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A visit to the Orchid Manyatta

Orchid Manyatta

One of the Orchid Manyatta displays. 


Photo credit: John Fox | Nation Media Group

We have three orchid plants in our garden. They are growing at just above eye-level on trees but, to be honest, I haven’t paid much attention to them.

The blooms are quite small — nothing like the big fleshy and exotic ones I used to buy for a girlfriend, if I really wanted to impress her.