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).