news story :
"Smithsonian exhibit explores orchid lore
... 200 species of orchids.
... Eight displays
The exhibition opens Saturday at the National Museum of Natural History.
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The first of the eight Smithsonian displays shows how orchids were packed into barrels in South America for the long voyage to London.
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Another of the displays simulates an early greenhouse...
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Phragmipedium kovachii...
"The site where it was first found has been stripped of these orchids by unethical collectors, and it is now locally extinct," said a report from the Botanical Garden of the University of British Columbia. "Happily, a population been found elsewhere in a very remote location." The university did not name the place.
The Natural History Museum exhibit will be open until May 1."
source and complete news story :
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apscience_story.asp?category=1501&slug=Orchid%20Show
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