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SUMMARY:HOTOS Monthly Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Terrestrial Orchids with Nicholas Rust\n\n\n\nPlease join us this month for our featured speaker Nicholas Rust\, owner and founder of RustyExotics Orchids. His presentation will focus on Terrestrial Orchids. Nicholas will have orchids available for purchase at the meeting. \n\n\n\nNote: If you are interested in joining us on Zoom\, please send us your request at least 24 hoursin advance. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio: Nicholas is an up-and-coming hybridizer in the orchid community. His orchid passion began in 2015 when a mini Phalaenopsis was gifted to him. Like a flame to gasoline\, this gift quickly pulled him into the diverse world of orchids. Shortly after his interests were formed\, he began exploring the culture of several unique genera of terrestrial orchids. He now specializes in Habenaria and other related genera\, jewel orchids\, Australian terrestrial orchids\, and Bulbophyllum. In 2019\, this obsession bloomed into a small orchid nursery\, RustyExotics Orchids\, which he uses to share the wonders and beauty of his work. \n\n\n\nThrough studying biochemistry and molecular biology during college\, Nicholas approaches his orchids with the same scientific perspective he uses while working in a research lab. This led to an interest in the entire growth cycle of orchids and the start of his own hybridization program in 2018 which focuses mostly on terrestrial orchids\, especially Habenaria. His aim is to use rarely cultivated species and distinct variations of species to create truly exceptional shapes and colors that will pave new directions for unique hybrids.
URL:https://zilkergarden.org/event/hotos-monthly-meeting/
LOCATION:Zilker Botanical Garden\, 2220 Barton Springs Road\, Austin\, Texas\, 78746
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ORGANIZER;CN="Heart of Texas Orchid Society":MAILTO:hotos.austin@gmail.com
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