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                                                       VIRTUAL LECTURE SERIES

Our popular series of online presentations brings a host of distinguished scientists, talented students and enthusiastic hobbyists to offices and living rooms around the world. Anyone interested can enjoy these presentations about various aspects of North American native orchids and orchid conservation in real time and/or view the recorded version at a later date. Members and guests are invited to log in on the 4th Tuesday of the month starting at 8:30 pm Eastern time (5:30 pm Pacific time). Each presentation will last 40-50 minutes followed by a brief Q & A period. A reminder notice with speaker bio and Zoom link will be distributed prior to each presentation. We look forward to having you join us for these engaging talks.

 

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                                                               2024/25 SCHEDULE

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September 24, 2024:          Tara Littlefield  (Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves)

                                                 Recovering Rare Orchids and Restoring Lost Landscapes in Kentucky's

                                                 Cumberland Plateau

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October 22, 2024:                Ron Parsons  (Renowned orchid photographer and author)

                                       Springtime in the Gargano

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November 26, 2024:            David Remucal  (Delores E. Isaacson Curator of Endangered

                                        Plants, University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum)

                                        Topic TBD

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January 28, 2025:                  Todd D. Crail, Ph.D.  (Distinguished Lecturer, Environmental

                                        Sciences - University of Toledo)

                                        Restoring the Yellow-fringed Orchid to the Oak Openings Preserve in                                                                      Northern Ohio

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February 25, 2025:             Fred Bess  (Certified Arborist, Horticulturist, Author and

                                        Native Orchid Grower

                                        Gardening in the Mud: Creating a Bog Garden for Native Orchids and Other

                                                  Wacky Plants

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March 25, 2025:                     Ellen Garcia  (Case Grant Recipient; Ph.D. Candidate, University

                                         of Florida)

                                         Symbiotic Relationships Between Mycorrhizal Fungi and South Florida

                                                   Native Orchids

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                                         PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS MAY BE VIEWED BELOW

 

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  Taming the Wild White Bog Orchid
D. Martin & L. Hanson 11/23/2021

 Rare Orchids of the Sky Islands
Ben Rostron 1/25/2022

  Orchids of Madagascar
Rick Burian 5/25/2021

Aggregated Pollen:  Why and Why Not 
Tatyana Livshultz 6/15/2021

  Where is Newfoundland and Why Would a Botanist Go There Anyway? 
Bob Sprague 9/28/2021

Protecting Cypripedium candidum and  Platanthera leucophaea in Illinois
Cathy Bloome 10/26/2021

Ongoing Monographic Studies in Spiranthes
Matthew Pace 10/25/2022

  Investigating Mycorrhizal Fungi as Drivers of the Host Tree Specificity in Dendrophylax lindenii
Lynnaun Johnson 9/27/2022

Orchids of Rhodes
Rick Burian 11/22/2022

Triphora: North America's
Most Enigmatic Orchid Genus
Brandon Corder 1/24/2023

Orchid Ecology and Conservation:
Update from the Sharma Lab
Jyotsna Sharma 2/28/2023

Frozen Beauty:  Cryopreservation for the Conservation of Native Plants and Orchids
Megan Philpott, PhD  1/23/2024

Mycoheterotrophic Orchids
Brandon Corder  2/27/2024

Orchid Conservation in Kentucky
Tara Littlefield  9/24/2024

Research and Active Conservation
of Native Orchids
David Remucal  11/26/2024

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