"poinsettias... being challenged... the price for phalaenopsis... plunges with each passing Christmas.
You can now buy a single stemmed phalaenopsis for the price of a decent sized poinsettia. ... the Dutch... grow these orchids... by the billion... Orchids... being micro propagated by the Taiwanese are... shipped to Holland... the Dutch... ship the plantlets out again to Israel... Israel and Taiwan refuse to deal together hence the middleman... After they have been grown on for some months they are then shipped back to Holland and from there... shipped all over the world." URL : http://www.countytimes.co.uk/9702/Prices-plunge-for-best-loved.3585572.jp ************** Regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
