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SUMMARY:BACPS Plant Talks: Where the Wild Things Were with Ron Parsons
DESCRIPTION:🍂 Hi\, hello\, and happy fall from the\nBay Area Carnivorous Plant Society! \n\nJoin the Bay Area Carnivorous Plant Society on Saturday\, October 10 for an afternoon of plants\, photography\, and community at the Randall Museum. We’re welcoming renowned orchid photographer Ron Parsons\, who will be presenting “Where the Wild Things Were”\, a collection of stunning carnivorous plant photography captured during his travels.\n \n\n \n  \nRon has been growing orchids for over 50 years\, with a particular fondness for species orchids. He loves taking photographs of his orchids and flowers of all sorts of plants\, and also has a small collection of succulents (mostly Haworthia)\, ball cacti\, insectivorous plants\, and some bromeliads and gesneriads. \nRon’s photography collection features over 130\,000 digital images (most of which are orchids) and a slide library of over 100\,000 botanical images. He’s given more than 500 talks on various botanical topics and has more than 7\,000 published photos.\n \n\n\nRon’s botanical expertise and photography are featured in five published books with co-author Mary E. Gerritsen: \n📖 Masdevallias\, Gems of the Orchid World\, Timber Press\, 2005. \n📖 Calochortus\, Mariposa Lilies and their Relatives\, Timber Press\, 2007. \n📖 A Compendium of Miniature Orchid Species (Volumes 1 & 2)\, Redfern Natural History Productions\, 2014. \n📖 The American Orchid Society Guide to Orchids and their Culture\, 2019\, on its third printing. \n📖 A Compendium of Miniature Orchids Species (Volumes 1 – 4)\, 2021\, on its second edition featuring 3\,100 photos; adding 500 species and 1\,800 photos to the first edition. \n  \nYou can follow along with Ron’s travels and stunning photography at flickr.com/photos/rpflowershots or check out his website at flowershots.net. \nAs always\, this event is free and open to the public. BACPS members are encouraged to bring plants to sell\, trade\, and show off. We also will have a raffle\, so please bring plants and items to donate if you can! Selling table space is limited\, please email us at contact@bacps.org to reserve a spot.
URL:https://bacps.org/event/bacps-plant-talks-where-the-wild-things-were-with-ron-parsons/
LOCATION:Randall Museum\, 199 Museum Way\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94114\, United States
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SUMMARY:Celebrate the holidays with us at Shelldance Orchid Gardens!
DESCRIPTION:We’re thrilled that we are once again gathering at Shelldance Orchid Gardens for our annual potluck bash! The Shelldance greenhouse and collection is a stunning and beautiful and incredible and whimsical backdrop as we wrap up 2026 together\, you do NOT want to miss it! We’ll send out another newsletter soon with more details. \nHuge and endless thank you to Shelldance for welcoming us back!!
URL:https://bacps.org/event/celebrate-the-holidays-with-us-at-shelldance-orchid-gardens/
LOCATION:Shelldance Gardens\, 2000 CA-1\, Pacifica\, 94044\, United States
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