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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.
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.
A few of his current topics are:
- Blc. Toshie Aoki and its many hybrids (power point presentation)
- Vanda species and their many influences (power point presentation)
- Cycnoches and Mormodes culture and related genera
- Cattleya culture and related genera
- Bulbophylums culture and related genera
- Tolumina culture and its many hybrids
- 19th World Orchid Conference (power point presentation)
- C. bicolor and its hybrids (power point presentation)
If there is a specific topic that you would like Patrick to talk about, he does
have other topics that can be restructured to accomodate.
The speaker fees are negotiable.
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