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.