Working in New York, I met my new assistant, (I still live in No. Carolina) and the subject got around to orchids. She too, is an avid orchid aficionado. Well one day she called and said she was going to orders some orchids from an orchid farm, and would I like her to get me some different varities. I jumped on the chance. Orchid farms, I did not know there were so many all over the U.S.
The orchids came, they were beautiful, so many varities, and of course, I was $400.00 poorer. It was well worth it. Could not wait to see them bloom. I still have many of the original orchids she sent. (10 years) later. I must confess, I am just as impatient when they spike to see them bloom. It is the law of averages, when you want them to be in bloom, they become bashful.
My next adventure was to find more orchids farms, and I did. I started dealing with the Santa Barbara Orchid Estate in Santa Barbara, California. You should just see the way, they are shipped. You would think it was the most valuable china in the world. The orchids arrive in perfect condition. My new project was to give out orchids as presents.
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