The flower is the "Lady Slipper Orchid"
Here's the link to the Independent's piece in today's [7 May 2010] on line
edition:
http://tinyurl.com/2vm5h9q
You might like to poke around the following site and the personality whose
name you see in the URL .......... a Canadian from metro Vancouver, BC who
featured in a black and white tv court room drama series back in the 1960s..
He was a noted grower of orchids.
http://www.RaymondBurrVineyards.com/home.html
jh
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Geilfuss" <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 4:02 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] OT - the ultimate lunacy / your daily smile !
> Do you have a link John? What is the plant?
>
> Charlie
>
> On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 8:17 PM, John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> This piece from tomorrow's [7 May 2010] edition of The Independent, one
>> of
>> the UK's more literate newspapers:
>>
>>
>> "It is the sort of police operation reserved for the highest-profile
>> VIPs.
>> Patrols have been stepped up around the subject's place of residence and
>> covert CCTV is being considered. The potential target has also been
>> security
>> tagged to protect against abduction.
>>
>> What is all the more remarkable is that this treatment, normally kept for
>> visiting dignitaries of a foreign state or perhaps a Cabinet minister, is
>> being rolled out for a single delicate plant on a Lancashire golf course.
>>
>> It is the sort of police operationreserved for the highest-profile VIPs.
>> Patrols have been stepped up around the subject's place of residence and
>> covert CCTV is being considered. The potential target has also been
>> security
>> tagged to protect against abduction.
>>
>> What is all the more remarkable is that this treatment, normally kept for
>> visiting dignitaries of a foreign state or perhaps a Cabinet minister, is
>> being rolled out for a single delicate plant on a Lancashire golf
>> course."
>>
>>
>> Totally off topic photography wise, but perhaps some intrepid photog with
>> a
>> 250/2 lens might snap a shot of the celebrity !
>>
>> jh
>>
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