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Article: GARDENING : RARE ORCHIDS REMAIN OUR OBJECTS OF DESIRE.(L.A. LIFE)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- June 28, 1997
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Byline: Joshua Siskin
From the mountainous fog forests of Colombia, Peru and Costa Rica comes a group of orchids known as the Masdevallias. Although these plants grow near the equator, the temperatures they experience are seldom more than 65 degrees, owing to their habitat, which extends to 12,000 feet above sea level.
I was introduced to Masdevallias by Maria Deluca, a student of mine who attempted to explain her ``obsession with this and many other orchids'' in an essay titled ``The Trouble With Orchids.''
``It's not just that orchids have a higher monetary value than most other plants,'' wrote Deluca, ``or that their care strikes fear into ...
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