Thursday, September 27, 2007

Artificial Orchids

Orchid Plants

Orchids are the favorites of horticulturists’ world over, due to the intricate and colorful designs of their blossoms. So intricate are orchid blossoms that they have long been compared to snowflakes for their unique blossoms. To date, there have been at least 35000 orchid species identified and more may come.

While orchids are tremendously popular, maintaining live orchids can be very demanding. Temperature, humidity and light are the main factors to take into account. Although they are mainly thought of as tropical, most orchids will die if they are watered too often.

The hard work involved in growing live orchids leads many enthusiasts to the artificial silk varieties instead. The most popular varieties of artificial si View the rest of this article


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