Seminar Schedule
Seminars are offered free of charge with your admittance to the Show. Except as noted, seminars are held in meeting rooms 1 and 2, on the mezzanine.
Saturday, February 29, 2020
12:30 Re-potting an Orchid
How do you know when it’s time to re-pot? Sandra Ianiri will explain and demonstrate.
1:30 Re-potting an Orchid
How do you know when it’s time to re-pot? Heather Detheridge will explain an demonstrate.
2:30 Basic Orchid Care
What should you do to keep your orchid happy and entice it to bloom again and again? Pitson Dantanarayana will talk about the essential elements — light, water, fertilizer, and potting media — and will follow up with a Re-potting demonstration about 3:30 pm.
Sunday, March 1, 2020
12:00 – Eastern Prairie Fringed-Orchid: A rare orchid with Fascinating Ecology
There are over 50 orchid species in Ontario! Join ecologist Pauline Catling, in the McQuesten Theatre, to learn about this rare native terrestrial orchid, the Eastern Prairie Fringed-Orchid (Platanthera leucophaea), the threats and conservation challenges in preserving this beautiful species.
12:30 — Re-potting an Orchid
How do you know when it’s time to re-pot? Katherine Golightly will explain and demonstrate.
1:30 — Basic Orchid Care
What should you do to keep your orchid happy and entice it to bloom again and again? Denise MacLeod will talk about the essentials —light, water, fertilizer and potting media.
2:30 — Orchid Pests
Scale, mealy bugs, thrips – who know where they come from, but Spencer Hauck will tell you how to identify them and keep them under control.
3:30 Re-potting an orchid
How do you know when it’s time to re-pot? Ann Stallman will explain and demonstrate.