Helge W.'s posts

July 2011 - Ben Machado

Submitted by Helge W. on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 11:43am

This month’s speaker is Ben Machado, who is well known to many POS members. Ben has been growing orchids for the last 19 years, after having been introduced to orchids by one of San Diego County’s leading growers, Harry Tolen. It started off as a concern for Ben finding something to do as his retirement was approaching. Now, after 10 years of retirement, Ben’s initial dabbling in the world of orchids has turned into a hobby gone wild. Does that sound familiar to anyone?   Read more »

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Wed, 07/06/2011 - 7:00pm

June 2011 - Dr. Norito Hasegawa

Submitted by Helge W. on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 11:40am

Dr. Norito HasegawaDr. Norito HasegawaNorito Hasegawa is a retired dentist, an overextended hobbyist (considered commercial for tax purposes), is a 3 million miler travelling to many foreign countries talking and/or judging in places such as Japan, South Africa, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Germany, New Zealand, Taiwan, England, France, Switzerland and many many cities in the USA.   Read more »

Date: 
Wed, 06/01/2011 - 7:00pm