Lectures & Demonstrations

Karen Kimmerle demonstrating how to repot a Vanda.

Informal lectures and demonstrations by knowledgable speakers are held throughout the show.  It's your chance to find out how to take care of the orchids you just bought, or just learn something interesting you didn't know. 

The following lectures and demos were held at the 2017 show:

Friday

• Basic Orchid Culture – Karen Kimmerle, Island Sun Orchids, American Orchid Society Judge
• Growing Orchids on Trees – Rick Kelley, President, Hilo Orchid Society
• How to Grow Cattleya Orchids – Matthias Seelis, Shogun Hawaii Nursery
• How to Grow Vanda Orchids – Karen Kimmerle, Island Sun Orchids, American Orchid Society Judge

Saturday

• How to Grow Phalaenopsis Orchids – Sheldon Takasaki, Carmela Orchids
• Growing Orchids in a Shade House – Larry Kuekes, past president, Hilo Orchid Society
• Sex In the Orchid Greenhouse – Jurahame Leyva, Orchid Fix Nursery

Sunday

• Learn To Make Orchid Corsages – Lottie Haspe, Hilo Orchid Society
• Repotting Paphiopedilum Orchids (Lady Slippers) – Glen Barfield, American Orchid Society Judge