Phalaenopsis orchid-moth orchid

Tissue culture has flooded the market with cheap orchids. I see Phalaenopsis orchids everywhere this time of year: at work in a seasonal orchid display, in the grocery stores, in the bix box stores, in every lobby of the skyscrapers downtown and spalshed across blipfoto.

A wonderful distraction from the shortdays and shades of brown that dominate winter. This one was purchased as a gift for my mother's birthday

The wonders of tissue culture never cease, as they transform mondern horticulture.