"at the Taipei Wholesale Flower Market, a... specimen of potted orchid... a red V31 [???]. Its... twin stems were graced with 54 red butterfly orchid flowers... more than 40 flowers more than most... the wholesale price leaping to nearly NT$5000...
this butterfly orchid comes from the Kelong Biologicals Company in Pingdong. The company has been doing research into orchids for... 6 to 8 years... and keeps its orchids in 25 degree or hotter hothouses year round, no allowing them to flower. Only last October did the company begin to use temperature differentials as a catalyst to get the plants to flower, and in February of this year, they burst forth into bloom" Article URL: http://english.www.gov.tw/TaiwanHeadlines/index.jsp?categid=11&recordid=97600 ********** regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
