FACTS:

'We're the biggest importer of cut orchids in the United States", says N&N President Verapong Hdelamien, native of Bangkok. Some 8O percent of his flowers come from Thailand" with the remainder from Taiwan, Holland, New Zealand and Colombia. The flowers arrive in cellophane packages of 10 stems, each inserted into small plastic water tubs that keeps them hydrated while in transit, which can take more than a day from the Orient.

HISTORY:

When Halelamien came to this country in 198O, he worked in a restaurant. When he returned to Thailand two years later, an uncle who owned an orchid farm persuaded him to import cut orchids. So he returned to the United States in 1982 and formed N&N Orchids(previously called V&T Orchids).

Today, Halelamien imports his flowers roughly five times a week. Packed in cardboard boxes, the orchids usually arrive via Swiss Air.

"The main thing I care about is quality control " he says. Our attention to detail helps ensure a regular supply of healthy orchids.
When shipped properly The orchids can last up to two weeks.

Commpany founded: 1982 (renamed from V&T Orchids, incorporated as N&N Orchids in 2O1O).
Owner: Verapong Halelamien.
Employees: 14
Features: An importer exclusively of cut orchids from Thailand, Taiwan, Holland, New Zealand, Colombia and Costa Rica. N&N Orchids distributes flowers to wholesalers throughout the East of United States and Canada, who in turn supply florist shops. Supplies Aranda, Arachnis, Cymbidium, Dendrobium, Oncidium and Vanda orchids, as well as some Tropical flowers.