Our speaker this month will be Ray Barkalow, of First Rays Orchids (http;//www.firstrays.com), who will be enlightening us as to the newest craze in orchid growing, semi-hydroponics. Ray pioneered this method and will share his experiences and insights to help all of us explore this new method of orchid culture. Many growers have found it an easy to manage way of growing orchids, and an option for some plants which haven't traditionally done well for them but seem to thrive in semi-hydro.

Ray's orchid growing career began over 35 years ago when he was a Ceramic Engineering student at Georgia Tech. During his professional career, he had many opportunities to travel internationally, and put together an extensive collection of orchids from around the world. His travel schedule (averaging 13 flights a week for three years at one point) led to a great deal of experimentation surrounding keeping plants healthy and happy during his absences, and that's what led to the development of Semi- Hydroponics.

Please join us to hear about this exciting innovation in orchid growing. As always, all are welcome, sign up at www.fcos.org/subscribe

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