Speakers

 

At Plantation Orchid Society, we strive to bring you the best talent each month.  Each speaker brings a different skill and topic whether you're a beginner or an experienced hobbyist.

Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at 7p.m.
our guest speaker will be Olivier Turina,
presenting “Catasetums” 

Olivier moved to Ft. Lauderdale from his hometown in Brussels, Belgium in 2005, to
join his husband Tommy and he started growing orchids in 2013 after attending the 
Ft. Lauderdale Orchid Show where he discovered “Paradise” and got the “orchid bug”. It has since become a true passion/downright obsession of his.

Olivier is a hobbyist with a collection of 450+ orchids. He focuses on species and primary hybrids and grows many different genera with Catasetums and Stanhopeas being his top favorites but in reality, there are few orchids he does not like ...

Olivier has been a board member of the Ft. Lauderdale Orchid Society (FLOS) since 2020. He has also been a monthly newsletter contributor at FLOS since 2018. He gives lectures on various subjects and he also started a YouTube channel in 2019, which has close to 3,500 subscribers and 120 videos with over 325,000 views. It is called “Orchid House, Fort Lauderdale, Florida” and it features growing tips for all sorts of orchids.

Olivier has received seven awards from the American Orchid Society:
1 FCC, 4 AM, 1 CCM and 1 HCC.

Olivier has a Bachelor degree in Finance and Economics and spent the first part of his professional life in the corporate world in finance (banking and financial analyst). He has been a Ft. Lauderdale-based realtor since 2013 and speaks 7 languages.

We are very excited to have Olivier as our guest speaker, please bring questions to
ask him as he is an expert on many types of Orchids!

*Olivier will be supplying a portion of our Raffle Table*

“Please help support our Orchid Society by buying raffle tickets,

It is also a great way to grow your orchid collection”

 This meeting will be helpful for all levels of experience. 

We look forward to seeing you!!

**Bring a friend to the meeting, everyone is welcome**

And don't forget the raffle ... the more raffle tickets you buy the more you win!
Participating in the raffle is a great way to increase your orchid collection!

Hope to see you there!! 

 

 

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