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George Philip, is excited that his specially cultivated Helcinoa flowers will be used to decorate the marriage hall of Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai. Recently, this Kochi based flower businessman has received an order for 10,000 pieces of flowers. I am quoting from the report published in news.sawf.org:

With Bollywood stars Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai's wedding day being awaited by millions of fans around the world, a Kochi-based florist is ecstatic that his specially cultivated Heliconia flowers may beautify the occasion.

According to George Phillip, one of the county's main suppliers of the ornamental plant, an order for 1,000 pieces of Heliconia flowers for a major Bangalore stockist, has been received, but was actually meant for the Bachchan and Rai wedding.

"We do have some orders from Delhi, actually from Bangalore through our agent, it is meant for Aishwarya Rai they had told us as per details given to me," he said.

Phillip has 270 varieties of Heliconia, which he grows on five acres of land.

The exotic plant grows anywhere between 15 to 300 centimetres, and is primarily used for the decoration of halls and lobbies.

Bangalore happens to be Aishwarya Rai's hometown.

Heliconia, which is commonly known as 'lobster-claw' or 'wild plantain' and is native to tropical America and the Pacific Ocean islands, is mainly grown for ornamental use.

Presently, Phillip supplies the plant to most cities in India. 

After hearing this I am sure that the sale of Halcinoa flowers would increase. Mr. George Philip is going to have a good business this year.

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