"Scientists from the westernmost Cuban province of Pinar del Rio are working to demonstrate orchid effects in human rejuvenation... Soroa garden...
According to... Alejandrina Pena, in charge of this study,... the island, with some 330 species registered... extracting from ... about 30 essences for diverse medical treatments. ... Many experiences on rejuvenation with orchids are still in phase of validation... while the country is selling creams and tinctures with other properties... in the country's capital. The Soroa garden, the largest one of this kind in Cuba, is the lab venue of the research, aimed to national endemic species, as well as those natives from other parts of the world, for example, the Amazonian region" article URL : [a somewhat bad translation from Spanish] http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BCABAF4AC-B25C-4CF9-A42F-DD2E6B1D6318%7D&language=EN if you understand Spanish, see, on the same topic : http://www.aldia.cu/index.php?mod=noticias&tipo=1&id=3932 ************** Regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
