Meeting Details

Membership Meeting Info

Next Meeting :     May  21, 2008

Speaker:               Patrick O'Day is a 33 year old, 2nd generation orchid grower and owner of Hawaiian Orchid Source, a 3 acre nursery in Wailua, Kaua'i, Hawaii

Topic:               “Tolumina Breeding"

Patrick participates in orchid shows across the United States as a vendor & exhibitor. He also is a probationary judge in the American Orchid Society Judging Program and is involved in judging at many of the orchid shows where he sells plants. He also is a popular lecturer and has spoken to orchid societies throughout the country.

 As a nursery owner, Patrick is something of an oddity. At 33 years old he is the youngest commercial orchid grower in Hawaii. However, he has worked with and learned from many of Hawaii's top growers to improve and maintain the quality of his own orchids. In addition to being a grower, Patrick makes many of his own hybrids, and his work has resulted in a growing list of quality and cultural awards from the American Orchid Society and Honolulu Orchid Society.

 

                                                                               

 

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