hi pieter, are these Disa? --- Aqua Flora <aquaflorasa@telkomsa.net> wrote: > On a more alarming note, vast quantities is > terrestrial orchid bulbs are > being consumed annually in Zambia and Tanzania. > Included an excerpt from an > article which appeared in the June 2006 issue of > Africa Geographic. > "Wild orchids are objects of desire for their exotic > beauty, their colours > and their fascinating structure. Many Zambians, > however, covet orchid > tubers, which are cooked into a nutritious, cheap > dish called chikanda. > Aisling Irwin explores what has become a national > obsession and finds that > these striking plants are being eaten into > extinction." ========= tsuh yang ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need Mail bonding? Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/…