"Rio de Janeiro...
the city's Botanical Gardens...
biannual spring orchid show...
The display included more than 600 species...
five guest judges from the American Orchid Society.
... the orchid show... is in its eleventh year...
American Orchid Society judge and Florida Orchids manager Steven Champlin
said the Laelia Jongheana Alba was one of the highlights of the show...
"You will never see it flowered that well probably in your entire life.
It's got almost 150 flowers on it.
Normally you'll see them with two or three flowers," Champlin said of the
award wining Laelia Jongheana Alba.
... Laelia Jongheana Alba is one of the rarest species... orchid in Brazil
and is currently on the endangered species list...
three-day flower show."
URL :
http://www.3news.co.nz/News/HealthNews/Rioinbloomasannualorchidfestivalgetsunderway/tabid/420/articleID/72576/cat/58/Default.aspx
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