Today, orchids are popular in tropical flower decorations, such as Hawaiian. The heady smell and vibrant color truly make a beautiful decorative display, and orchid leis are particular sought after to wear at high school and college graduations. Dendrobium orchids are often available at nurseries ...
During Chinese New Year, any flower market or shop will have abundant bouquets, pots and arrangements of Orchids — the variety and colors are limitless. Orchids are delicate, beautiful and elegant flowers, and in China, they have long been considered to be symbolic of'many children' or fertil...
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This is not an argument unique to flowers. Questions of convenience and opaque, far away production methods are ever-present for the modern consumer; we have little idea where most of the things we surround ourselves with are made. This idea seems to particularly pain Malamud, given that the ...