" "Vanishing Orchids" exhibit ... through Feb. 10 ,,, Naples Botanical Garden...
cattlaya rex....oncidium papillo. ... Orchid regulators have banned these rare orchids from coming into the United States and many other countries... The reason: Harvesters are stripping the Amazon rain forest, and regulators fear many of these orchids might go extinct. hand-painted, antique illustrations of orchids... This exhibit shows the rarest of those illustrations from the 19th century. Some of these color plates are worth $600 to $900 each... All of them... available for purchase. The 40 illustrations come from various antique botanical books and feature some of the most famous artists of the time: The Linden Brothers, Harriett Miner, Walter and Nugent Fitch" URL : http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071219/ENT19/712190338/1013/LIFESTYLES ************** Regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
