A pint of blood in America sells to hospitals for $180 to $300, depending on the market, and expired blood often is sold to research laboratories, said Ben Bowman, chief executive of General Blood, the blood broker engaged in a legal tussle with Oklahoma City-based OBI.
Bush lily (Clivia miniata), also called natal lily, is a perennial evergreen growing in U.S. Department of Agricultural plant hardiness zones 9 through 11. This shade-loving flowering plant has straplike leaves and clusters of funnel-shaped flowers.
Iris douglasiana. Douglas' iris. Habit: forms large clumps by reproducing vegatatively through underground creeping rhizomes. Individual plants have a few branches, stems are reddish in color sprouting evergreen leaves that are long and folded in half from the base lengthwise. Flower stems are branched with one to several flowers that are large and showy.