SFOS
SPEAKERS DAY 2010
SFOS will host its annual
Speakers Day on Sunday, October 3, 2010 at Signature Gardens, 12725 S.W. 122 Avenue, Miami, FL. We have a wonderful panel of highly respected
speakers presenting an enjoyable and educational program. Speakers Day also includes AOS Judging and SFOS Medal Judging. Plants for
judging must be registered by 10:00 A.M. and can be picked up at
12:00 P.M. Speakers’ Day has AOS approval for judging seminar credits as
well. Several of our speakers will have
plants to sell and sales will be open only to registered seminar
participants.
This year’s speakers are:
George
Carr: George will present a lecture titled "Catasetum
subgenus Pseudocatasetum and its natural
hybrids". A review of the species of the subgenus and a discussion
of natural hybrids in the Catasetinae concentrating
on the published natural hybrids involving the subgenus and an examination
of species which may possibly be natural hybrids involving the
subgenus. An accredited AOS Judge in the Florida North Central Judging Center in Tampa,
Florida, George has been growing orchids for almost thirty
years. He has published numerous
articles in the United States in Orchids and the Orchid Digest, Brazil, France, England and Colombia. George will
have Brazilian Orchid Books for sale.
Eric
Christensen: The title of Dr. Christenson’s lecture is “The Chaos of Maxillaria”. Dr. Christenson will discuss this large neotropical genus of +/- 570
species. The genus in its traditional sense has been divided recently into a
number of genera based on DNA but to what end? He will discuss the frustrations
and elations of resolving older names and confusing species complexes. Dr. Christenson recently completed a research
trip to the National University of Colombia funded, in part, by a grant from SFOS. Dr. Christenson is a research
taxonomist with strong interests in the Aeridinae (Sarcanthinae), neotropical
floristics, and the conservation of horticultural
plants. A prolific author of more than 400
publications, Dr. Christenson is currently completing the first ever monograph
of the genus Maxillaria (+/- 570 species).
Gene Crocker: Gene will present a lecture titled “Cattleyas for the new Millennium”. As an amateur orchidist,
Gene developed an interest in hybridizing, producing
his first cattleya hybrids in 1961. One of his early hybrids is Blc. Kitty Crocker (Blc. Fortune
x C. luteola), named for his wife. The creative aspects of orchid breeding have
been very enjoyable and rewarding for him, always giving something to
anticipate. For the past 24 years he has
been carrying forward the breeding program at Carter and Holmes started in the
1950's by Bill Carter. He has traveled
extensively, representing Carter and Holmes at various orchid conferences
around the world. Perhaps Gene's
greatest claim to orchid fame is the fact that he coined the term, "mericlone", in 1964. Gene will have plants from Carter
& Holmes for sale.
Dr. Wagner Vendrame: The title of Wagner’s lecture is “Sex, Crime, Hollywood and Orchids – A Brief History of Orchids”. What makes
people go crazy about orchids? Why are people so passionate about those
beautiful plants? In this presentation you will have some answers to
these questions and learn how orchids are intimately related to sex, crime, and
Hollywood. Dr. Vendrame
is an Associate Professor at the Environmental Horticulture Department, working
at the Tropical Research and Education Center in ornamental horticulture and biotechnology. Recently Dr. Vendrame initiated a project to
evaluate the growth of plant cells under microgravity, with experiments on
board the space shuttles Endeavour and Discovery, including orchid suspension
cultures.
Peter Lin: Peter will
present a program titled “Hybridizing with Novelty Phalaenopsis”. The presentation will include culture tips
for growing and flowering phalaenopsis as well as a discussion
on what makes a novelty phalaenopsis hybrid awardable
per AOS judging standards. Peter is also the newsletter
editor of the International Phalaenopsis Alliance and
has written and published phalaenopsis articles and given
presentations representing IPA to regional societies and the Taiwan Orchid
Show. Peter turned his orchid growing into hybridizing and opened Big Leaf
Orchids – a family owned mail-order operation in Southlake, Texas that specializes in phalaenopsis. Peter makes an annual trip to Taiwan to see in person the latest phalaenopsis
development, and to learn from Taiwanese nurseries and phalaenopsis
hybridizers. Peter will have plants from
Big Leaf Orchids for sale.
Speakers Day Schedule:
8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast,
plant registration (for judging), plant sales open
9:00 - 10:00 Gene Crocker
10:00 - 11:00 Dr. Wagner Vendrame
11:00 - 12:00 AOS Judging and panel discussion, plant
sales open
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 Eric
Christensen
2:00 - 3:00 George Carr
3:00 - 4:00 Peter Lin
4:00 - 5:00 Plant sales
open
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Plant sales area will also be open during breaks and between speakers
Tickets
for Speakers Day are $45.00 per person.
The price includes a continental breakfast and cold buffet lunch. This is one of the major orchid events held
annually in South Florida!
Be sure to register early since tickets are limited and sold on a
first-come, first-served basis. Tickets
are not available at the door. To
register, please send your check and this order form to the SFOS office: 10801 S.W. 124 St., Miami, FL 33176. For more information call (305) 255-3656.
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