"For the fifth consecutive year... Vasco Pine River Blue... has been judged... grand champion at the national... Annual Orchid Competition held here [Ipoh].
The orchid, owned by 75-year-old Chin Sai Khiew of Gunung Rapat, beat 400 orchid species and hybrids... 70 blooms, was bought in Thailand five years ago. "I do not do anything out of the ordinary... may be I have a green thumb," [probably ! / smile...] he said, adding that he watered his plants twice a day and used fertilisers once a week. ... the one-week event attracted 70,000 visitors to the state [Perak]... The state government intends to make... Persiaran Dewan Bandaraya Ipoh...a permanent place for commercial growers and traders and also orchid societies to run their sales, expos and orchid shows on the last weekend of every month from next year... Ipoh Orchid Society... was set up in 1997 and had organised 35 national and seven international shows that... attracted about 2.5 million tourists to the state." URL : http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Monday/National/2105685/Article/index_html photo : http://www.nst.com.my/Monday/National/2105685/insidepix1 ************** Regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
