"Harry Zelenko... has been painting orchids for more than 20 years... Zelenko... was a highly sought graphic designer in New York City. ....
Zelenko now lives in Cumbaya, a suburb of Quito, Ecuador... Zelenko... started growing orchids on the roof of his Upper East Side brownstone in 1962... ... rooftop greenhouse, he, along with two other artists, had to wait for the plants to bloom so they could illustrate the flowers 800 plants, 850 illustrations, all done to scale... the resulting work was 13 years in the making. The second edition took another seven. ... Zelenko sold his East 61st Street brownstone nine years ago and followed his love and his flower... to the beautiful serenity of Ecuador... he ... whispered, I just turned 80. His new book 400 pages and 1,200 photographs is almost ready. I learned how to kill orchids more than 40 years ago, he joked. Now I'm learning by observation. " URL : http://www.miamisunpost.com/032708hdorchids.htm ************ Regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
