Specialty: Mexican orchids – Vanilla – Fragrant orchids
Presentation Topics:
- Mexican Orchids
- Vanilla
- Orchid Trivia
- Fragrant orchids
T. J. Hartung
T. J. Hartung
Speaker
Vallarta Botanical Garden, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Providing Plants for Sale: No
Remuneration: Donation to Vallarta Botanical Garden and Accommodation (Hosting)
Any restrictions (travel times/distances traveled, etc): May & June, starting in 2022. I travel with my wife in May and June, and we consider these trips a vacation. Therefore we pay our own travel expenses and only ask for hosting by an orchid society member.
Online Presentations: No
Biography
T.J. is a retired computer systems specialist and systems analyst. Since retiring to Mexico he has been rescuing orchids from downed trees and broken limbs before they are eaten by animals or washed into the sea. Much of what he knows about orchids he has learned in the laboratory of the great outdoors. The rest comes from online research and numerous books on the subject.
He is on the board of directors of the Vallarta Botanical Garden and the International Friendship Club. In recent years he has given talks to orchids societies in the US, Canada, England and Scotland.
Working together for over 35 years.