"Max Pittenger McGill, 85... resident of Mobile (Alabama, US)... died Thursday after an illness.
Born in Central City, Neb.... his family moved to the Mobile area in 1923... His hobby was growing orchids... he began to grow them commercially, until his hothouse was wiped out by a hurricane." He was a founding member of the Gulf Coast Orchid Society... owner of McGill Greenhouses, an orchid and rare tropical plant nursery" article URL : http://www.al.com/news/mobileregister/index.ssf?/base/news/1171968018100630.xml&coll=3 ************ Regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
