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Hey I can post right from flickr to Blogger... cool.

Wild Orchid swimwear - Photo Gallery

This post has nothing to do with orchid plants but I just had to share it... Wild Orchid swimwear... cool name :)

URL: http://tools.goldcoast.com.au/photo-gallery/photo_gallery_popup_preview.php?category_id=25471

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Steve

Orchid grower wins the highest honor after decades of cultivation

Planter earns award from American Orchid Society for cultivated orchid plant...

Dendrobium lindleyi

URL: http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/photos/2011/mar/22/52707/

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Steve Peralta
1888Orchids.com

Name an Orchid from Buyagift.com

This beautifully personalised gift will bring the recipient happiness time and time again. The Name an Orchid gift box includes a uniquely numbered seed pack, which will be registered on the Exotic Orchid Registry in the recipient's name. They can then grow their own orchid tree, nurturing it as it grows from a seedling into a beautiful tree over the years to come.

The Name an Orchid pack contains a registration card for you to complete and send off with the name for registration. Your pack also includes:

Welcome Letter
A3 Growing Planner
Uniquely numbered pack of Orchid Tree Seeds
Polythene growing bags
How to grow and care for your Orchid Tree leaflet
Personalised certificate - including your chosen name, unique number and date of registry

~ They stole my idea!! This is interesting but it's from the United Kingdom - anybody bought this yet?
URL: www.buyagift.co.uk/Product/Id/9438/.../Name_an_Orchid

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Steve Peralta

1888Orchids



Name an Orchid from Buyagift

Amazing Video from the Taiwan International Orchid Show 2011

Taiwan Sugar Corp. wins big at International Orchid Show

A white orchid grown by Taiwan Sugar Corp. brings home the top prize in the Phalaenopsis category at this year’s Taiwan International Orchid Show. (Courtesy of the Ministry of Economic Affairs)

Taiwan Sugar Corp. nabbed 33 awards March 11 at the seventh annual Taiwan International Orchid Show, a record for the Tainan-based state-run enterprise.
“Among the prizes we received, the most important one was for a white orchid, code named K62901, which captured both the grand prize in the Phalaenopsis category and the First Class Certificate from the American Orchid Society,” the TSC said.
“Such a strong performance testifies to TSC’s global leadership in growing moth orchids,” the company added. “It shows our horticulture products are popular with consumers worldwide.”

URL: http://www.taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=155995&ctNode=445

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Steve Peralta
1888Orchids.com

International orchid show opens in Tainan, Taiwan

The Taiwan International Orchid Show 2011 opened Friday (March 4) at the Taiwan Orchid Plantation in the southern city of Tainan.
Addressing the opening ceremony, Taiwan's Vice President Vincent Siew said the orchid is one of Taiwan's most important agricultural exports and is also a symbol of the country's soft power.

URL: http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20110304000129&cid=1803

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Steve
1888Orchids

The allure of vanilla: A guide to using vanilla beans

Growing vanilla beans takes patience and care. A member of the orchid family, the vine blooms once a year in the spring and must be hand-pollinated within 12 hours of opening. When the beans are picked, they look more like a green bean than the vanilla bean we would recognize in the store. After harvesting the beans are cured and dried, a labor intensive process that includes wrapping them in cloth to sweat, laying them in the sun to dry, and placing them in air tight boxes. The time between harvesting and selling takes months.

URL:
http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/blog/2011/02/23/the-allure-of-vanilla-a-guide-to-using-vanilla-beans/

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Steve Peralta
1888Orchids