[OGD] Joanne Brown.

2004-12-23 Thread Andy Easton
Title: Joanne Brown. Kathy, Joanne made most of the early vini Paphs at Stewarts, she worked closely with Norito Hasegawa and Rex van Delden. For example Maudiae "Prieta" FCC/AOS was bred by her. It has been superceded as a flower of quality but as a pot plant parent it is unrivaled. It flush

[OGD] Joanne Brown.

2004-12-20 Thread Andy Easton
Title: Joanne Brown. As I understand it, Joanne, a very successful Paphiopedilum hybridizer at Stewart Orchids, jumped on the back of her boyfriend's Harley Davidson one day and hasn't been seen by the orchid community since. She was talented and imaginative and we have missed her. Andy East

[OGD] Joanne Brown

2004-12-19 Thread peter croezen
  To K B who wrote:   >Alan Koch says in his article on breeding mini cattleyas in Orchid Digest >magazine, that he was influenced by several southern California hybridizers, >one of whom was Joanne Brown.  I've never heard of Ms. Brown.  Can anyone >give me a brief bio?   Use Google, type i