Saturday, April 26, 2014 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Woodbury Middle School, Woodbury, Connecticut
Celebrate wholesome and sustainable living by joining us for the 20th annual Woodbury Earth Day. There will be demonstrations, local craftsmen, unique vendors, activities, live music and more! Free admission.
Azhar Mustafa invites you to attend a one hour demonstration and lecture on orchid culture with his revolutionary Forever Mix on Saturday, April 26th, 2014 at 10:00 AM; admission is free.
Successfully growing a dozen of genera in the potting media (including, but not limited to: Paphiopedilums, Phalaenopsis, Phragmipedium, Cymbidium, Sarcochilus, Catasetum, Miltoniopsis, Zygopetalum and more), Azhar Mustafa will educate aspiring hobbyists on its many benefits, demonstrate proper planting and offer long-term management advice to make orchid growing a breeze. Those of our patrons experiencing difficulties with their orchids may bring them for a free diagnosis.
To make this event possible, we ask at least twenty of our subscribers to RSVP via email. We look forward to seeing you again this Saturday, April 26th, 2014 at 10:00 AM.
May COS monthly meeting:
Wednesday May 14, 2014 – doors open 6:30 pm
Cheshire Senior Center
240 Maple Ave, Cheshire, CT 06410
Duane Erdmann
Restrepias
Duane and his wife Judy began growing orchids in 1974. First, the collection was under lights in their basement, and then it moved to a small greenhouse. Over the years, they moved five times and built greenhouses – each a little bigger. The current one is 18X24 off their garage. But they still grow under lights in their basement – the little things and those that like moderated temperatures. Paphiopedilum, tropical slipper orchids, were their main genus, but in more recent years Duane has moved over to the small side – Restrepia. He has taken trips to Ecuador to see them in their natural settings and do more detailed studies of specific species. Over 40 species are among his 400 plant collection.
The last area added to his orchid interest is native orchids of North America. He is currently editor of The Native Orchid Conference Journal.
Through all this his favorite part about orchids, and anything in nature for that matter, is photographing them. Duane does the orchid photography for Longwood Gardens’ photo database. He has traveled through much of the world crawling around in the wild to get that perfect picture. His photos have been included in various publications. Today he is sharing a photographic sampling of this much overlooked genus and cultural tips.