Dendrobium Spectabile #1 Acrylic Print

This is an Orchid you will either love or hate. The flowers are ‘*alien*’ looking but it is a collector’s Orchid. If you only want pretty, there are many less expensive Dendrobiums from which to choose. But if you want different and one that will turn heads, the Dendrobium Spectabile species is it. It is a large epiphyte from the hot, steamy lowlands of the Pacific Islands of New Guinea, Bougainville and the Solomon Islands, as far south as Vanuatu.

Originally from the Caribbean region, Winston was born in Nassau, the historic capital of the 700 Islands of The Bahamas archipelago. He is a former print media and broadcast journalist and a Bahamas-based correspondent for United Press International (UPI). During the early 80s, Winston anchored Radio and Television news at the Broadcasting Corporation of the Bahamas, where he was employed as a News Editor. He is now retired after almost two decades in the Diplomatic Service of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. He was among the first diplomats to be posted overseas after the Bahamas gained independence from the United Kingdom (Great Britain) on July 10, 1973. Winston has had two separate tours of duty (1973-1980) as Third Secretary &...