Death of an Orchid Lover (41 page)
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Authors: Nathan Walpow
Obviously, this is only the most basic of introductions to a fascinating group of plants. Invest in an orchid book if you’d like to learn more. But if you just want to see some pictures of the plants mentioned in this book, get on the Internet and surf to
http://walpow.com
, where one of the members of the Culver City Cactus Club has kindly posted photographs of many of the orchids referred to here. You’ll find the plants mentioned in
The Cactus Club Killings
there too.
Nathan Walpow
has been collecting cacti and other succulent plants for over twenty years and has over 400 specimens in his collection. He is the president of the Sunset Succulent Society, located in Los Angeles. In 1997 his short story “This Bud’s for You” was the first fiction ever to appear in the
Cactus and Succulent Journal
, the publication of the Cactus and Succulent Society of America.
Nathan Walpow has been writing since 1992. Before that he had ten years of experience as an actor, working on the stage and on television shows such as
Moonlighting
, and he is a five-time undefeated
Jeopardy!
champion. He is also the author of
The Cactus Club Killings
, the debut novel in the Joe Portugal mystery series.
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This novel is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 2000 by Nathan Walpow
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