My first questions to him concern phalaenopsis, the moth orchid which British supermarkets offer in small pots, set with stems of several buds and rounded flowers of white, purple or even yellow.

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The clints are separated by deep, craggy grikes, some of which have early purple orchids, ferns or even trees growing out of them. The least common flower, to me, was hairy rockcress. Ribblehead ...