Please join us on Sunday, November 10th at the Albuquerque Garden Center 10120 Lomas Blvd NE at 1:30 PM when Carole Siegel will present a program on The Orchids of Hawaii.
Carole is the President of the Greater Las Vegas Orchid Society, a widely published author and much in demand as a speaker. We are lucky to have her IN PERSON for this talk.
Bring a friend !
Please join us on Sunday, October 13th at the Albuquerque Garden Center10120 Lomas Blvd NE at 1:30 PM when Bridget Uzar will present An Introduction to Tropical Ladyslipper Orchids via Zoom.
Bridget Uzar is a fourth-generation green thumb, and a second-generation orchid grower. Following in her father’s footsteps, she has been at Carter and Holmes Orchids in Newberry SC for over twenty years but has been around orchids her whole life, essentially growing up under the benches.
Bridget began working at Carter and Holmes in 2002 in an everyday potting and watering capacity, eventually being given charge of the collection and breeding houses. She made her first Cattleya cross in 2008 and hasn’t stopped since. Starting in 2009, she began working on the digital photography, catalog publications and other marketing work for Carter and Holmes Orchids. Today, Bridget has been the chief grower and hybridizer at Carter and Holmes for over a decade overseeing greenhouse management and production. She also handles the company marketing emails as well as promotional material and social media.
She enjoys giving talks during open houses, to tour groups and orchid societies.
Meetings are free & open to the public – visitors are welcome.
Email orchidsinabq@gmail.com for the Zoom link
Please join the New Mexico Orchid Guild on Sunday, September 8th, 1:30PM at the Albuquerque Garden Center, for a presentation by American Orchid Society judge Mark van der Woerd.
Mark’s in person presentation will be:
“How to grow orchids in a grow tent”
A long time ago in a State far away, a young man went to a botanic garden and there happened to be an orchid show. He won the door prize, which was of course an orchid. And the rest is history!
Mark has been growing orchids for over 30 years, on windowsills, under lights and outdoors where possible.
However, the results were never as good as the accomplishments of “real hobbyists”.
Circumstances make us discover and try different growing conditions. A unique opportunity came along to try something new. It is now trivial to purchase tents in which you can grow orchids. In this presentation Mark will cover growing orchids in tents, under light and in high humidity. He will cover how to set up your growing area, what to watch for, and how to grow plants you could never grow before.
Your assignment ahead of the talk is this: surely you have thought “I wish I could grow….”.
Bring that idea to our question-and-answer section and we will try to discuss it.
But remember, if you want to grow in an enclosure, you must grow small plants!
Bring your blooming orchids for Show and Tell.
All are welcome
Bring a friend
