"Michael Zink... tending to his thousands of orchid plants. ... his orchid Quintessence [?] won Grand Champion and Champion Species at the Darling Downs Orchid Association's Autumn Show...
Zink... 45-year-old graphic artist has more than 15 thousand plants and when he can, he travels Australia searching for new native specimens and enhancing his knowledge about the different species. ... Zink does not know how old his champion species is, but he bought it as a cutting in North Queensland... "Orchids can last forever," he said. "There are still orchids in existence taken into England in the 17th Century." [could you name them ?] "They last until someone kills them" [or feel like dying / smile... ] The grand champion grower said growing orchids was a hobby which took up an average of 15 hours a week." Uniform Resource Locator : http://www.thechronicle.com.au/localnews/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3732765&thesection=localnews&thesubsection=&thesecondsubsection= ****************** Regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
