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Orchid growers still talk about Phragmipedium

kovachii as if it were discovered yesterday, due to the
impact of the flower size and beauty as well as the
stories that proliferated after the publication of the
species. Additional intrigue arises because the
species has not been well adapted in culture and we
are all still struggling to grow this wonderful slipper
orchid well.

Through many analyses of the original soil and water
and through the comparison of the chemical data in
growing Phragmipedium kovachii for more than 11
years so far, this presentation will please growers
willing to uncover the mysteries of growing this huge slipper orchid, as well as the other members of the
Phragmipedium genus.

Manolo Arias graduated as an artist at the Catholic University in Lima Peru, with a Master degree in Industrial Design
from North Carolina State University. His current full-time occupation is working everyday as an Orchid grower.

Manolo's orchid growing efforts benefit from his design and artistic background, as well as from his passion to achieve
high standards of production and exceptional quality. The same passion helped him to be a Fulbright scholar in the United
States between 2002 and 2004.

Winner of many design competitions worldwide, and with scholarships in other countries including J apan, Belgium and the
United Kingdom, he feels very proud to be exposed to international environments that inspire him to improve the work he
leads in the Orchid propagation and conservation in Peru.

Since 2004 Manolo has worked as the head manager of Peruflora, a brand owner of 5 production locations distributed in
the Peruvian central forest, being able to grow plants from sea level up to 8000 feet above sea level.


Mr. Chen will speak about " Multifloral Paphiopedilums
in Taiwan." He will show us outstanding species and
hybrids from the best hybridizers and growers in his
country.

Chen-Chung Chen is the owner of Mainshow Orchids in
Taiwan. He is well known for his breeding program of top
quality species and hybrids and has been growing and
propagating orchids for over 30 years. Mr. Chen is also a
TOGA judge and has served as the J udging Chair of the
prestigious Taiwan International Orchid Show.

Mr. Chen is a perennial favorite at our symposium due to
his fascinating presentations and the superior quality plants that he makes available for purchase.


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Paphiopedilum sanderianum is a legendary species
amongst the 80 or so paph species coveted and
collected by orchid growers around the world. It can be
both exasperating and exhilarating to grow, slow to
establish and resentful of mistreatment, yet just
stunning when content. In this talk for the 16
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International Slipper Orchid Symposium, John will
review a current snapshot of its impact on multifloral
breeding, as well as a few key cultural elements that
have led him to win 10 of the 22 AOS awards ever given
to this species. That list includes the highest quality
award to date, the only Certificate of Cultural
Excellence (CCE), as well as the only Award of Quality
(AQ) to a group of 12 blooming plants.

John Doherty lives in Windsor, Canada with his wife Nicole and two daughters J ordyn and Madelyn. He joined the AOS
judging program at the age of 20, and did his university undergraduate thesis on tissue culture of Cypripedium (it does not
work, FYI). He has judged and lectured around the world and enjoys connecting with other enlightened orchid growers
who have also come to favor Paphs. He does own a few other orchids including Cynorkis, Disa, Phrags, New Guinea
Dendrobiums and even a Phalaenopsis, however he asks that you not hold it against him.


Botanists have been describing, naming and re-naming
vandaceous orchids for more than 200 years. Breeders
have registered thousands of hybrids between plants
of these closely related genera. Recent nomenclatural
changes for many species, the resulting loss of many
familiar genera, and the effects on hybrid names have
produced much confusion and many questions.

Robert Fuchs is a third-generation orchid grower, and
president of R.F. Orchids, Inc., in Homestead, Florida,
USA. The nursery was founded in 1970. In 1984, R.F.
Orchids Vanda Deva Robert AM/AOS-SM/11WOC was
named the Grand Champion of the 11th World Orchid
Conference in Miami. A recognized expert on vandaceous orchids, Bob presents lectures to audiences around the world,
and his articles have been published in many prestigious publications.

Bob Fuchs is an accredited American Orchid Society J udge, past president of the South Florida Orchid Society, life
member of the AOS, and was President of the 19th World Orchid Conference, in 2008. He was inducted into the Florida
Agriculture Hall of Fame in 2013, the first orchid grower to be so honored.



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Mr. Lin will speak on novelty phalaenopsis hybridizing.
This group of phalaenopsis is most rewarding for
orchid hobbyists due to their compact size,
frequent flowering, brilliant color and fragrance. In this
talk he will showcase the best novelty phalaenopsis
hybrids today, and review their best breeding attributes
to create better, more colorful novelty phalaenopsis
for tomorrow.

