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In the millenary China, the wise man Confucius called the most exotic flower in the World "The King of Fragrances". Theophrastus, the father of Greek taxonomy, was the first one to baptize the orchids with the term orchis. Today, millions of world wide enthusiasts collect, with insatiable passion, the great family of orquidaceaes, its 25,000 colorful species and more than 110,000 exuberant hybrids.
Héctor Méndez Caratini
Isla Verde
August 2008