Orchid Guild April Meeting

Please join us on Sunday, April 6th at the Albuquerque Garden Center, at 1:30 PM

when our speaker will be Ron Midgett of New Earth Orchids in Santa Fe.

Ron will discuss:

Observations and Suggestions on Growing Orchids Over the Past 55 Years

“I think this may be of interest to the members. I have grown in all kinds of climates from a tropical island to cold New England. I have grown outside, on the window sill and in a greenhouse…some of my design.”

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Our Orchid nurseries has been serving the community for over 14 years. We offer a wide variety of fresh and unique orchids.   Ron can create custom arrangements to fit any budget. Visit us today and let us help you brighten up someone’s day with our beautiful orchids. https://newearthorchids.com/

All are welcome.

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Orchid Guild March Meeting

Please join us on Sunday, March 9th at the Albuquerque Garden Center, 10120 Lomas Blvd NE, at 1:30 PM when our Zoom speaker will be Eron Borne. His topic will be:

Growing Phragmipediums in Warm Climates

This presentation is on Growing Phragmipediums in warm climates. One of Eron’s specialties and the genera he is most passionate about are the Phragmipediums, which he has been growing in Louisiana for the past 15 years, and has even done his own hybridizing with them. He currently has about 150+ Phragmipediums in his collection, successfully growing most of the species here in the deep south. Before growing his Phragmipediums in a greenhouse, he grew them under lights and on a windowsill. He has received numerous AOS awards on his Phragmipediums to date. Eron has also won show trophies for Best Grown Plant and Best Flower in the Cypripedium Alliance with his Phragmipediums.

Professionally, Eron is a pilot, but he is also a very diverse orchid grower and breeder. He received his first orchid (a cattleya) as a gift from his dad in 2002 and first started growing them hanging outside, on windowsills, and then under lights. His orchid collection really took off in 2008 after he built a greenhouse and now has about 1000 orchids. He specializes in Phragmipediums and blue Cattleyas, and has even done his own hybridizing with them. His most recent passion are the Vandas!

Email: Orchidsinabq@gmail.com for the Zoom link

Orchid Guild February Meeting

Please join us on Sunday, February 9th at the Albuquerque Garden Center, 10120 Lomas Blvd NE, at 1:30 PM when our Zoom speaker will be Fred Clarke of Sunset Valley Orchids.

His topic will be “Aussie Dendrobiums and their Cultivation”

Our friends down under have been breeding their native Dendrobiums and creating some fantastic flowers; the word is out!   Aussie Dens are easy to grow, tolerant of heat and cold, have fragrant flowers, and re-bloom from the old bulbs!!! They grow well in a wide variety of conditions In conclusion we cover the ‘best growing practices’ for cultivating these remarkable plants.

The presenter will be Fred Clarke of Sunset Valley Orchids in Vista. Fred Clarke has been growing orchids for 42 years and has been hybridizing for 38 of those years. With over 34 years as a professional grower and manager in the horticultural industry, Fred applies these skills at his orchid nursery; Sunset Valley Orchids, located in San Diego, California. He is a passionate orchid grower whose curiosity in orchids is broad and varied. Although developing Cattleya hybrids has been his sustaining interest, he is also actively creating new Paphiopedilum and Aussie Dendrobium hybrids plus some others to be named if they work out!

His pioneering work in Catasetum intergeneric hybrids led to the development of several notable hybrids, most recently the grex, Fredclarkeara After Dark, which produced “the blackest flower ever witnessed”. This grex has received over 100 awards worldwide with nine FCC’s and thirty AM’s from the AOS judges!

Fred is an Accredited Judge in the Pacific South Judging Region. His plants have received hundreds of quality awards from the American Orchid Society.

There will be a nice selection of these plants on our sales and raffle tables.

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