Peter Lin is an orchid enthusiast who has been growing
orchids for over 25 years (since the age of 10). Originally
from Taiwan, Peter came to the United States at the age of
12 and found his passion in collecting and hybridizing
phalaenopsis orchids. Peter graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Science in Computer
Sciences and has worked in the Information Technology industry for 12 years. To pursue his passion and expand and
upgrade his phalaenopsis collection, Peter turned his orchid growing into hybridizing and launched Big Leaf Orchids - a
family owned, mail-order operation in Southlake, Texas. Named after the pretty and round leaves of phalaenopsis, Big
Leaf Orchids specializes in phalaenopsis, with emphasis on novelty to include fragrant, waxy and multi-colored flowers.
Peter makes frequent trips to Taiwan to personally see the latest phalaenopsis developments, and to learn from
Taiwanese nurseries and phalaenopsis hybridizers.

In that never ending quest for culture perfection,
growers look for clues in both the environmental or
ecological realm, and the agriculture sciences realm.
The predominant information obtained from eco/enviro.
sources are generally limited to physical parameters
like temperature, light, and humidity. Chemical data
from ecological sources is often fragmentary or at
scale not applicable to orchid growers. The
information obtained from the agri-science community
dominates our feeding application regimes, but is
primarily based on high turnover food crop and
ornamental cultivars. Ricks quest has found evidence
that indicates that the chemical environment of in situ
orchids is considerably different from the cultivation standards for the food crop and ornamental plants that
many of us have modeled our feeding programs after. While still integrating basic agri-science principles, he has
also found that reconfiguring the application of macronutrients (N P K Ca & Mg) to more eco relevant
concentrations can dramatically improve orchid culture, especially for sensitive species.

Rick Lockwood is an environmental toxicologist for ENVIRON International, where he is a managing scientist for the
aquatic toxicology division of the Nashville, Tennessee office. He has focused on salt (in particular, potassium) toxicity
issues since 2005. His wife, Robin, rekindled his love of orchids in 2001, and has since been passionately pursuing the
study of species orchid culture, breeding and conservation.

He is an active and past office holder of the Orchid Society of Middle Tennessee and a major contributor on the
Slippertalk orchid forum. Slipper orchids are his favorite, but it took almost 10 years before he got it right to the point
where he is achieving AOS awards with his favorite flowers.

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Gary Meyer, PhD is a neuroscientist by training, cancer
researcher by trade, and Dracula-addict by fate. Gary has
been growing and studying Draculas in greenhouses,
herbariums, labs, and in the wild since he was a teenager.
Gary spends several months every year in the Colombian
and Ecuadorian Andes hunting the monster pleurothallid in
its element. He will discuss aspects of Dracula culture,
taxonomy, and why he goes "ape" on you if you call them
"monkey orchids."







David Off was born into the family orchid business in 1979.
He grew up in a home on property adjacent to the
greenhouses. Dave has been taught in a hands-on
environment from an early age. He is currently Assistant
Greenhouse Manager for Waldor Orchids. The Off family
has been growing plants since 1925. In addition to his
personal collection, David oversees the care and
maintenance of Waldors renowned classic cattleya
collection.

David married his wife Sarah in 2002. They have two sons,
Daniel and Clayton, who are being cultivated as the fourth
generation of orchid growers.
Fred Clarke














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Wednesday, October 29, 2014
TIME ACTIVITY LOCATION

7:00 am - 7:00 pm Vendor & Exhibitor Set-Up Galaxy I, II & III
10:00 am - 7:00 pm Registration Grand Galaxy Foyer
10:00 am - 7:00 pm Plant Registration Galaxy IV
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm AOS Trustee & Committee Chairs Planning
Meeting
Phoenix
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm AOS Judges Forum
(All judges/student judges invited)
Phoenix

Thursday, October 30, 2014

7:30 am - 7:00 pm Registration Grand Galaxy Foyer
7:30 am - 8:30 am Pre-Judging Galaxy I, II & III
8:00 am - 8:45 am AOS Committee Chairs Breakfast*
(Committee Chairs ONLY)

Galaxy IV
8:30 am - 12:00 pm Ribbon Judging Galaxy I, II & III
9:00 am - 12:00 pm AOS Committee Meetings
Affiliated Society/Membership
Conservation/Research
Education
Finance
Governance
Information Technology
J udging
Library
Nominating
Public Relations
Special Funding
Phoenix
Pegasus
Galaxy IV
Hydra
Draco
Pavo
Orion/Atlas
Galaxy IV
Hercules
Galaxy IV
Galaxy IV


