"Ecuador... an orchid named after Gerardus Staal. ... Staal, 81, earned his namesake... Masdevallia staaliana, through multiple orchid collecting trips to Ecuador. He has also named and registered scores of hybridized orchids...
Staal will be one of hundreds of vendors at this weekend's 55th annual Pacific Orchid Exposition... He oversees thousands of orchid plants in his backyard greenhouse from his Palo Alto home, where he runs a small business creating hybrids and propagating rare species. ... Another vendor at this weekend's show, Scott Dallas, owner of White Oak Orchids in Pacifica, manages 250,000 plants... While Dallas' relationship with orchids is strictly business, Staal is a hobbyist who has hybridized orchids for more than 30 years. A Dutch native, he got a doctorate degree in entomology before moving to the U.S. in the 1960s to develop insecticides" article URL : http://www.examiner.com/a-568904~Orchid_society_plants_expo_at_Fort_Mason.html ************ Regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
