"Frank Thrall... started growing orchids in 1983... In 1984, Thrall enrolled himself in the late Robert Aoki's 10-week orchid culture course... Thrall... joined the 'Aiea Orchid Society, because Aoki told him to.
Shortly thereafter, Thrall joined the Hawai'i Kai Orchid Society, because that's where he lived. He has since added Kaimuki, Windward, Honolulu, Pacific, Manoa, Species Club, and the Kunia Orchid societies... soon he was the program director... of the Hawai'i Kai and Kaimuki societies. This allowed him to meet and rub elbows with some the "legends" in Hawaiian orchid history - Roy Fukumura, Miya Miyasato, Milton Warne, John Yee, Ted Sumida, Joe Yasuda,... Tom and Henrietta Fujiwara, and Wilbur Chang... Nora Tokunaga... H&R Nurseries... Frank Thrall began helping Roy Tokunaga in repotting orchids. For two mornings a week for 20 years, Frank Thrall was privileged to listen as Tokunaga talked about the creation of new orchid hybrids, watched how Tokunaga selected orchids to use for breeding, and took part in the experimentation in different orchid potting mediums and fertilizers. ... Thrall is... growing and showing his collection of more than 300 orchids" URL : http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080718/LIFE0401/807180322 photo : [caption : "Frank Thrall with the orchid named after himself, d[D]endrobium Frank Thrall"] http://cmsimg.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=M1&Date=20080718&Category=LIFE0401&ArtNo=807180322&Ref=AR&Profile=1095&MaxW=550&MaxH=650&Q=90&title=0 ***************** Regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