PROGRAM

Thursday, October 30, 2014

TIME ACTIVITY LOCATION

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Judges Luncheon* Galaxy IV

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm AOS Judging & Photography Galaxy I, II & III

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Official Ribbon Cutting/Show Opening and
Preview Party with Vendor Sales*
(no pre-sales allowed Open to All)
Galaxy I, II & III


Friday, October 31, 2014

7:30 am - 7:00 pm Registration Grand Galaxy Foyer
7:00 am - 8:35 am AOS Affiliated Societies Breakfast*
(Open to All)

Aquila
8:30 am - 12:00 pm AOS Trustees Meeting Orion/Atlas
9:30 am - 4:30 pm Exhibit Show Floor & Vendor Sales Galaxy I, II & III
10:00 am - 10:40 am 16
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International Slipper Orchid Symposium:
Lecture #1
Galaxy IV

David Off - Waldor Orchids
Linwood, New J ersey
Cattleya Collecting in the 21
st
Century

10:50 am - 11:30 am 16
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International Slipper Orchid Symposium:
Lecture #2
Galaxy IV

Peter Lin - Big Leaf Orchids,
Southlake, Texas
Novelty Phalaenopsis Hybridizing

11:30 am - 1:20 pm International Phalaenopsis Alliance (IPA)
Luncheon & Auction* - (Open to All)

Aquila
1:20 pm - 2:00 pm 16
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International Slipper Orchid Symposium:
Lecture #3
Galaxy IV


Robert Fuchs, RF Orchids
Homestead, Florida
Vandaceous Intergeneric Hybrids: Where We
Stand Today








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Friday, October 31, 2014
TIME ACTIVITY LOCATION

2:00 pm - 4:30 pm AOS Auction Set-Up Galaxy IV
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Pleurothallid Alliance Lecture Orion/Atlas

Gary Meyer, PhD, Colombian Orchid Imports
San Francisco, California
Dracula Culture and Taxonomy

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Pleurothallid Alliance Meeting Orion/Atlas
4:30 pm - 7:00 pm Auction Preview Galaxy IV
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Auction Galaxy IV

Saturday, November 1, 2014

7:30 am - 5:00 pm Registration Grand Galaxy Foyer
7:30 am - 8:30 am Judges Workshop Breakfast*
(Open to All)
Aquila
9:00 am - 10:00 am AOS Town Hall Meeting Galaxy I, II, III
9:30 am - 4:30 pm Exhibit Show Floor & Vendor Sales Galaxy I, II & III
10:00 am - 11:00 am 16
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International Slipper Orchid Symposium:
Lecture #4
Galaxy IV

Rick Lockwood, Environ Corporation
Brentwood, Tennessee
What Do Orchids Eat?

11:00 am - 12:00 pm 16
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International Slipper Orchid Symposium:
Lecture #5
Galaxy IV

Chen-Chung Chen, Mainshow Orchids
Taiwan
Multifloral Paphiopedilums in Taiwan












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Saturday, November 1, 2014

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm 16
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International Slipper Orchid Symposium
Luncheon* - (Open to All)
Grand Caf Atrium
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm 16
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International Slipper Orchid Symposium:
Lecture #6
Galaxy IV

Manolo Arias, Peruflora
Lima, Peru
Solving the Mysteries of Phragmipedium
kovachii Culture

2:30 pm - 3:30 pm Slipper Orchid Alliance Lecture Galaxy IV
John Doherty, Zephyrus Orchid
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
A Beautiful Mess: Growing & Flowering 2,263
Inches of Petals

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Slipper Orchid Alliance Meeting & Auction
(Open to All)
Galaxy IV
6:30 pm 16
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International Slipper Orchid Symposium
Barbeque & Auction* (Open to All)
Krull-Smith

Sunday, November 2, 2014

8:00 am - 12:00 pm Breakfast & Open House (Open to All) Krull Smith
9:30 am - 4:30 pm Exhibit Show Floor & Vendor Sales Galaxy I, II & III
5:30 pm - 10:00 pm Teardown Galaxy I, II & III

Sheraton Orlando North
600 North Lake Destiny Drive
Maitland, Florida 32751
P#: (407) 660-9000
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HOTEL INFORMATION:
The Sheraton Orlando North Hotel is more than a hotelits a
grand experience.

Relax in the warm ambiance of its spacious guest rooms.
Complete with Sheraton Sweet SleeperBeds, all 390
luxurious guest rooms and suites feature dark mahogany and
walnut furnishings, oversized desks, mini refrigerators, large
LCD flat panel televisions, and high speed internet access.

