Name: June 2024 meeting: A Look at Cool Growing Orchids - Outside for 6+ months
Start: 2024-06-10T19:30:00-04:00
Location: 4415 Beryl Rd, Raleigh, NC, United States, North Carolina 27606

June 2024 meeting: A Look at Cool Growing Orchids - Outside for 6+ months

Kim Feddersen, from Fair Orchids in NJ, will be our June speaker on A Look at Cool Growing Orchids - Outside for 6+ months
Kim will also be selling a variety of orchids.
Kim Feddersen Bio
I am a third-generation orchidholic.
My grandfather spent 8 years in Malaysia, where he indulged his botanical interests. My dad had a retail orchid nursery (Orkidé Kultur) in Denmark; I started working in his nursery after school when I was 15.
I have grown Orchids as a hobby grower for about 25 years, starting in windows, moving to lights in the basement, and finally into a shared greenhouse, where my collection numbered some 1500+ plants.
A December 2017 freeze wiped out my entire intermediate/warm collection. Due to space constraints, I had moved my cool growing plants to a different location, so my Cymbidiums, Laelia anceps & Aussie Dendrobiums were not affected. I now have a full 2500 sqft greenhouse, so my collection has somehow grown accordingly – with heavy emphasis on Cattleyas (especially L. anceps and B. nodosa hybrids).
Following the end of my corporate career, I have expanded my orchid activities significantly. I am now participating in regional shows in NJ, PA, NY, CT, MA, MD & NH under the Fair Orchids identity, and I have so far collected 19 AOS awards (mix of flower quality & cultural).