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Article: CAREFULLY CHOSEN ORCHID CAN OFFER LONG-LASTING BEAUTY.(Lifestyle)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- January 8, 2000
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In almost every room in my house, at some point in the year, you will find an orchid in bloom. As the flowers reach colorful, delicate peaks, they're given a prominent spot in the kitchen, the home office, the sunroom or the bath until the blooming is finished, when they're returned to the greenhouse to replenish themselves.
Orchids have a well-deserved reputation for beauty - and also for being temperamental. Even the most confident gardener may feel wary when it comes to caring for any one of the 30,000 orchid varieties, which thrive under different conditions, in different climates.
Most orchids grow in the tropics, but not necessarily in the humidity ...