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International Phalaenopsis Alliance Meeting The 2007 IPA Symposium in Taiwan Sunday, November 18, 2007 Tom began growing orchids on a windowsill in 1967. By 1975 he had registered his first orchid hybrid and he founded Stones River Orchids as a business in the same year. A long-time supporter of the Mid-America Orchid Congress, Tom served as President, Vice-President and Mid-American Editor. He has been an active member in the Orchid Society of Middle Tennessee since 1967 and is a founding member of the International Phalaenopsis Alliance (IPA), where he is a former president and vice-president and is currently 2nd vice-president. Tom assisted in writing and editing the phalaenopsis species section of the new Ortho book entitled Complete Guide to Orchids. He has written several articles on phalaenopsis for Orchids, Orchid Digest and the IPA Journal. Tom lectured at the 16th World Orchid Conference in 1996 and will speak at the 19th WOC in January. Additionally, he was invited to speak in March 2005 and again in 2007 at the Taiwan International Orchid Show and Symposium in Hsinying, Taiwan, ROC. Tom has traveled coast to coast speaking on various aspects of phalaenopsis. He is an accredited American Orchid Society judge for more than 20 years.
Here are two registered hybrids by Kansas City phalaenopsis grower Fred Bergman. Left is Phal. Fred's Violetto (Phal. Alice Sharpe x Phal. Pocus Charm) and right is Phal. Fred's Yellowbit (Phal. Melodious Bells x Phal. Classic Beauty). Photo courtesy Terrence Thompson.
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