the orchid world that ... a commercial grower in California named a hybrid after Post [see below]
...
Post met a young woman who has an appreciation of beauty in all its forms.
...
Willistene Dunn, whom he married in ... 1997.
...
"After we married, R.E. told me he wanted me to paint his orchids. He even built a new studio for me on the northeast corner of our home."
...
She dutifully began painting some of her husband's orchids, and quickly learned more about orchids than she imagined she ever would. She took "lessons" from her husband about his orchids."
source and complete news story :
http://www.texarkanagazette.com/articles/2005/03/31/local_news/features/features01.txt
******** Sophrolaeliocattleya Reuben Post =
Laeliocattleya Haidee x Sophrolaeliocattleya Anzac
Registrant and originator : Rod McLellan Co.
Date of registration : 1/1/1967
********* Regards,
Viateur
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