Rick Barry
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Slipper enthusiasts in the San Francisco Bay Area will have a rare opportunity this week to hear two lectures presented by Frank Smith of Krull-Smith Orchids. The first talk, on preparing plants for display at the WOC, will be presented to the San Francisco Orchid Society on Tuesday, October 7 at the Hall of Flowers in Golden Gate Park. The second presentation, on new orchid hybrids from Florida, will take place at the meeting of the Malihini Orchid Society on October 10, 7:30 PM at the Hewlett-Packard campus at 19111 Pruneridge Avenue in Cupertino.
From the SF Society newsletter:
Over 30 years ago Frank Smith and Jim Krull started a small orchid nursery, Krull-Smith, in Apopka, Florida where they have been providing exceptional quality orchids to hobbyists and commercial growers ever since. In that time Krull-Smith has become the leading orchid hybridizer in the world for award-quality show plants, having received over 700 quality and cultural awards from the American Orchid Society. Krull-Smith is dedicated to providing the highest quality species and hybrids of Phalaenopsis, Cattleyas, and Paphiopedilums, as well as a wide array of novelty orchids such as Bulbophyllums, sought after by serious orchid hobbyists and collectors who are especially interested in showing their plants as well as creating unique and high quality orchid collections. Recently, at The 19th WOC, Krull-Smith Orchids had won many trophies and AOS awards including Grand Champion Orchid, Gold Medal Winner, Best in Show Trophy; Slipper Orchids, Best in Class Trophy; Multi-flowered Paphiopedilum, Paphiopedilum Hybrid, Reserve Champion Exhibit, and Peoples Choice Exhibit...
“Frank Smith is among a few special persons who, by dint of extraordinary talent or hard work, achieve heights that eclipse the ordinary orchidophile. Smith’s unusually good eye for great orchids enables him to pick them out from the crowd. This talent has helped him select and breed world renowned flowers. Few of the orchid public realizes that his reputation as a great orchid connoisseur is actually exceeded by his world fame as a daylily breeder. But, more than a good eye, he also possesses that creative spark that allows him to select good parents and foretell which crosses will produce new kinds of flowers that reside along the cutting edge of the hybridizer’s dreams. This gives him a novel perspective that allows him to push the envelope. Furthermore, he is a goal-oriented plant breeder who knows what he is breeding for, and this makes his flowers so much better than those of the other run-of-the-mill orchid breeders.
“Smith knows what he likes, what he wants and how to achieve his goals. But a man is more than the flowers he breeds. In this great man’s case there is a level of care and empathy for his fellow travelers; the loyalty that his workers have for him and his innate generosity to friends and others. He has been very generous in donating his own precious time; his energy and spirit is way beyond that normally expected of anyone.” - Harold Koopowitz
Regards,
Rick
From the SF Society newsletter:
Over 30 years ago Frank Smith and Jim Krull started a small orchid nursery, Krull-Smith, in Apopka, Florida where they have been providing exceptional quality orchids to hobbyists and commercial growers ever since. In that time Krull-Smith has become the leading orchid hybridizer in the world for award-quality show plants, having received over 700 quality and cultural awards from the American Orchid Society. Krull-Smith is dedicated to providing the highest quality species and hybrids of Phalaenopsis, Cattleyas, and Paphiopedilums, as well as a wide array of novelty orchids such as Bulbophyllums, sought after by serious orchid hobbyists and collectors who are especially interested in showing their plants as well as creating unique and high quality orchid collections. Recently, at The 19th WOC, Krull-Smith Orchids had won many trophies and AOS awards including Grand Champion Orchid, Gold Medal Winner, Best in Show Trophy; Slipper Orchids, Best in Class Trophy; Multi-flowered Paphiopedilum, Paphiopedilum Hybrid, Reserve Champion Exhibit, and Peoples Choice Exhibit...
“Frank Smith is among a few special persons who, by dint of extraordinary talent or hard work, achieve heights that eclipse the ordinary orchidophile. Smith’s unusually good eye for great orchids enables him to pick them out from the crowd. This talent has helped him select and breed world renowned flowers. Few of the orchid public realizes that his reputation as a great orchid connoisseur is actually exceeded by his world fame as a daylily breeder. But, more than a good eye, he also possesses that creative spark that allows him to select good parents and foretell which crosses will produce new kinds of flowers that reside along the cutting edge of the hybridizer’s dreams. This gives him a novel perspective that allows him to push the envelope. Furthermore, he is a goal-oriented plant breeder who knows what he is breeding for, and this makes his flowers so much better than those of the other run-of-the-mill orchid breeders.
“Smith knows what he likes, what he wants and how to achieve his goals. But a man is more than the flowers he breeds. In this great man’s case there is a level of care and empathy for his fellow travelers; the loyalty that his workers have for him and his innate generosity to friends and others. He has been very generous in donating his own precious time; his energy and spirit is way beyond that normally expected of anyone.” - Harold Koopowitz
Regards,
Rick
