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Typhoon Orchid by Plant Chaser on Aug 28, 2011Thirty-one years ago, around this time of the year, powerful Typhoon Orchid roared in the Pacific. It threatened the Philippines but it recurved north northwest and unleashed its full fury in Japan. It left a large swath of destruction and a number o...

Growing Orchids using Tissue Culture Technique by Money Making Business Ideas on Jul 4, 2011Orchids are among the popular cutflowers in the world. It has become the object of attention of many cutflower growers as it captures an element of beauty through its complexities and elegantly formed sepals. Different species of orchids are used wid...

Plant Chaser turns Orchid Hunter by Plant Chaser on Feb 24, 2011Would you risk your life for these?   Some people did. Due to the uniqueness and rarity of the plant in Europe in the 1800's, the profession of orchid hunter was created.  The early orchid hunters would face death, tropical dise...

My name flies around the world via PAL Mabuhay Magazine in June. by Daba-daba Da Blog on May 16, 2008I received confirmation Tuesday, 13 May 2008, that a story on the origins of the Waling-waling which I wrote will be featured in the June 2008 issue of Mabuhay Magazine, the inflight travel and leisure publication of Philippine Airlines.  Miss Ira...

Waling: A Legend by Daba-daba Da Blog on Aug 5, 2007Since my first post would coincide with the Kadayawan season in the Davao Region, Philippines, i thought it would be fitting to post a Legend which I wrote in 1998, published in Philippine Star in 2000 (they edited it too, shame), and published in th...