11.30am – Education and Visitor Centre, National Botanic Gardens.
Brendan Sayers, Glasshouse Foreman at the NBG and well-known orchid specialist will give a demonstration on growing and re-potting orchids. This demonstration is open to the public but numbers must be limited. Please contact Irish Orchid Society Secretary, Marie Hourigan at info@irishorchidsociety.org
2.30pm – Auditorium, National Botanic Gardens.
Andre Schuiteman, Orchid Taxonomist, Kew Gardens, will speak in the auditorium. Andre is formerly from the National Herbarium of the Netherlands at Leiden and author of “A Guide to the Dendrobiums of New Guinea”. He will speak about some of the 900 species of Dendrobiums from India, S.E. Asia and parts of the southern hemisphere.
This event is free and open to the public. (Sponsored by the Irish Orchid Society)
Source: Irish Orchid Society – Saturday Feb 22nd, 2014 Orchid Workshop
