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Last fall, a review copy of a new garden book arrived at my doorstep in a huge box. Besides the book - a really fun one called ``Women of Flowers,'' by Jack Kramer (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, $35) which I reviewed for Christmas - the box also held a thriving cymbidium orchid.

Though I don't usually grow them, I love the exotic look of orchids. I set this sunny little creature right by the kitchen sink, where I could admire it daily. Soon, however, those long, lush leaves turned tattered and torn.

The problem was clearly not a disease. This kind of damage is only caused by physical force of some kind. It might have taken longer to figure out what was ...

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