Geotherm Exports was formed in 1981 to grow the tropical orchid Phalaenopsis. Phalaenopsis grow in the wild in the jungles of southwest Asia with a few species extending northwards to Taiwan and Sikhim, and southward to northern Australia. The plants are epiphytic (living on the surface) on trees and they grow upside down (in nature) with the flow stems hanging downward, and the leaves arranged in a spiral fashion. Under cultivated conditions, the flower stems are tied vertically