Orchid

Orchid
Nearly 260 years ago, exotic orchids were discovered in the forbidding thickets of Central and South America, and later became known in Europe, which started the craze for these exotic flowers, a real "orchidaceous bum."

But to bring orchids into Europe was very difficult. For tuber or sprout of rare orchids paid a fortune. In the tropics were filled expedition. Many collectors have died from the poisonous snakes, hunger, dengue fever and arrows from native Indians.

Do not swim to England, none of the thousands of orchids, caught in the Philippine Islands. Burned the ship, carrying to Europe four thousand orchids from the banks of the Orinoco River.

But there were some good luck. A group of American collectors of orchids, to seek his fortune in the wilds of Southeast Asia about Calcutta, was lucky. Returning from a long and dangerous trip, they did a good business, getting a few orchids 100 000 dollars.

Predatory hunting for orchids led to what many of their species have disappeared. Cost of valuable and rare plants has jumped significantly. If in 1886 the price of rare orchids from Colombia was 150 pounds, then 25 years later this figure had increased tenfold.

Thus, even a "mania" broke out in the XIX century - the cultivation of exotic orchids, but because of the complexity and cost, she did not have significant scale. Not know how to grow orchids. Torn from their homes, or they died in transit, or dries up in greenhouses and greenhouses. Gardeners and growers could not manage to "tame" flowers of the tropics. Success was achieved only after a hundred years.

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