As mentioned earlier on this list by Andy [Easton] [ see his post : http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg05601.html ]
"Netherlands-based Floricultura... family owned orchid company ... is coming to the Salinas Valley... Floricultura... has bought the former Yoder Brothers Inc. greenhouse facility... Floricultura, founded in 1933, specializes in breeding and hybridizing of orchids, and annually sends more than 40 million plants to about 35 countries... The company employs 400 people in The Netherlands cities of Assendelft and Heemskerk... For the past 40 years, Monterey County has been the center of the nursery industry, but it's only in the past few years that the orchid market has grown in the area... In 2004, county growers produced $63 million worth of orchids, according to the county's crop report." source and complete news item : http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/business/12970569.htm *********** Regards, Viateur _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
