"Cary Polis... Bill Dobson... Mick Korzenowski... ... north to tropical Queensland, home to a... profusion of species...
they are enthusiastic orchid cultivators... Korzenowski and Dobson leaning more towards... native orchids of Australia, while Polis prefers... species from other parts of the world... The trio... travel to the tropics every year in search of orchids, took off a week ago, flying to Cairns, hiring a 4WD and heading for Cooktown and the Atherton Tablelands in their quest... Mick Korzenowski... an orchidaceae-phile. ... In 1992... went to Cape York and have been going north every year since.... joined up with Polis and Dobson whom he'd got to know through the Manly Warringah Orchid Society and the Australasian Native Orchid Society's Warringah Group. ... Bill... takes the photos... "... Seeing the plants in their natural habitat helps us to cultivate them more successfully at home.'' Bill Dobson became hooked on orchids particularly the Australian natives when he visited a native orchid show at Mona Vale in the mid-'80s to glean some information about nurturing several canes of Dendrobium speciosum (rock orchid) he'd brought back from north east NSW. He'd rescued the canes from a huge clump that had fallen out a tree and had tried for more than a year to get them to flourish, until a friend suggested some of the show exhibitors would give him the right advice. ... joined the Manly Warringah Orchid Society... Dobson said he loved all orchids, whatever their origin, but the Australian natives... held special appeal for him. Dobson said he'd been going bush ever since he could remember, into corners of NSW, Western Australia and Tasmania, but it wasn't until he began the far north Queensland trips that he realised just how vast and varied Australia was." URL : http://www.manlydaily.com.au/article/2008/07/26/11295_news_feature.html ************** Regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
