Date/Time
Date(s) - 09/05/2024
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Location
Moorings Presbyterian Church

Categories

• Monthly Meeting

Phillip Hamilton of Bredren Orchids will be the featured speaker. Topic:” Broughtonia”

In advance of our meeting, they welcome Naples Orchid Society meeting attendees to place pre-orders for pickup at the event on Thursday Sept. 5th, 2024.  

1. bredrenorchids.com.
2. Use discount code BEATTHEHEAT for 20% off your pre-order (only good for pre-orders, no other discounts apply)
3. Choose the Pick-Up option for the “Naples Orchid Society Meeting” during checkout (avoids shipping charges)
4. Pre-orders MUST be placed before 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday September 3rd!
5. Check the website often, as we will be updating it with new material throughout the month (you can place several different orders for the pre-book!

               Your NOS Board of Directors

We are excited to announce that Phillip Hamilton, of Bredren Orchids, will speak about Broughtonia at our meeting on Thursday, September 5, 2024.

Born and raised in Jamaica, Phillip inherited his father Claude’s passion for orchids and grew up working in his, parents’ orchid nursery, Hamlyn Orchids. Although his, father’s true orchid passion is with the Jamaican native, Broughtonias, and their hybrids, Phillip’s passion leaned heavily toward Phalaenopsis, which he has been growing and hybridizing since the age of eight.

Phillip earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees in Environmental Horticulture at the University of Florida in Gainesville and is an American Orchid Society Senior Judge.

Professionally, Phillip has worked for two major orchid production nurseries in Central Florida as a grower and grower/manager. In 2013, he formed his own business, Bredren Orchids, to facilitate the small-scale sale of some of the more unique Phalaenopsis and Broughtonia species and hybrids he grows and breeds. Since 2017, he has managed Bredren Orchids full time with the generous help of his wife, Liz.