''One of the pleasures of springtime in Mediterranean countries used to be finding... seven kinds of orchid in the stony soil under olive trees...
Old trees... all over the Aegean, as well as in Italy, France and Spain - are being dosed with chemicals to kick them into production... the wild flowers... cannot survive in nitrogen-rich soils." Article URL : http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/main.jhtml?xml=/gardening/2006/10/07/goil07.xml *********** Regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
