"Andy Phillips... At 13, he trekked through parts of Mexico to pick orchids to bring home to propagate. ... at 44, Phillips still has the orchids he brought back from Mexico... on his 1-acre Leucadia farm... he tends 7,000 species from around the world. ... Phillips, the grandson of the owner of Adelaide's Flowers in La Jolla, first became interested in orchids when his grandfather and father brought home two flowerless orchid plants. Phillips put the plants in his sandbox garden and nursed them until they bloomed. ... Down the road in Solana Beach, 67-year-old Loren Batchman, owner of Casa de las Orquideas, or House of Orchids... "... No one can be an expert until they have killed 1,000 plants," Batchman said." (smile...)
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