These talks can be adjusted to fit the needs of the group.
- Developing an Orchid Collection. A practical guide to building a collection based on personal preferences, culture and microclimate knowledge.
- Growing Orchids Outdoors. A practical guide to growing award-winning orchids in the gardens and backyards. Focus is on understanding and sharing sustainable culture (light, water, air, fertilizer and chemical spray regime).
- Exhibiting Your Orchids. A practical guide to preparing orchids for exhibits and judging. Bring your orchid to work with. Quality evaluation, grooming techniques and display insights.
- Orchid Music. At the intersection of plants, arts and technologies. Sonification of Florida native orchid DNA. A fun orchid-music-tech project.
- Genus Aerides. An overview of the Cat’s Tail Orchid genus.
- Genus Rhynchostylis. An overview of the Foxtail Orchid genus.
- Cattleya violacea: The Brazilian Splendor. Based on 4 Orchid Magazine articles.
- Cattleya dowiana. The Queen of Cattleyas. An overview of the most prolific species parent in the Cattleya hybridizing.
- Potato, potato? Color varieties and forms are often compared to the tipo cultivars at the judging tables. This talk helps us to understand the unique positioning of color mutations and untangle the judging approaches.