This month we have Nina Rach as the speaker! She will be presenting on Jewel and other terrestrial orchids. Many of these orchids have amazingly beautiful leaves and can be grown well in the home!
Nina describes her talk:
We usually use the moniker “Jewel Orchid” for orchids with especially attractive foliage, often with a desirable and interesting texture (velvety, iridescent, sparkling) and simple to intricate patterns. They are usually grown more for their leaves than their flowers, and are almost always soft-leaved, evergreen terrestrials with fleshy roots. Most are found in the tropics, but a few are native to the US. The most common jewel orchid in US collections is the widely available Ludisia discolor, of which there are several color forms. Most do best in shady bright light, and so are especially well suited for indoor culture, or shadier sections of a greenhouse.
We are meeting at the Utah Associated Garden Clubs Garden Center, 1602 E 2100 S, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Time: Door Opens: 7:00 PM, Meeting Start: 7:30 PM
About Nina:
Nina Rach has been growing orchids as a hobby since the early 1970s, and has been an accredited AOS judge since 1994. She has judged shows all around the US and in twelve other countries, has spoken at two World Orchid Conferences, served on AOS committees and is a past-president of the Houston Orchid Society. She tends to prefer species, but grows and appreciates many hybrids as well. A native New Yorker, Nina attended Cornell University, Duke University, and the University of Houston Law Center. She has been living in Houston since 1989 and is married with two daughters (both in college). Her other hobby is birding.
Little-known fact: Nina has two primary hybrids and one near-primary registered in her name: Renanthoglossum Nina Rach (Ascgm. purpureum x Ren. monachica), originated by A. Kolopaking (Java) in 1989; Stanhopea Nina Rach (jenischiana x tigrina), originated by Baker & Chantry in 2008; and Sobralia Nina Rach (Veitchii x Mirabilis), originated by H. Liebman in 2008.
Come learn about these very interesting orchids and how to grow them!
See you there!