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Article: Bringing orchids down to earth: the sky's the limit for growers of the world's most heavenly flowers.
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- The Saturday Evening Post
- Article date:
- April 1, 1989
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No other flower is quite like the orchid. The very name evokes visions of tropical jungles, fragile beauty, extravagance, mystery, even intrigue. However-not that we want to lessen the romance of this exotic flower-anyone with a thumb green enough to grow an African violet can just as well grow an orchid and have beautiful blossoms on hand to give as Mother's Day corsages or as gifts to friends.
Despite orchids' fragile appearance, they have as strong a will to live as you have to make them live. And with a little tender loving care, they will display beautiful flowers on a regular and predictable schedule.
Although orchids in the wild require five to ...