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Tomas Bajza from Tarzane Orchid Group in Miami FL will be our June speaker. Tomas came to the USA from the Czech Republic and settled down in hot tropical Miami. I got into serious orchid growing only over a decade ago, starting with the usual grocery store Phalaenopsis and Dendrobiums, slowly adding Cattleyas and Vandas. All of these were large orchids and mostly hybrids. I was constantly searching different online orchid forums and saw posts about Lepanthopsis astrophora — that was the very first time I had ever seen a miniature orchid. I fell in love and immediately ordered a few. When they came, they were even smaller than I ever imagined! That was it, I got bitten by a “huge” miniature orchid bug — and in the past years, I was fortunate enough to collect hundreds of micro and miniature orchid species. I do not consider myself in any way orchid expert, but someone once told me that a beginner orchid grower is someone who killed less than 10 plants, advance orchid grower is someone who killed more than 100, and an orchid professional is someone who killed over 1000 and doesn’t count anymore. By this yardstick, I do belong to advance growers. I’ve been very fortunate with meeting and becoming friends with many international orchid growers and nursery owners. What used to be a “hobby” slowly grew to a small business that is expanding. We found out there are hundreds of growers, like me, searching for these hard to find, unusual, uncommon and rare micro and miniature orchids. Thankfully we can share our babies with the rest of the orchid world via our website and educate people interested in growing miniature and small orchids through my speech engagements across the USA.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
4415 Beryl Rd, Raleigh, NC, United States, North Carolina 27606
