"the orchid jewellery on sale in the Singapore Botanic Gardens... most of it costs well under £50. ... 700 orchid species and 2,100 hybrids [how would they know ?] grow on the island...
assorted earrings, broaches, necklaces... made from... gold-plated orchids. A local company, Risis, has developed the technology that enables... to be turned into durable floral gems... orchids are chosen for size and shape. ... chosen orchids [flowers] are preserved with a thin copper coating. Copper gives the flowers enough body to accept the next step of the process which is encapsulation in... 24-carat gold. Some gold-plated flowers are then overlaid with rhodium... that gives them a two-colour appearance: gold and silver. The plated flowers are hand finished, and turned into jewellery. ... the marketing people at Risis... call their orchids "a gift from Singapore to the world." [well, if you pay for it !] ... the Risis website includes a "shop" function... ... www.risis.com " URL : http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2008/05/28/rosiemilne.xml ************** Regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
