"Oak Hill Gardens in Dundee... eight greenhouses... known for supplying rare species ... a 34-year-old, family-run orchid nursery. ... Polyrrhiza lindenii [Dendrophylax lindenii (Lindl.) Benth. ex Rolfe ]... anyone can buy one from Oak Hill Gardens, but the elusive blooms are nearly impossible to grow, requiring plenty of humidity and a tree-slab mount.
... the orchid will grow in only one particular corner of one particular greenhouse, said Liese Butler, whose father, Hermann Pigors, founded Oak Hill. Liese Butler now runs the nursery with her husband, Greg. ... Today, orchids are the fastest-growing segment of the $13 billion U.S. floriculture industry, according to University of Florida researchers. ... but the Butlers nursery is known widely for its high number of species grown from seed... the plants could outlive you or I if properly cared for [let's be optimistic / smile...] As Greg Butler handles the business side of Oak Hill Gardens, and Pigors concentrates on the sterile lab work filling hundreds of Pyrex bottles with an agar solution and sprinkling in seed Liese Butler focuses on the growing. ... it takes two people two days to hand water everything" article URL : http://www.kcchronicle.com/articles/2007/04/24/business/local/doc462ddc48a3bb6318723344.txt ****************** Regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
