Orchid grower and renowned photographer Ron Parsons will address members of the Malibu Orchid Society and guests at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 17 at the Pacific Palisades Woman’s Club, located at 901 Haverford.
Parsons will discuss the variety of exotic species he found in Southeastern Australia during a five-week journey that included travels in Tasmania, Victoria, the Grampians National Park, the Anglesea Peninsula west of Melbourne, and finally New South Wales, where he saw lithophytic and epiphytic orchids.
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Additionally, Parsons has been growing orchids for more than 40 years, with a special interest in species orchids, those that come straight from nature. With more than 70,000 digital images, he retains a slide library that exceeds 100,000 botanical images.
Almost 3,500 of his photos have been published in magazines, periodicals, journals and books, and with Mary E. Gerritsen, he has co-authored three botanical books. His most recent book, A Compendium of Miniature Orchid Species, was published by Redfern Natural History Productions in January 2014.
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For more information, visit http://www.malibuorchidsociety.org.
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