Posts Tagged ‘orchid cultivation’
The Dangerous World of Rare Orchids: A Tale of Beauty and Deception
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 13, 1989 On this day, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune published a story that lifted the veil on the shadowy world of rare orchid trading. The article focused on Limerick Inc. and an alleged…
Read Moreby Day, Blooms by Night: Blueprints The Double Life of Botanist Charles Lambie
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 11, 1941 On this day, the Amarillo Daily News saw fit to illuminate the double life of one Charles Sumner Lambie, a man who spends his daylight hours commanding the rigors of…
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