CuppaJoe
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A 200-Pound Orchid Blooms Again - City Room - Metro - New York Times Blog
While the market fluctuates yet another horror story hits the wires. I barely got my mind around the starving Kangaroo rats/intervention from outer space news when along comes this tale about orchid cruelty. The plant people tricked this poor 200 pound, VW Bug-sized orchid into thinking it was near death by starving it so with its last ounce of strength it boomed again. Legend has it that these orchids are people killers just like the Audrey II. I thought I might get back into growing orchids in ER but now I’m not so sure.
While the market fluctuates yet another horror story hits the wires. I barely got my mind around the starving Kangaroo rats/intervention from outer space news when along comes this tale about orchid cruelty. The plant people tricked this poor 200 pound, VW Bug-sized orchid into thinking it was near death by starving it so with its last ounce of strength it boomed again. Legend has it that these orchids are people killers just like the Audrey II. I thought I might get back into growing orchids in ER but now I’m not so sure.