If you ever doubted that Orchids were an International passion just look at some of the speakers who have visited The British Paphiopedilum Society recently.

Dr Phillip Cribb (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK), Frank Smith (Krull-Smith Orchids, USA), Masayoshi Takahashi (Tokyo Orchid Nursery, Japan), Jerry Fischer (Orchids Ltd., USA), Dr Guido Braem (Schlechter Institut, Germany), Roelle Van Rooyen (Van Rooyen Orchids, South Africa), Prof. Leonid Averyanov (St. Petersburg, Russia), Jim Clarkson (University of South Florida Botanical Gardens),Joan Elvin from South Africa spoke about Paph. fairrieanum and Ernst Gunzenhauser based in Gelterkinden, Switzerland, which has been running his own company since the 1930s.

Societies and Shows

American Orchid Society  www.orchidweb.org
British Orchid Council  www.british-orchid-council.info
Orchid Society of Great Britain  www.orchid-society-gb.org.uk 24th April 2010 Spring show

Royal Horticultural Society  www.rhs.org.uk London Orchid show 20-21 March 2010
RHS International Orchid Register  www.rhs.org.uk/seedlist/registerpages/orchidsearch.asp
North of England Orchid Society http://orchid.org.uk 5th and 6th of June 2010 at Tatton Park
Raby Castle www.rabycastle.com 10th Anniversary Show 1-3 May 2010
Sheffield & District Orchid Society www.sheffieldorchids.org annual show Bakewell 9th May 2010.
Paphiopedilum Orchid Image Gallery  www.paphiopedilums.netfirms.com
More shows from an Orchid Council  database
Paphs.Net  www.paphs.net/Paph2.htm
The Slipper Orchid Alliance  www.slipperorchid.org
Dr. Tanaka’s Paphiopedilum World  www.orchid.or.jp/orchid/people/tanaka/indexe.html

Suppliers and Links

Ratcliffe Orchids, UK  www.ratcliffeorchids.co.uk

Krull-Smith Orchids, USA  www.krullsmith.com

Orchids Limited, USA  www.orchidweb.com

Orchid Inn, USA  www.orchidinnusa.com

Plested Orchids, UK  www.orchids-at-plesteds.co.uk

Peter White Orchid, UK  www.ran93r.co.uk/sites/orchidsbypeterwhite

Wubben Orchids, Holland  www.orchidwubben.com

The Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia  www.orchidspecies.com

Burnham Nurseries

McBeans Orchids www.mcbeans

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