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Jul 1, 2019 5:23 AM CST
Name: Big Bill
Livonia Michigan (Zone 6a)
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Oh we are! If we didn't like BBQN, we wouldn't be kidding him so much!

But let me tell you this, while in Naples, I had an older couple try to enter a dyed purple Phalaenopsis on our monthly plant table. They could not because it was outside of our rules which talk about unnatural or dyed flowers. They were disappointed naturally that they might not get a ribbon. But they never really grasped what we were telling them. You could see it in their faces, their reactions.
Low and behold, the plant comes back, naturally with white flowers and it still didn't win a ribbon since there was a good deal of competition that particular night. Their question became how can we dye this, with what?
(To bring the incredibly silly purple color back.)
Orchid lecturer, teacher and judge. Retired Wildlife Biologist. Supervisor of a nature preserve up until I retired.

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