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Ottawa Orchid Society February Meeting
Nicholas Rust on Growing under Artificial Lighting
Date
February 16, 2025 2:00 pm
Ends February 16, 2025 4:30 pm
Location
Nepean Sportsplex, Hall C/D
1701 Woodroffe Ave, Ottawa, Ontario, K2G 1W2
Event Details
Join us for our February meeting to hear Nicholas Rust of RustyExotics Orchids in Athens, Georgia. He will speak, via Zoom, on growing orchids under artificial lighting – everything you need to know to create a grow room of your own. This should be an illuminating talk for those interested in organizing an orchid growing area. Nicholas specializes in terrestrial orchids such as the beautiful jewel orchids, Habenaria and terrestrial Australian orchids such as Thelymitra. Recently he has branched out to include other terrestrials in his collection including pitcher plants and unusual aroids. Nicholas was a major contributor to the COC Jewel orchids publication and seminar a few years ago.
This is a hybrid meeting with our usual show table for everyone, refreshments and a raffle for those attending in -person. Members please bring your blooming orchids to the show table by 1:40 pm.
PLEASE NOTE: For this meeting only, we are meeting in Halls C/D (Door 4) at Nepean Sportsplex. The remainder of the meetings will be in Hall F (Door 2.)
Presenter
Nicholas Rust
Nicholas Rust, of RustyExotics Orchids based in Georgia, specializes in jewel orchids, Bulbophyllum, Habenaria and other related genera. Through studying biochemistry and molecular biology throughout college, Nicholas approached his orchids with the same scientific perspective he used while working in a research lab. This led to an interest in the entire growth cycle of orchids and the start of his own hybridization program which focuses on terrestrial orchids, especially Habenaria.