19th World Orchid Conference Miami

-raises hand- for a couple days, at least. full week is too rich for my blood.

--j_a

Hand in air. Not sure which days we are going, but we need to make that decision soon. I hope we can do a meet up!

Diana

John, I forgot to ask about your own plans. Will you be there, and for how long?

Diana

No - Unfortunately won't be attending. I was just curious as to how many of the readers of this group were likely to attend. To go to Florida takes about 30 hours for us so you can write of 3 days just travelling. I am planning to go to the next mtg in Singapore. The flight is only 7 - 8 hours and I can then go onto my beloved Borneo for another trek through the rain forests. Might even consider PNG as an add on.

Another meeting to consider for those of you who need your international orchid fix every once in a while is the Western Australian Orchid Spectacular in September 2008. This is the prime time to see the flora of WA (including the most amazing terrestrial orchids) which is unique in the world because of the region's (SW corner of Australia) isolation from other habitable areas being totally surrounded by desert or ocean for thousands of miles.

Info is on the Internet. Hope to see some of you there. I know Danny is planning to come out and I look forward to showing him some of the orchids of my region in Victoria as well. Others would also be most welcome.

Cheers

John