In this March 23, 2018, photo, Shane Pliska, owner of Planterra, a commercial florist and owner of a wedding venue where the decor is all about flowers and plants poses for a photo at his company, in West Bloomfield, Mich. When Hurricane Irma forced Miami International Airport to shut down in September, flower shipments from South America, couldn’t arrive. But the floral industry is set up for such contingencies, and distributors quickly arranged for shipments from other parts of the world. Pliska got flowers from Kenya in that case. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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