29th Paph Symposium in Washington, D.C.

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Jim Toomey

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I'm flying in (using my sky-miles) on Feb 13th.
I'd love to share expense on a car... anyone interested.
I hate to spend my orchid dollars on a rental car.

Anyone make some recommendations for hotels close to the symposium?
Anyone interested in going to the Smithsonian center on Sunday?

AHAB
 
Hi AHAB,

Wish I were going, maybe next year! What is the lecture schedule? Who is speaking. Someone post this info please.

Theresa
Hillsview
 
link
http://ncos.us/ncos/paph.htm

Here you go:
The 29th annual NCOS Paph Forum will feature internationally-renowned speakers, an unparalleled selection of Paphiopedilum and Phragmipedium plants for sale by leading vendors, a show table featuring hundreds of slippers in bloom, ribbons and trophies for outstanding show plants, door prizes, a book signing opportunity by Harold Koopowitz, a silent auction to benefit the Slipper Orchid Alliance, and American Orchid Society judging. Pre-registration is required. The entry fee of $50.00 includes lunch and a door prize ticket. Participation is limited to the first 140 registrants! Sales begin at 8:00 am, the program begins at 9:45 am, and the event concludes at 4:30 pm.

Click here for the 2009 Paph Forum registration form.

2009 PAPH FORUM SPEAKERS

Terry Root – Orchid Zone Limited, California
“Orchid Zone Slippers”

Alfredo Manrique – Centro de Jardineria Manrique, Lima, Perú
“Slipper Orchids of Peru including an Update on Phrag. kovachii”

John Salventi, PhD. – Parkside Orchid Nursery, Pennsylvania
“The Developing Sophistication in ‘Pot Plant’ Paphiopedilums”

Bryan Ramsay – National Capital AOS Judging Center
“Overview of Recent Slipper Awards”

2009 PAPH FORUM VENDORS

Plants: Alan Salzman Orchids, NY; Alfredo Manrique, Peru; Bloomfield Orchids, NY; Floradise Orchids, VA; Marriott Orchids, NC; Orchid Enterprise, VA; Orchidview Orchids, SC; Orchid Zone orchids by Cove Corporation; Parkside Orchid Nursery, PA; Woodstream Orchids, MD.

Supplies: Quarter Acre Orchids, VA

Orchid Design Gifts: Celebrate Orchids! VA

NCOS Member Plant Sales: Members pre-registered for the Forum may sell slipper orchids.

Click here for a copy of the 2009 Paph Forum Program
 
Have fun all of you!!
Used to be a regular participant even before our Florida days.
Used to have a great time sparring with Merritt Huntington and Harold on the plant appreciation.
Maybe one of these days I might get myself another Visa and come and vist.
Maybe with a more open minded President people who were goods friends of the US might be welcomed back.
Paul
 
Hi Paul,
You are missed and will be at the Paph Forum as well. My Florida trips aren't the same without the stop to your nursery. The Symposium you started is going strong and hopefully you will be able to come back soon and speak at it. Please give my best to Mary
Rob
Glendale Botanicals
 
Silence882,
Can you make some recommendations for hotels close to the symposium?
AHAB
 
Sorry, but I don't really know the area right around the arboretum. Also, it's not a very good area, so I'd recommend staying at a place a little further away, maybe in Landover, MD. It's only about 7 miles away from the arboretum and it's a much nicer area.

--Stephen
 
Yeah, stay a couple miles away in MD and you'll be happier and feel safer.

-Ernie
 

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