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NAME: PAUL A. STORM PHONE: 941-923-5023 ADDRESS: 5780 AUGUSTA CIRCLE CELL PHONE: 941-320-7450 SARASOTA, FL 34238 E-MAIL: mekealoha@comcast.net
BACKGROUND: BORN IN BUFFALO, NY AND ATTENDED WAGNER COLLEGE (STATEN ISLD., NY), STETSON UNIVERSITY (DELAND, FL) AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI (FLORIDA). DEGREES EARNED: BACHELOR OF ARTS AND MASTER OF ARTS WITH CONTINUED EXTRA GRADUATE COURSES AND CREDITS. TEACHING EXPERIENCE: BIOLOGY, HUMANITIES, CHORAL MUSIC AND GUIDANCE/ COUNSELING. RETIRED FROM EDUCATION IN JUNE 2007.
TOPICS: LAELIA// MYRMECOPHILAS // AND THEIR HYBRIDS ("THE WEIRD, WILD, WIGGLY, AND WONDERFUL WORLD OF……") THIS PROGRAM REFLECTS THE LASTEST CHANGES IN TAXONOMY OF THESE GENERA IN CONSULATION WITH THE TWO LEADING WORLD AUTHORITIES ON THESE MATTERS: DR. GERMAN CARNEVALI-FERNANDEZ (OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MEXICO CITY AND THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN) AND JULIAN SHAW, SENIOR REGISTRAR OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
PAST SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS: FLORIDA: THE ORCHID SOCIETIES OF DEERFIELD BEACH / FT. LAUDERDALE / FT. MYERS / LARGO-ST. PETERSBURG / MARTIN COUNTY (STUART) / MELBOURNE / MIAMI (SO. FLA. OS) / PAN AMERICAN OS / COALITION ON SPECIES / JUPITER/TEQUESTA/ NAPLES / TAMPA / VENICE / PLANTATION / VERO BEACH
OUT OF STATE: HAWAII - HAWAIIAN-PACIFIC ORCHID SOCIETY ARIZONA - PHOENIX ORCHID SOCIETY CALIFORNIA - LONG BEACH ORCHID SOCIETY SAN DIEGO SANTA BARBARA COLORADO - DENVER ORCHID SOCIETY NORTH CAROLINA - TOUR OF ORCHID SOCIETIES IN GREENVILLE/FAYETTEVILLE/DURHAM/WILMINGTON TEXAS - HOUSTON ORCHID SOCIETY WASHINGTON, DC - THE CAPITOL ORCHID SOCIETY
INTERNATIONAL: ARUBA - SOCIEDAD DI ORQUIDIA ARUBA JAMAICA - ORCHID SOCIETY OF KINGSTON, JAMAICA BAHAMAS - ORCHID SOCIETY OF NASSAU
PROGRAM ARRANGEMENTS:
FEE: NEGOTIABLE DEPENDING ON THE MEMBERSHIP SIZE OF THE SOCIETY TRAVEL: IN-STATE: $. 35 PER MILE ROUND-TRIP PLUS HOTEL ACCOMODATIONS FOR TWO WHEN AN OVERNIGHT IS REQUIRED OUT-OF-STATE: ROUND-TRIP ECONOMY AIRFARE FOR TWO PLUS HOTEL ACCOMODATIONS AND SOME MEALS ***NOTE*** FOR OUT-OF-STATE SOCIETIES CONSIDERING THIS PROGRAM WE RECOMMEND COORDINATING WITH OTHER 'NEIGHBOR' SOCIETIES WHICH MEET ON THE PREVIOUS OR FOLLOWING EVENING IN ORDER TO SHARE TRAVEL EXPENSES
PERSONAL VISION: TO ENCOURAGE THE ELEVATION OF LAELIA, MYRMECOPHIA, AND THEIR HYBRIDS TO A HIGHER LEVEL OF APPRECIATION; TO ENCOURAGE AOS JUDGES TO EVALUATE THESE HYBRIDS WITH RELEVANT STANDARDS, I.E. THE POSSIBILITIES OF WHAT THE PROGENY OF THE TWO PARENTS MIGHT PRODUCE AND TO HONOR THE BEST OF THESE RESULTS; AND TO INSPIRE AND ENCOURAGE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ANNUAL AOS TROPHY FOR THE HIGHEST AWARDED LAELIA/MCP HYBRIDE EACH YEAR.
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