Destined for the garbage bin - Disposable orchids
All these pictures of phals were taken at a nursery in Hong Kong just before the Chinese New Year. BTW these phals are imported from Taiwan. Thousands of these will be sold by the start of Chinese New Year, as they are considered to be lucky because the name for Moth Orchids is 'Foo Thip Lan' - 'Foo or Fook' is 'prosperity' in Cantonese. After the flowering is over the majority are destined for the garbage bin. In the pictures some of the shelves are already cleared. and this was a month before the Lunar New Year.
The man with eyes closed is the owner of the nursery (he has another in Hainan Island) and the other is Stefan Gale, co-author of the book 'The Wild Orchids of Hong Kong'
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