"New York Botanical Garden... The sixth annual orchid exhibition... fills the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory and much of the LuEsther T. Mertz Library building, will run through April 6...
Singapore... supplies 15 percent of the annual worldwide supply [orchids]. The library will feature... displays about the garden's efforts to save rare plants, scientific studies involving orchids... orchids in Peru, which has some 3,500 species... "Chocolate and Vanilla Adventures," an education program for children, will take place in the Everett Children's Adventure Garden... through April 6. Young visitors can learn about the origins and history of vanilla and chocolate, see Vanilla planifolia in bloom, and taste the flavors in the forms of vanilla jelly beans and hot chocolate." URL : http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/28/garden/28cal.html ************* Regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
