and his wife is a burning flame in the darkness

and he sees so many new friends that he can't sit still- even for the judge

he gets a skinny Southern princess who doesn't even know how to cook

Describes more than one hundred of the most popular orchid varieties and their care requirements

Drawing on her own hard-earned experiences

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