Terry Root and the Orchid Zone

[Hien]

On a lighter note...what happened to strong advertising?

That Coca Cola ad, and the Keep America Beautiful campaign were pretty amazing...

Before anyone says anything, I realize that what I am going to post now is pretty stereotypical, I majored in Native American Studies, but in 1974, these were pretty good marketing strategies.
Obviously, many of us remember both of these...

http://www.aef.com/misc_video/adcouncil/indian_in_canoe_60.mpg

What happen to the ads like these?
Because our government did not care (in fact we do not care, the government is a mirror of ourselves).
While some kids volonteer at the hospitals & bagging food for the homeless, picking garbages on the road side etc , I also witness adults driving humvees, flashy cars tossing out coffe cups, beer cans right on the middle of the streets .

 

[kellyincville]

Drama. I agree with the cult of personality comment. Simply through deciding that less exposure to the general orchid community is better for him, every time I've seen his name mentioned it generates more discussion that anyone else. Rock on Terry!

I hope that if I open a retail establishment one day, I'll be able to have Terry as a wholesaler.

 

[charlie c]

Terry is a very decent person that does not suffer fools. A little known fact about Terry is that he appeared in the early 70's in the Coca Cola TV commercial “I’d like to teach the world to sing (in perfect harmony)". He’s the one in the suit in the back near the end. Rusty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mOEU87SBTU

I guess he really is a choir boy.

charlie c

 

[Heather]

Paph people are crazy ass nuts....that's all the more I'll say on the subject.

 

[swamprad]

I'm glad we all have personalities and occasionally have differences of opinion. Makes life interesting, you know!

As for the commercials, I've watched the Coke commercial over and over, at least a dozen times. I think I'm falling in love with one of those girls...

 

[Candace]

Rock on Terry!

Now where have I heard that before...

 

[paphlady]

I'm glad we all have personalities and occasionally have differences of opinion. Makes life interesting, you know!

Occasionally? I think very often. That's why Baskin-Robbins has 31 flavors.

 

[malibucarl]

I'm glad we all have personalities and occasionally have differences of opinion. Makes life interesting, you know!

As for the commercials, I've watched the Coke commercial over and over, at least a dozen times. I think I'm falling in love with one of those girls...

Do you know her current age ??

 

[berrywoodson]

As far as i am concerned, Terry Root and Frank Smith are the top two breeders of Paphs. in the USA.

 

[SelectOrchids]

Do you know her current age ??

Maybe he is gerontophilic :rollhappy::rollhappy: or he can still contact to know if she has a daughter !

As far as i am concerned, Terry Root and Frank Smith are the top two breeders of Paphs. in the USA.

Definitely! There are some more, but for the consistency of results, and the wide range of genuses, they are the only two. Terry bred some stunning draculas ( I still have several d.vampira from him that are really massive), miltoniopsis, phalaenopsis ( the equestris special strain), and a lot more, and Frank Smith a lot of catts, vandas etc...

 

[e-spice]

He had some personnal and professionnal problems, including a business divorce together with the fake sanderianum story, and people selling other plants under the Orchid Zone name, along with some more.

Hey Sanderianum - Would you tell the story of the fake sanderianums for those of us not familiar?

Thanks,
e-spice