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Wednesday was workshop day at the Durban Congress. We gave two long workshops on orchid growing from seed. It went amazingly well with groups of 16 and 17 people and they all loved it. Here Zoe P is working with two of the people and showing how to surface sterilise the seed. The people at the workshops...
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We spent this afternoon with Margaret in the Durban Botanic Gardens. Margaret runs the lab and after a tour where she showed us all her projects, we sorted out our plants for the workshop on Wednesday, and made sure we had all the equipment we needed. The lab is fantastic and most of her work is raising...
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This is me (Zoe B) replating Laelia purpurata in the flow cabinet. This involve taking plants out of a large jar and splitting them up to put them into smaller jars.Everything has to stay sterile so I am working in the flow cabinet for clean air, bleach to clean the working area and my gloves, and ethanol...
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When we go to Durban as well as the BGCI conference we are also going to spend some time at the botanic garden that is there. Here is a photo. There website is www.durbanbotanicgardens.org.za and is worth a look. If you went to Chelsea flower show last year you will have seen their amazing display. I...
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