March 14th

Glen Decker

Program:"My Life With Slippers"

"My Life with Slippers" ... It's Glen’s journey to see slipper orchids around the world, including Peru, Ecuador, and through Europe, and the things that he has learned about growing them. The lecture will include some history, travel, culture and stories about the people within our obsession.

Glen Decker, formerly the owner of Piping Rock Orchids, has been growing orchids for over 40 years, and holds the degree of Associate in Applied Science in Ornamental Horticulture. He was the previous chair of the American Orchid Society's Publications Committee and a past Director of the Orchid Digest Corporation. Glen has won numerous AOS awards, including the Butterworth Prize, Nax Trophy, WW Wilson Award and the Carlyle A. Luer Award. He has appeared in Martha Stewart's Better Living Magazine and on a PBS TV special "Orchid Delirium". He rewrote the Slipper section of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's "The Best Orchids for Indoors" and was the technical editor for the "Orchids for Dummies" book. He also has written many articles on Paphiopedilums and Phragmipedium, which have been published worldwide.

Topic: WNCOS Presents: Glenn Decker "My Life with Slippers"

Time: Mar 14, 2021 02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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