US: Lifetime orchid collection moves from Jacksonville to Smithsonian; memories remain
For decades, Helen Hoffman of Jacksonville spent her days painting and gardening in her Deerwood home, winning statewide awards for her orchids. Orchids on boxes and benches and tables fill her greenhouse.
“I can’t take care of these now,” she said in the greenhouse behind her home. “Look at this thing. I can’t even pick that up.”
She pointed to a large, mature orchid, whose scientific name escaped her. Nowadays names escape her.
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