I am travelling to Dallas/Fort Worth next week and was wondering what the
botanic garden was like for orchids or if there are any decent nurseries or
clubs I can contact to see local orchid collections?

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Cheers

John

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Melbourne, Australia
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John,

I've been to Gunther's Greenhouse, in a suburb north of Dallas. He had a
large hybrid operation and a small but nice collection of species he'd
bought of someone. I bought a few dockrillias and brought them back to SF.
Sadly, that was in The Early Days of my orchid addiction and I killed one of
them and donated the other to OrchidMania. This was about 5 years ago, but
his website looks current: http://www.gunters.com/

I don't recall much about the Botanical Gardens in Dallas - but a visit to
the Fair Park:

http://www.dallascityhall.com/dallas/eng/html/fair_park_info rmation.html

is definitely in order - the art deco theme through the entire planned
development is stunning. There are amazing large-scale murals painted on
many of the buildings.

-Eric in SF, who lived in Austin in the late 90s
www.orchidphotos.org

"John Varigos" <jvarigos [at] usenet.mediclin.com.au> wrote in message
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>I am travelling to Dallas/Fort Worth next week and was wondering what the
>botanic garden was like for orchids or if there are any decent nurseries or
>clubs I can contact to see local orchid collections?
>
> Any advice would be much appreciated.
>
> Cheers
>
> John
>
> --
> John Varigos
> Melbourne, Australia
> __________________________________________
> To email me remove "usenet." from my email address.
>

Thanks Eric

I will contact Gunther and the Fair Park looks like a must do.

Appreciate the help.

Cheers

John

"Eric Hunt" <foo [at] foo.com> wrote in message
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> John,
>
> I've been to Gunther's Greenhouse, in a suburb north of Dallas. He had a
> large hybrid operation and a small but nice collection of species he'd
> bought of someone. I bought a few dockrillias and brought them back to SF.
> Sadly, that was in The Early Days of my orchid addiction and I killed one
> of them and donated the other to OrchidMania. This was about 5 years ago,
> but his website looks current: http://www.gunters.com/
>
> I don't recall much about the Botanical Gardens in Dallas - but a visit to
> the Fair Park:
>
> http://www.dallascityhall.com/dallas/eng/html/fair_park_info rmation.html
>
> is definitely in order - the art deco theme through the entire planned
> development is stunning. There are amazing large-scale murals painted on
> many of the buildings.
>
> -Eric in SF, who lived in Austin in the late 90s
> www.orchidphotos.org
>
> "John Varigos" <jvarigos [at] usenet.mediclin.com.au> wrote in message
> news:rLDaf.8375$Hj2.8289 [at] news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>>I am travelling to Dallas/Fort Worth next week and was wondering what the
>>botanic garden was like for orchids or if there are any decent nurseries
>>or clubs I can contact to see local orchid collections?
>>
>> Any advice would be much appreciated.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> John
>>
>> --
>> John Varigos
>> Melbourne, Australia
>> __________________________________________
>> To email me remove "usenet." from my email address.
>>
>
>