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Orchid Society Hosts New Lecture

The Palomar Orchid Society will welcome Mr. Nico Goossens on June 6 at 7pm. He will speak about "Indoor and Outdoor Orchid Growing Structures for Southern California and Beyond.  The lecture will be held at the Woman's Club of Carlsbad, 3320 Monroe Street. Visitors are welcome!

Mr. Goossens is a grower and co-owner of Lico Orchids & Flowers in Encinitas.  Since 1982, he has also worked in the construction industry.  His first exposure to orchids came in 1978 when he was given custodial care of a shipment of bare-root Central American orchids that had been questioned by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, fumigated, held in quarantine, and warehoused for over two months, and finally refused by the consignee.  In spite of total degradation, with time and lots of research on orchid care, Nico managed to bloom some of the plants; thus, marking the beginning of his passion for orchids. He continued to sparingly and cautiously dabble with growing orchids outdoors until about 1995 when Lisa Humphreys and Nico started Lico Orchids & Flowers and built their greenhouse. 

Nico enjoys growing all kinds of varied orchid genera and especially species.  He is also very intersted in the conservation of Southern California's local native orchids. His travels have taken him to Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Ecuador, Brazil, and China to observe orchids growing in the wild.  For more info, go to www.palomarorchid.com.

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