RF Orchid- Behind the scenes

[isurus79]

I was lucky enough to get a behind the scenes tour of RF Orchids from Bob Fuchs when I was in Florida for the Redland show. Here’s a quick montage!

https://youtu.be/8GXD0PHYRlQ

[estación seca]

He gave a great talk to our society a few years back on Vanda hybrids and their ancestors.

[isurus79]

I bet! I wonder if we can get him to Texas…

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by isurus79

I bet! I wonder if we can get him to Texas…

The miracle of Zoom! Makes it a lot easier (and much less expensive) to get speakers from different places. Only limitation is time zones, and this one would be easy, only one hour difference.

[isurus79]

Originally Posted by Roberta

The miracle of Zoom! Makes it a lot easier (and much less expensive) to get speakers from different places. Only limitation is time zones, and this one would be easy, only one hour difference.

Ya, but folks here are pretty tired of Zoom! It's a tough sell compared with an in-person speaker.

[Clawhammer]

Wow! Wow! Wow!

Any idea what flower is pictured at 2:19?

Thanks Stpehen!

[isurus79]

That's the only one where I took a photo of the tag! Its Renantanda Memoria Henry Trimen.

[Leafmite]

We have been getting some really great speakers via Zoom. You should invite him to do a Zoom meeting with your society!