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From: Somewhere over the Clouds
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posted September 10, 2005 02:18 PM         

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is a Greek word meaning testicle. The roots looks like a pair of testicles.

No wonder people found the plant erotic

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posted September 12, 2005 12:54 PM         

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posted September 14, 2005 11:41 PM         

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I prefer to think of Orchids as a Divine gift of Beauty and Grace, whilst giving a Serenity to all the Human senses

Do you grow/propagate them them Yang?

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posted September 15, 2005 08:26 AM         

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That's two vastly different perspectives.

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posted September 15, 2005 10:13 PM         

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what can I say I`m a flower addict.

The Orchid symbolizes mankind; the roots the baser self, the flower the Spiritual self? A thought anyhow.

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posted September 16, 2005 02:52 PM         

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posted September 16, 2005 03:45 PM         

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I am trying to grow one (or is that two?) at the mo, but it never flowers. I wonder what is wrong?

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posted September 16, 2005 10:50 PM         

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Hi again Yang I use manure tea & they just bloom all season long. I think it makes them think it`s rotting vegation in their homeland jungle.

Love

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posted September 18, 2005 03:14 PM         

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