"featured speaker at the American Orchid Society's annual members meeting and symposium Sunday, Oct. 21... in Boca Raton.
Alex Pridgeon... Sainsbury Orchid Fellow at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew... earned his Ph.D. from Florida State University in 1981... with a talk about Orchids Across the Millennia: The Times They are A-Changin'. Pridgeon is an editor of Genera Orchidacearum, a multivolume series that describes orchid anatomy, ecology, phytochemistry, pollination and taxonomy, including the latest DNA classifications. He has been the editor of the AOS magazine, edited The Illustrated Orchid Encyclopedia, and has written or co-authored 50 scientific papers on orchids. ... nine additional speakers, including... Paul Wetter on the scarlet phalaenopsis; Carlos Fighetti, AOS president, discussing trends in phalaenopsis breeding; Alan Koch on miniature cattleyas, and Craig Morell on orchids in the landscape. The meeting begins Oct. 19 at the American Orchid Society's Delray Beach headquarters... more information... www.aolfall2007.com " URL : http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/gardening/story/253548.html ************** Regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
