Please join us on Sunday, March 9th at the Albuquerque Garden Center, 10120 Lomas Blvd NE, at 1:30 PM when our Zoom speaker will be Eron Borne. His topic will be:
Growing Phragmipediums in Warm Climates
This presentation is on Growing Phragmipediums in warm climates. One of Eron’s specialties and the genera he is most passionate about are the Phragmipediums, which he has been growing in Louisiana for the past 15 years, and has even done his own hybridizing with them. He currently has about 150+ Phragmipediums in his collection, successfully growing most of the species here in the deep south. Before growing his Phragmipediums in a greenhouse, he grew them under lights and on a windowsill. He has received numerous AOS awards on his Phragmipediums to date. Eron has also won show trophies for Best Grown Plant and Best Flower in the Cypripedium Alliance with his Phragmipediums.
Professionally, Eron is a pilot, but he is also a very diverse orchid grower and breeder. He received his first orchid (a cattleya) as a gift from his dad in 2002 and first started growing them hanging outside, on windowsills, and then under lights. His orchid collection really took off in 2008 after he built a greenhouse and now has about 1000 orchids. He specializes in Phragmipediums and blue Cattleyas, and has even done his own hybridizing with them. His most recent passion are the Vandas!
Email: Orchidsinabq@gmail.com for the Zoom link
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