Archive for January, 2009
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Orchids for Obama
America has a new president – Barack Obama. Kathleen Coils, an Urenui orchid grower, is a bit more excited than the rest, as her flowers are have been used in ...
Modern Men love to give flowers
Way back in “ancient times”, when my parents were a young couple in Glasgow in the 1950s, it was considered rather effeminate for a man to be seen in public ...
A Rainbow of Orchids in the Middle of Winter
In Korea this is the time of the year when it is not hard to spot an orchid or two. You will often see deliverymen running in and out of ...
Stealing Flowers for Love
Who would have thought that thievery can be romantic? Recently one gentleman stole a bouquet of flowers to apologize for a night he had spent in jail.
Neil McMillan was arrested ...
Flowers Helping Us Survive
Indus, a branch of the Worldwide Fund for nature, has released a calendar depicting twelve types of wild flowers, in order to spread awareness about type of flora.
The following species ...
Celebrities love flowers
If you had millions to spend wouldn’t you buy more flowers? Elton John spent £293,000 on flowers between January 1996 and September 1997. In a court case in 2000 lawyer ...
Wild Flowers and Grass to Save Sparrows
In London, twenty parks and beauty spots will be seeing a new planting of wild flowers, grass and plants. House sparrows have been disappearing at an alarming rate, and this ...
Iridescent Flowers
According to a new report published in Science magazine, bees can tell the difference between iridescent flowers and those that are not. They also learn to return to these flowers ...
Flower Plant Now Ready For Business
In Venlo, a city in the Netherlands, a flower processing plant is ready for production. FloraHolland ImportPlaza has decided to take the business to the next level.
ImportPlaza covers a surface ...
Orchid Spectacular
The Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden is going to celebrate the anniversary of its Orchid Conservatory with the “Orchid Spectacular.” This is an event that lasts one month to celebrate this ...
