Too puny, she said, looking at yet another example of a wild orchid. The florist rubbed a finger against the corner of her mouth. They re smaller than your domestic orchids, she said. What you get is something more delicate, feminine. Suzanne turned plastic pages in the florist s selection book.
Daisies are pass .
We could fashion, I think, a very nice mixed bouquet, round and full and still natural looking. The woman fluttered her hands in front of her chest, a gesture that made her look like a pollinating bee. The wild poppies and orchids will be very nice when they re softened with something lacy. Suzanne looked dubious. The only thing she liked about the orchids was the idea that someone in a faraway forest was going to hunt them one by one.