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Paul and his wife, Mary, are the owners of Meke Aloha Orchids. They have traveled extensively seeking the finest examples of schom species and hybrids and eventually they began making their own hybrids. They now own the largest and most diverse collection of this group of orchids and their hybrids.  Their love of orchids, have brought them invitations to many societies around the U.S., Central America and the Caribbean.

Paul is the botanical author of Myrmechea as well as several future Nothogenera. He is actively involved in hybridizing several genera with schoms that have never been combined before.  Paul is the botanical author of two RHS accepted Nothogenera and the RHS Registrar has created Stormara as a new orchid genus. Some outstanding nurseries and hybridizers have named schom hybrids after Paul in honor of his schom mission.

Paul was a featured presenter at the Mid-America Winter Orchid Conference in Ohio a few years ago, as well as the Species Symposium sponsored by the Coalition on Species last summer at Fairchild Gardens in Miami.  This year he will be the featured speaker for the Orchid Extravaganza at the National Gardens of Aruba, and future national symposiums are under discussion.