"Improvements in breeding and production methods have halved the time it takes to produce orchids to two years. That has increased supply, while new cloning and cross-breeding techniques have resulted in orchids that live longer, look flashier and cost less...Orchids now rank as the No. 2-selling pottled plant, behind poinsettiass, according to the US Dept. of Agriculture."
Now Blooming: The $10 Orchid
by Timothy Martin
http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Rec/rec.gardens.orchids/2006-04/msg00386.html
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