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Sat 07 Jul 2008'So I travelled through a place of hardwood hammocks to where the orchid farm lay'
SHOPPING IN THE local supermarket in Lusk, I was surprised to see a selection of orchids for sale. Perhaps I shouldn't have been. There was, after all, produce from all over the world. From sauerkraut to smoked kurpianka, there is an international inventory in our shops - part of the new Ireland, writes Paul Perry.
As for the orchids, I haven't seen one since my time working on an orchid farm in Florida more than 10 years ago. In a gesture of nostalgia, I bought one.
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