This flickering newsreel is rather sinister.
It takes place on the rock far in the Cyclops Mountains in the inlands of New Guinea, the so-called New Guineas.
Trees are taken down to obtain the rare orchids. The local Papuan people climb the lianas to the top to pick them. The flowers are then sold in Holland.
It is labelled 1 January, 1955, although it doesn't take much imagination to picture the scene from decades before.
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By Pamela Kelt
READ THE BOOK! The Lost Orchid is a Gothic-inspired tale of intrigue set in 1880s, when orchidelirium was raging ... Out on 4 April from BluewoodPublishing.com
It takes place on the rock far in the Cyclops Mountains in the inlands of New Guinea, the so-called New Guineas.
Trees are taken down to obtain the rare orchids. The local Papuan people climb the lianas to the top to pick them. The flowers are then sold in Holland.
It is labelled 1 January, 1955, although it doesn't take much imagination to picture the scene from decades before.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nieuws_uit_Nieuw-Guinea,_orchidee%C3%ABn_Weeknummer_55-49_-_Open_Beelden_-_17447.ogv
By Pamela Kelt
READ THE BOOK! The Lost Orchid is a Gothic-inspired tale of intrigue set in 1880s, when orchidelirium was raging ... Out on 4 April from BluewoodPublishing.com
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