Meeting:
August 11, 2010 7pm
Location:
New Hanover County Arboretum
Speaker: Linda
Wilhelm
Subject: Oncidiums
and their culture.
August
Speaker Bio: Linda Wilhelm
started
growing orchids in 1980 after a vacation in Florida
with
her mother. Already intrigued by orchids, she
finally
bought a small Cattleya seedling, not knowing at
the
time that it would take seven or eight years to get a
bloom.
It was the beginning of an addiction. After meeting
Rolf
in 1985, the addiction became severe when he
too
got involved with orchids.
When
the hobby got out of hand and developed into a
serious
passion for both Linda and Rolf, they started their
business
Woodland Orchids. They specialize in breeding
warm
tolerant Oncidiinae (several of their new hybrids
have
received awards from the AOS), compact Cattleyas
and
also line breed a number of different species.
St
a n ho p e a s a r e t he newe s t p a s s io n.
.
An
Accredited Judge, Linda is very active in the judging
program,
having served in various positions with the
Carolinas
Judging Center including the job of the Training
Coordinator
and 5 years as the Chair of the Center.
She
is currently on her second term as a Trustee for the
American
Orchid Society. She enjoys being involved in
shows
outside her region, including offshore shows in the
islands.
“It offers such an opportunity to see a different
variety
of orchids as well as an opportunity to extend my
group
of friends”. She is a frequent guest speaker at orchid
societies
all over the eastern portion of the USA. “I
would
love to have the opportunity in the future to travel
and
speak to the societies in the western half of the
United
States and I’m really looking forward to this November
when
I will be traveling to Brazil to speak and
judge
a show.”
Linda
may be contacted at: Address: 1816 Hart Road,
Charlotte,
NC 28214, Email: orchidfrau@bellsouth.net,
Website:
www.woodlandorchids.com
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