FIND OUT ABOUT TROPICAL RHODODENDRONS

On Wednesday October 16, at 7:30 PM,
at  Room 12 of the Hillview Community Center, 97 Hillview Avenue, Los
Altos, the De Anza Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society will present a
program by Sherla Bertelmann, the owner of Pacific Island Nursery which is
located in Kea'au, Hawaii.

Pacific Island Nursery ( http://pacificislandnursery.com ) is
one of the leading nurseries specializing in Vireya Series rhododendrons and is
known for the quality of their plants, which can be obtained via the web page.

Vireya series rhododendrons come mainly
from the area ranging from the Malay Peninsula to Australia, have flowers many
different colors, many have fragrant flowers and they make superb container
plants.

Information on Vireya Series rhododendrons
can be found here:

http://www.vireya.net

http://www.vireya.net/archive/LeachRHS77.pdf

http://www.vireya.net/history.htm

Vireyas come from the same habitat as
orchids.

http://www.vireya.net/archive/GoheenMossmanARS83.pdf

http://www.vireya.net/archive/DoleshyARS77.pdf

http://www.vireya.net/archive/WadeARS81.pdf

Generally vireyas have better flowers, and
if one can grow orchids, one can also grow vireyas.