Enjoy the magnificent sight of the grand atrium with its
beautiful waterfall, surrounded by a tropical paradise. Enjoy
the lobby which acts as a meeting place, offering PC terminals
and complimentary high speed internet access so you can
stay connected.

Facilities include a state-of-the-art business center, concierge
floor with private lounge, Sheraton Fitness, and outdoor pool
with fountains and J acuzzi. Enjoy a meal under a glass-
domed atrium in the Grande Caf or meet up with friends for a
drink at the Celestial Lounge, where the soothing sound of the
water fountain cascades around you.

OTHER RESORT FEATURES INCLUDE:
15,000 square feet of flexible meeting space
24-hour front desk & Concierge
Fitness & Business Center
Restaurant & Bar/lounge
Parking Facilities (Complimentary)
Car Rental Desk
Shuttle Service within Surrounding Area (Limited)
Complimentary internet access



SPECIAL
CONFERENCE
RATE:

We have reserved a
block of rooms at a
special conference
rate of $112 per night
(does not include
applicable state and
local taxes currently 12.5%). This special room rate will only
be available until October 10, 2014 (as long as rooms are still
left in our block) so book early to ensure you receive the rate.
After this date, higher room rates may be applicable. All hotel
reservations, including cancellations, must be made directly
with the hotel and are subject to their terms and conditions.

For hotel reservations, please call (866) 837-5175 and
reference yourself as a member of the American Orchid
Society group, with reservation # AOJ29A to get the
conference rate.

SHUTTLE SERVICE:

Service is available through Mears Shuttle from Orlando
International Airport. Rates from the airport to the hotel are
estimated at $30 per person (if round trip ticket is purchased).
For additional information please call (407) 901-4900. A
reservation is required. Visit their webpage at
www.mearstransportation.com.

DRIVING DIRECTIONS:
From Orlando International Airport
Estimated Taxi Fare: $55 USD (one way)
From East: Follow Interstate 4 to Exit 90. Merge right onto
Maitland Boulevard. Turn right at the first light onto Lake
Destiny Drive. The Hotel is located on the right hand side and
is easily visible from the highway.
From West: Follow Interstate 4 to Exit 90B. Merge right onto
Maitland Boulevard. Take the first right at the light onto Lake
Destiny Drive. The hotel is ahead on the right.
From South: Take Interstate 4 East to exit 90B. Merge right
onto Maitland Boulevard. Turn right on Lake Destiny Drive.
The hotel is ahead on the right.
From North: Follow Interstate 75S to Interstate 4. Proceed
east to exit 90B. Merge right onto Maitland Boulevard. Turn
right on Lake Destiny Drive. The hotel is located on the right
hand side and is easily visible from the highway.
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made payable to the American Orchid Society) by October 20, 2014. You may also
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Includes Show Admission, Lectures, Preview Party,
and the 16
TH
International Slipper Orchid Symposium
Luncheon & Barbeque/Auction
October 29 November 2, 2014 $90.00
SHOW ADMISSION
Includes Show Admission ONLY
(daily admission available Friday, Saturday & Sunday)
October 31-November 2, 2014 $5.00 (daily)
AOS COMMITTEE CHAIRS BREAKFAST (AOS Committee Chairs ONLY) October 30, 2014 $26.00
AOS JUDGES LUNCHEON (Participating Judges ONLY)
(Free lunch provided for participating judges registered by October 8, 2014)
October 30, 2014 COMP
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PREVIEW PARTY (Open to All) (complimentary with full registration)
October 30, 2014 COMP
PREVIEW PARTY GUEST(S) REGISTRATION - (Open to All) @ $30 each
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AOS AFFILIATED SOCIETIES BREAKFAST (Open to All) October 31, 2014 $26.00
INTERNATIONAL PHALAENOPSIS ALLIANCE (IPA) LUNCHEON & AUCTION (Open to All) October 31, 2014 $26.00
AOS JUDGES BREAKFAST (Open to All) November 1, 2014 $26.00
16
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INTERNATIONAL SLIPPER ORCHID SYMPOSIUM LUNCHEON (Open to All)
(complimentary with full registration)
November 1, 2014 COMP
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(Open to All) @ $26 each
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16
TH
INTERNATIONAL SLIPPER ORCHID SYMPOSIUM BARBEQUE & AUCTION (Open to All)
(complimentary with full registration)
November 1, 2014 COMP
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INTERNATIONAL SLIPPER ORCHID SYMPOSIUM BARBEQUE & AUCTION will be
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