Speaker

  

Born in Bulgaria, now living in US I have been growing orchids for the past 16 years. First as a hobby, later as a profession and now as a hobby again. Currently, I am serving in the US Army as a combat medic and live in Watertown NY USA.

In 1997 I spent over a year working at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew London UK in the Orchid Unit under the supervision of Sandra Bell and Dusha Hayes. There I have gained vast knowledge for problem solving in the orchid green house to include knowledge for orchid pest and diseases, acclimatization of new orchid species and orchid classification and systematization.

I have been speaking before orchid societies in US, United Kingdom and Bulgaria - to name a few: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew's Mutual society, Marin Orchid Society CA, Menlo Park Garden Club and many others

My non-profit web site has been on the web since 1996

I have no set fee to speak before your society, yet I wish my travel expenses covered and opportunity to sell plants or books on orchids. As many other speaker I prefer to sleep in member's home or budget hotel. Donations in form of articles and pictures to publish on my site are always welcome. I would accept cash donations too.

Topic covered are listed on this site bellow.

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caterpilar.jpg (7499 bytes) Orchid pests and Diseases

 

 		 Care instructions for the most common species and Phalaenopsis, Cattleya, Cymbidium, Paphiopedilums, Oncidium related and more
Frequently asked questions

Guides for buying orchids

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History of orchids in Europe ( RBG Kew)

Orchids at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew London UK

 
  Growing from seeds and adaptation of the seedlings (deflasking) orchid_seedsx250_s.jpg (5336 bytes)

 

Edible orchids

coming soon:

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last update 27 Nov 2008