Join us for our last meeting of the 2025-26 season to hear Wenqing Perner of Hengduan Mountains Biotechnology Ltd. speak via Zoom on Orchids in China and their cultivation in the West. She is an excellent speaker and an authority on Chinese species and their culture. Wenqing works for Huanglong National Park as senior advisor for nature conservation. She is also an IUCN SSC Orchid Specialist Group expert and IUCN SSC China Species Specialist Group expert. Together with her late husband they established Hengduan Mountains Biotechnology Ltd. The company is mainly engaged in the propagation of Paphiopedilum and Cypripedium, and exports their products to Europe, America, Canada, Japan, Australia among others.
The meeting will be a hybrid meeting. We will have the usual Show Table, raffle and refreshments with a break to chat with our “Ask Me Anything” experts. We will also be celebrating the success of our membership at Orchidophilia 2026 and singing the praises of all our volunteers. Members, please bring your plants to the show table by 1:40 pm to allow time for judging. If you are feeling unwell, please join us via Zoom.
