Darker Bloom, A - Blue Orchids (The)

Yellow Moth Orchid from Bloom

Advantages: will NEVER die on you
Disadvantages: needs the occasional dusting

are a lovely shade of yellow with brown spots/markings on them. I have seven opened flowers on mine and also two buds which only adds to the realistic look of this item. Mine measures about 12 inches in height bent over so would be a little higher than this if it was upright. I'd say this was the ideal room decoration for the non-green-fingered like me. It looks good but doesn't need any care or attention. It doesn't mind if you go away on holiday for a week or two or ten and will still look fab when you return. The only down point is you may get bored ot it because it'll always look fab! It will never look worn or tired so you'll have to think of some other excuse to justify buying a replacement to your husband! Bloom sells gits and is based in Nottinghamshire: www.bloom.uk.com. You can shop online or request ...

mum2natalie 22.06.2006 (26.06.2006) · Read full review
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Review of Bloom - Yellow Moth Orchid

The Orchid that never blooms

Advantages: Rich historical detail, brings life in the Forbidden City to life
Disadvantages: Dull, fails to captivate, flat characters, wrong period of Tzu Hsi's life

Empress Orchid is the latest work by Anchee Min, the acclaimed author of "Becoming Madame Mao" and "Red Azalea." The book is based on the life of Orchid, a concubine in the court of Emperor Hsein Feng who later went on to become Empress of China, ruling for more than 40 years. The description on the back cover of the book sounds fascinating - a woman managing to come to power in a male-dominated society, trying to protect and preserve her country against the European powers who seek to carve it up for their own purposes. Added to this the undeniable allure of exoticism (books on court life in ancient China are hard to come by), and the hint of sexiness given the fact that Orchid is a concubine, and the expectations of sex, romance, intrigue are all set. They exist in the book, but for a number of reasons they fail to take hold ...

mystikchick17 27.05.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Empress Orchid - Anchee Min

BLUE ORCHID, THE NIGHT CLUB

Advantages: space
Disadvantages: expensive drinks, occasional poor dj

The "Blue Orchid" nightclub is a large nightclub made up of one main arena and a second small room. The main room caters for UK garage on most nights and the small room caters for more underground music - maybe drum n bass or jungle. The club is spaceous as it has a lot of sofas and tables to relax on and a nuber of bars. The prices of drinks before 11pm is good - about the same as a pub but usually doubles after that and there is normally a mad rush to the bar at 10:55! The club surroundings are good, djs average, price of entry good, drinks expensive after 11pm. ...

spawn 31.08.2000 · Read full review
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Review of Blue Orchid (London)