The company was formed in 1994 as a result of Perla's former company (Mobil Oil Technical Service) moving to a 3- hour drive location. Since Perla was not thrilled in moving , she thought about putting up her own business; one that she also enjoys.

Although she was a botanical ( orchids, bonsais, unusuals etc ) hobbyist, she never joined any orchid societies, bonsai societies etc.,.untill the company was incorporated. She learned about horticulture from reading books and the botanical vendors where she spent her money to satiate her hunger for the unusuals and ever increasing botanical collection. . She has been collecting orchids for the past 20 years , traveled to about 50 countries and acquired an extensive network of contacts domestic and abroad.. To jumpstart her business, she turned to importing in quantity blooming size plants from abroad and hard to find seedlings in the local and foreign market. It cost less to grow plants to blooming sizes in the tropics compared to the Northeast coast in the USA. It is the other way around.now. Vendors that Perla used to buy her plants from are now buying from her.

The following were her accomplishments in the non-botanical field::

• As a Marketing Manager for Royal Lubricants- a company that specialize in synthethic oil with clientele ranging from the major oil companies, industrial companies , aviation industries and Original Equipment Manufacturers
• As a Chemical Engineer for Mobil Oil Corporation, Standard Cholorine Chemical Co.
  • Formulated 16 new industrial and 2 engine lubricant products
  • Rust preventive product for CSX resulting in $1 Million savings
  • Rust preventive product that received unique acceptance and is currently still being used by Toyota Motors
  • New stable and fast marquenching fluid-- best in the metal industry per TRW .
  • Trained field engineers in fluids used in long wall mining industry
  • Involved in production of chlorinated benzene and hydrocholoric acid. Analysis of organic compounds by gas chromatography.

• As a Research Engineer for General Foods Corporation
  • Invented, patented and commercialized unique new product , the Jell-O-Americana Rice Pudding
  • Patent pending for two methods of invention for natural extraction of annatto and saffron colorant ( most likely patented by now )
  • Researched various types of rices from different countries for new minute rice process
• As an Assistant Research chemical Engineer for McGill University, Nivea Creme Ltd., Petrofina Oil Refinery in Quebec, Canada
  • Worked in a variety of endocrine assays; biological, chemical and radioimmuno assay
  • Formulated cosmetics, raw materials analysis and supervision of mass production for elastoplast and bandages
  • Researched iron ore reduction for yield improvement

The other partner, Tito , has been exposed to CP, orchids and other exotic animals and even when he was a kid ( 10 years old). Tito used to tend the orchids and various pet collections that his father brought from his travels as a merchant of corn, copra, abaca and other exotic animals in Mindanao, Philippines. Tito's interest as he grew up wandered into electrical & electronics engineering and as a consequence, he completely disassociated himself from anything that requires watering or feeding. About 25 years ago , Tito gave Perla a Phalaenopsis as a birthday present and that's how he got dragged involuntarily into this botanical thing again. Tito still works as a Sr. Instrumentation and Controls Engineer with especialty in Electrical , Instrumentation and Automation and validation for Lockwood Greene Engineers , a subsidiary of CH2M Hill, an Engineering Consulting firm in the Somerset area in New Jersey that render engineering services to the Oil Refineries & Distribution, industrial, pharmaceutical, bio-technology and commercial sector.

The following are Tito's Accomplishments in the non-botanical field::

• Sole webmaster for Dragon Agro Products website;
• Principal Engineer/ Sr. I&C Engineer - RPMS Consulting Engineers, Bala Consulting Engineers, Lockwood Greene Engineers & Sverdrup Corporation
  • Originate I&C proposals, engineering and supervision employing CGMP & sanitary designs for the Pharmaceutical/food and industrial applications, P&ID development, specifications, construction documents, HAZOP, system configuration, loop , I/O,ladder logic, Panel Layout, Conduit plans, one lines, elementaries, MCC & panel , sequence of operation, controls software development for PLC/DCS. The following were some of the projects completed:
  • Asphalt storage , distribution and rack/truck dispensing at the Mobil Refinery, Paulsboro , NJ using Accuload from Smith and Modicon PLC with tie-in to Honeywell's TDC 3000, Fuel Facs from CSI and TMS from Top Tech.
  • Waste Liquor Recovery for Elf-Atochem, Minnesota using Moore APACS DCS
  • Boiler #7 Addition for Merck, West Point, PA using Bailey DCS
  • Automation of Maxwell House Coffe Beans Processing for R&D General foods, New York
  • Refrigeration Expansion for KRAFT, Springfield, Missouri using TI PLC
  • WFI ( Water for Injection ) system for Enzon Pharmaceutical, Berlex Pharmaceutical in NJ
  • USP Water System for Marion Merrell Dow, Kansas City, Missouri
  • Chilled Water system for IBM, East Fishkill, NY using Andover Controls
  • Revamping & Automation of Stove top Stuffing Line for General Foods in Dover, Delaware
  • BMN Bulk Mfg for Syntex, Nutrition & Chemical Div., Missouri
  • Shell Relocation Project for GATX in Carteret, NJ using Allen Bradley PLC
  • Manufacturing Consolidation/Upgrade Schering Pharmaceuticals in Kenilworth, NJ
  • Proscar Mfg. at Merck, Puerto Rico
  • New Herbicide Production Facility for American Cyanamid in Puerto Rico and many more to mention.

• Paint Process Engineer- General Motors Corporation Linden Plant
  • Project Engineer for a $10 Million project re Paint Spray Equipment & associated Fire Protection utilizing the latest technology paint equipment ( Rotary Atomizer w/ High voltage ) and instrumentation and controls-( GE PLC w/ 6000 Inputs and Outputs and color graphics interface) project completed ahead of schedule and within budget.
  • First to configure spray equipment to spray two-tone paint job in one pass resulting in savings of $2 million in paint and solvent waste per annum. Configuration adopted by rest of General Motors plants
  • Configured , Programmed and installed SCADA ( Screenware2 ) system to interface to existing Allen-Bradley PLC Paint Oven Controls to monitor and trend operating parameters

• Electrical Process Engineer- Revlon Inc. Engineering , Owens Illinois- Plastic Products Divison
  • Designed/Developed Power Distribution System and Programmed the automation of manual packaging lines. filling machineries, etc. Involve in engineering of electrical/electronic control and drives for packaging machineries. ( About half of all machineries in Revlon were designed and manufactured by Revlon engineering- one of a kind )

• Principal Engineer- Electro Power Controls, NJ
  • Project engineer for systems involving real-time automated machine, process, motion, material handling control etc.
  • Monitoring of Fiber/Meltblownline for Chicopee Research ;
  • Production Report & Diagnostics for 3 Bandaid Machines for Johnson & Johnson;
  • Automatic thermoconductivity Tester for Exxon Engineering
  • Continuous Mix Pretzel System for Biscuit Group, Nabisco;
  • Automated Crystal Growth controls for DELTRONIC CRYSTALS
  • Waste Treatment Batch Control System, American Cyanamid, Bound Brook, NJ
  • Cosmetic Batch manufacturing, Revlon Mfg.
  • Developed 96 loop full PID mode of Control for Honeywell IPC620 PLC back in 1985 when canned PID blocks were non-existent.

So much for non-botanical related topics. We are in the midst of expansion on a 4 acre land With a bigger growing facility, we'd be able to carry more varieties of botanicals ( orchids, Carnivorous Plants, rare plants and more supplies). We hope you'll enjoy perusing our catalog.

Perla Wee, President
Tito Wee, VP

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23 April, 2002