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ORCHIDS BLOOMING IN THE VALLEY – David Edgley ‘s primary interest is Phalaenopsis orchids, but he grows other species and all sizes in his greenhouse in greater La Conner. – Photo courtesy of Mark Stephens
David and Jane Edgley live in greater La Conner. They moved here five years ago from Whidbey Island. David is an enterprise architect with a large computer company. His hobby and passion is growing orchids. He has over 200 orchids in a climate-controlled greenhouse he built on the flat roof of his garage.
He built his first, small greenhouse at their home in Seattle, and when they moved to Whidbey Island he built a new greenhouse for his orchids. When they moved to La Conner, he made several improvements to a new, larger greenhouse.
Edgley developed his interest in orchids as a teenager living...
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