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Peterbigeyes

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  1. I just bought a Toshiba Qosmio F60 and it doesn't disappoint.. . ... aside from its ugly cover.

    15.4 inch screen

    i7-740QM (1.73GHz with turbo boost tech up to 2.93GHz)

    8 gigs RAM

    640 HDD (SATA) with shock absorbers

    GeForce 330M with 1gig virtual RAM

    harman/kardon stereo speakers

    Windows® 7 Home Premium 64 Bit

    Blu-ray RW drive

  2. From reading around the internet a tiny Mexican bee "the Melipone" only found in the growing areas of Mexico is uniquely equipped to pollinate the flower. The bee didn't survive outside Mexico. There's also references to a hummingbird pollinating the flowers.

    Edit to add. There's a reference in beeculture.com from 1894 where "Cuban bees, whether indigenous or naturalized European bees, were pollinating vanilla in Cuba" but no further studies have been carried out.

    It sounds like hard work. References say the flower only opens for 1 day to allow pollination and hand pollination accounts for 40% of the production costs.

    A close friend is an avid orchid grower and bee keeper. He has vanilla orchids growing in his green houses. He's been unable to successfully hand pollinate the plants he keeps.

    Awesome detailed information!

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