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  • past: January '21

January 2021

Happy New Year!
We are glad to present January's presentation by Orlando Graeff here below, linked to YouTube.

January's Program​
Our speaker for January was
Orlando Graeff

We started the New Year with words and images from Brazil.

They came from Orlando Graeff.  Watch his talk by clicking the linked video above.
​
They were a real treat for all of us. Orlando combines his wide knowledge of the world of bromeliads with the love and dedication of a real gardener. He has written several books about the habitats of the plants in Brazil, from the moist rainforests to the dry caatinga of that vast country.


​He has also developed a garden in Petrópolis in which he grows the plants of those areas. Few people have the knowledge and ability plus the space to assemble a phytogeographic garden, the term used by botanists to describe a place in which plants are grouped to represent the flora of the areas in which they occur naturally.

In Brazil bromeliads occur in most of those areas. Skim through the hundreds of images from the massive file below.

https://hayko.tv/orlandograeff

Thanks Orlando!

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Vriesea warmingii
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Orlando in the semi-deciduous seasonal forests of Mato Grosso
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Orlando's garden in PetrĂ³polis with Neoregelias, a Dyckia and cacti, etc
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Auction Items for January's Meeting
Congratulations winners!


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Photo from mezuni
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    • August Coffee in the Brom Garden
  • Past Newsletters
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    • 2019 Exhibition & Sale
    • WBC San Diego 2018
    • A Look Back: '17 Show & Sale
  • Bromeliad Genera
    • Aechmeas - the tank broms
    • Alcantarea - Brazilian giants
    • Behold Billbergia
    • Tillandsias aka "air plants"
    • Spotlight on Neoregelia
    • Spotlight on Vriesea
  • Links
    • SDBS Facebook page
    • ZOONOOZ Beautiful Bromeliads [great article]
    • Bromeliad Society International
    • Florida Council of Bromeliad Societies
    • Queenlsand
    • East London
  • Growing Tips
    • Growing in San Diego
    • Water & Fertilzer
    • Potting & Soil
    • How Much Light?
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  • past: January '21