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.
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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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Orlando in the semi-deciduous seasonal forests of Mato Grosso

Orlando's garden in Petrópolis with Neoregelias, a Dyckia and cacti, etc

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Auction Items for January's Meeting
Congratulations winners!

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