Bill Thoms: Everything You Wanted to Know About Bulbophylums
Internationally recognized speaker, orchid hunter, breeder, and grower extraordinaire Bill Thoms will be presenting a talk on Bulbophyllums. This program covers everything you need to know to grow and bloom these fascinating plants, including super pictures of easy-to-grow species and the latest hybrids.
Be prepared to learn more about this fascinating group of plants than you ever dreamed! Bill, along with partner Doris Dukes, has been growing orchids around Central Florida for more than 45 years and has received almost every award granted by the AOS as well as more Awards for Culture than anyone else in the world (105 in over 29 genera), including 48 in the Bulbophyllum alliance and 13 Certificates of Cultural Excellence plus 4 others with 90 points or above before they had the Cultural Excellence award.
Many of his crosses are winning awards around the country and the AOS has added a yearly award named for him for the best Bulbophyllum exhibited.
Bill Thoms Award: This Award is given to the grower of the orchid plant, either species or hybrid, which is regarded as the most outstanding example of the Bulbophyllinae Subtribe whose award was officially recorded during the preceding calendar year. The award was established in 2007 and endowed by donations to recognize Mr. Bill Thoms, noted Bulbophyllum grower.
Bill's talk will be spiced with funny stories and funny associations so whether you grow thousands of orchids, only a few, or none at all, you will have a wonderfully entertaining time and be able to grow anything better. Many of the most important requirements for growing world class plants are made easy to understand and remember.
Don’t miss this great opportunity to learn how to grow these fascinating plants and to hear one of the most knowledgeable, interesting, and funny speakers in the orchid world.
His new book, Bulbophyllums; The Incomplete Guide, From A to WHY? will be available for purchase at a 20% discount on his website, https://bulbophyllums-com.myshopify.com/collections/all. Use code LBAOS at checkout to get the discount after February 9th. The book is out of print, but there are some available on his website. Bill has other items for sale as well.
