Northeast Alabama Orchid Society 25ft max orchid display at Alabama Orchid Orchid Society show and sale Sept. 21-23, 2012

Congratulations to Bloyce Arnold

Congratulations to our newest member, Bloyce Arnold of Talledega, AL on his blue ribbon at the Alabama Orchid Society orchid show with his beautifully flowering Cattleya Chong Guu Swain White Bow Bells.

Dtps Merry Musick, owned by Becky and Junior Coxwell, received an 80 point AM/AOS award at the Alabama Orchid Society orchid show in Birmingham, Alabama Sept. 21-23, 2012.  This orchid is a cross between Dtps Musick Surprise x Dtps pulcherrima alba.  It was hybridized by Mary and Fred Kaufman of Huntsville, AL.  Its cultivar name will be determined at a later date.

BREEDING TRENDS OF TAIWANESE PHALAENOPSIS PRESENTED BY TOM HARPER

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Next Program: “Breeding Trends of Taiwanese

Phalaenopsis”

Presented by Tom Harper

September 9^th 2012

2:15pm

Anniston Museum of Natural History Auditorium

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Taiwan is known for producing most of the world’s supply of phalaenopsis sold in retail, as well as having some of the best breeders of multi-floral, art-shade, and harlequin phalaenopsis orchids. Tom’s program will explore the trends of these breeders as he saw them from his 2010 visit to Taiwan.

Tom grew his first orchid in 1967 and joined the Orchid Society of Middle Tennessee.  By 1975, he registered his first hybrid and opened Stones River Orchids.  Tom is a founder of the IPA in 1989, writes for IPA Journal, Orchids, and Orchid Digest. He is an accredited AOS judge (25 years) and has lectured from coast to coast, and internationally. In 2008, he received his first FCC/AOS on Dtps. Brother Success ‘Laura’ (pictured above).