In October 2012 The Angraecoid Alliance presented an educational exhibit at the Mid America Orchid Congress' Fall show in Kansas City, Missouri. The Alliance's President, Sarah Waddoups, designed and prepared the large floor exhibit which included four large banners which provided information about Madagascar, Angraecoids generally, Threats to Habitat, Conservation & Cultivation and an introduction to the Angraecoid Alliance. In the center of the exhibit, several angraecoid species and primary hybrids in bloom were exhibited in front of a large photograph of Angraecum sesquipedale.
We were very honored to receive the Orchid Digest Show Trophy for the exhibit and a 94 point Educational Exhibit Certificate from the American Orchid Society. In addition, an Angraecum didieri grown by Alliance member Suzanne Hobbs won the Christine Chowning trophy for the best angraecoid species. The exhibit and blooming plants also received other trophies and ribbons.
The exhibit also included two copies of a research paper -- which included extensive discussion of the threats to Madagascar's habitat and an analysis of various integrated conservation and development projects in Madagascar. Portions of that paper are being published in each of the Alliance quarterly newsletters.
The awards and trophies received by the exhibit were lovely, and we appreciate the opportunity to educate about angraecoids and their conservation.
Photographs of Exhibit
