Ottawa Orchid Society September 2025 Meeting
Orchids in China and their cultivation in the West
Date
September 21, 2025 2:00 pm
Ends September 21, 2025 4:30 pm
Location
Nepean Sportsplex, Hall F
1701 Woodroffe Ave, Ottawa, Ontario, K2G 1W2
Event Details
Join us for our first meeting of the 2025-26 season hear Wenqing Perner of Hengduan Mountains Biotechnology Ltd. 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. 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.
Presenter
Wenqing Perner
Organizer
- Ottawa Orchid Society
We aim to create a space where orchid lovers who come from all walks of life can share their knowledge and experience growing orchids.
The Ottawa Orchid Society is affiliated with the Canadian Orchid Congress (COC) and with the American Orchid Society (AOS). Through these affiliations, the Society is able to obtain world-class speakers for regular meetings.
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