So Basically What Horticulturists Have Been Doing For Hundreds Of Years
Flower Shop/Florist | Right
| December 9, 2011
Customer: “How do I get these orchids to bloom again, once the current flowers fall off? ”
Me: “If you have more than one orchid, they will cross-pollinate, or ‘mate’, with each other, and they should bloom again.”
Customer: “Mate? I should record that on my computer and put it on the internet!”
(I laugh, thinking he’s kidding. He’s not. He stares at me blankly for a moment before speaking again.)
Customer: “I’m going to pick out the hottest orchids!”
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