Saturday, June 15, 2013
Seedlings by the Flat
A flat of newly deflasked seedlings always brings a smile to my face. For hybrids, there is the hope for a particular color or shape and a general sense of unknown potential. With species, of course, you know what the plants and ultimately the flowers will look like, but there is still such an anticipation to one day see them bloom. So, here's to the hope of tomorrow's flowers.
Sunday, June 2, 2013
World Orchid Conference -- South Africa
A World Orchid Conference. In South Africa.
Does that make anyone else start to imagine the angraecoid possibilities? Any WOC is an incredible event--the Orchid Olympics I've heard it called. But a WOC in South Africa? A WOC that has selected an angraecoid orchid as its official flower? Registration is now open for the conference, and I've already submitted mine. I haven't figured out exactly how I'll get there; the airlines aren't even accepting reservations for September 2014 yet. But, I'm going one way or another. Are you?
For more information visit www.woc21.org.
Does that make anyone else start to imagine the angraecoid possibilities? Any WOC is an incredible event--the Orchid Olympics I've heard it called. But a WOC in South Africa? A WOC that has selected an angraecoid orchid as its official flower? Registration is now open for the conference, and I've already submitted mine. I haven't figured out exactly how I'll get there; the airlines aren't even accepting reservations for September 2014 yet. But, I'm going one way or another. Are you?
For more information visit www.woc21.org.
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