| ORICHIDS Orchids are cross-pollinated and grown at David Sanders' Orchid Groves. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6117 |
| Catalog #: | 503660 | |
| Clip Number: | 503660-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | CP 80 | |
| Timecode: | 01:24:16 - 01:27:08 | |
| Location: | St Albans, Hertfordshire. | |
| Year Shot: | 1956 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | HORTICULTURE/FLOWERS: Orchids HORTICULTURE/GARDENS: Greenhouse LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Hertfordshire OCCUPATIONS: Horticulture OCCUPATIONS: Scientists OCCUPATIONS: Women SCIENCE: Botany | |
| Description: | ORICHIDS Orchids are cross-pollinated and grown at David Sanders' Orchid Groves. St Albans, Hertfordshire. Various shots of orchids in a greenhouse. Leading orchid authority David Sander takes samples from some of the blooms for cross-pollination, puts a label on one of the orchid plants and makes some notes. Several shots of a woman going through the hybridisation process, putting seeds into tubes and onto some jelly substance over a bowl of steaming water. Another woman takes some young seedlings out of a jar and plants them in a small pot of soil. An old man shows a younger man some young orchid plants in a greenhouse. Several beautiful shots of different types of orchids follow. | |
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