"spring meeting of the Southwest Regional Orchid Growers' Association. ... event held at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Rogers. ... Orchid societies in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas comprise the southwest region... the association's Web site, www. swroga. org.
... three-day show and conference... Suki Nax of the Batavia Orchid Society near Chicago. ... has grown orchids for 50 years. She was 2 years old when she was sent to her father's greenhouse with a salt shaker to kill slugs... Nax showed off new acquisitions... microcoelia... That type of orchid has no leaves and is indigenous to Africa... [Steve] Marak said he was inspired by orchids 31 years ago by reading the Rex Stout mystery novels starring the orchid-loving detective Nero Wolfe. ... He has kept his first orchid alive for 30 years. ... Sixty members of the American Orchid Society judged the event in several categories. Doug Martin, of Shawnee, Kan., took a first-place award for his display of orchids native to North America. Martin has been growing orchids for about 16 years. He keeps some orchids under lamps in his basement, but he also grows the natives outside. ... Bryon Rinke of Winfield, Kan.... helps maintain a 3, 000-square-foot greenhouse." URL : http://www.nwanews.com/adg/News/224673/ *************** Regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
