Dr

( 2014 - 2015 Years) AÑOS 2014 - 2015 )

Carlos Fighetti

Nuclear Chemical Engineer, orchid growerfor 40 years. The first 30 years in New Jersey and the last ten in Puerto Rico. During that time, he served as president of several orchid organizations: Greater New York Orchid Society, The International Phalaenopsis Alliance, the American Orchid Society in the United States (AOS), and the Puerto Rican Orchid Society in Puerto Rico.

He is an Orchid Judge of the American Orchid Society for 20 years and practices in a judging center in Puerto Rico. He has participated and presented lectures at various world orchid and other international exhibitions.

His private collection consists of Phalaenopsis, Paphiopedilum, Vanda, Cattleya and their allies, and also species that are of tropical cultivation, the majority being from Central and South America.

U.S.A.

Agro. Arnaldo Astacio Diaz

Agronomist, Orchid and Bromeliad grower for 44 years. For several years he dedicated me to the cultivation of these species and my hybrids. I was the founder of the Puerto Rico Heliconias Society and the Borinquen Orchid Society. My Master's degree was in biotechnology and the research was in tissue culture of Heliconia caribaea, endemic to Puerto Rico.

I was vice president of the Puerto Rico Orchid Society and several times President of Los Orquidistas de Borinquen. He currently works as a Special Assistant to the Ministry of Agriculture in charge of the Beekeeping, Ornamentals and Organic Production sectors. I am a Provisional Judge of the American Orchid Society at the Puerto Rico Trial Center.

I have participated and presented conferences on The Species of Heliconias; The Orchids of Puerto Rico; Island ecology and the endemism of our species and on Phalaenopsis pulcherrima species, hybrids and their judgment in Florida, USA. The name Borinquen is the indigenous name of the island when the Spaniards arrive, it means "Land of Paradise" "Land of the Most High or Great Lord".

-San Juan de Puerto Rico-

and your host: Katia Seagull

Intensive Care Physician, with extensive experience in the cultivation of orchids,

especially Cattleyas and their hybrids. She is an avid orchid and seascape photographer.

Buenos Aires - Argentina

( 2010 - 2011 Years)

Luís Mendoza Teytud

Pediatrician. Fond of the cultivation, In Vitro propagation and photography of orchids.

Uruapan - México

Dr. (PhD) Pedro A. Sandín Fremaint

Professor at the Río Piedras Campus of the University of Puerto Rico. Fond of orchids and, above all, of their photography.

U.S.A

Gerardo Castiglione

Civil Engineer, orchid grower since 1982, specialized in Venezuelan Cattleyas.

He has served as a judge in his country for more than 10 years. He is currently President of the Merideña Society of Orchidology.

Mérida - Venezuela

and his host: Katia Seagull

Intensive Care Physician, with extensive experience in the cultivation of orchids,

especially Cattleyas and their hybrids. Enthusiastic orchid and seascape photographer.

Buenos Aires - Argentina

(2009 Year)

Gerardo Castiglione

A Civil Engineer and orchid grower since 1982. He specializes in Venezuelan Cattleyas. Gerardo has served as judge in his country for more than ten years. At present, he is the President of Sociedad Merideña de Orquideología at Mérida,

Mérida - Venezuela

Jesús Choy Ley
Jesús Choy is a creator of Yahoo Groups forum "Orquídeas de México".

Specialist in Systems and Photography.
With vast experience in Orchids.

Tabasco - México

Luís Mendoza Teytud

Pediatrician MD. Culture, test tube propagation and

photography of orchids fan.

Uruapan - México

Martín Battiti

Martín is the creator of Google Groups forum "Orquídeas Americanas". A member of Soc. de Orquideología de Tegucigalpa he has a vast experience on the culture of Central American orchid species. He is a photography enthusiast, particularly of orchids.

Tegucigalpa - Honduras

and your hostess: Katia Seagull

MD with broad experience in Orchids culture, specially Cattleyas and its hybrids. Enthusiast photographer of Orchids and Marine Landscapes.

Buenos Aires - Argentina

(2008 Year)

Gerardo Castiglione

Mérida - Venezuela

Carlos Keller

Orquidófilo de vasta experiencia y paisajista desde hace 30 años.
Tiene preferencia por las Cattleyas y Laelias. Cultiva tanto híbridos como especies.
En la actualidad se encuentra abocado a la construcción de una Página Web de identificación de orquídeas con fotos propias, y le gusta investigar la historia de las orquídeas clásicas.

Río de Janeiro - Brasil

Jesús Choy Ley
Jesús Choy is a creator of Yahoo Groups forum "Orquídeas de México".

Specialist in Systems and Photography.
With vast experience in Orchids.

Tabasco - México

Martín Battiti

Tegucigalpa - Honduras

and your hostess: Katia Seagull

MD with broad experience in Orchids culture, specially Cattleyas and its hybrids. Enthusiast photographer of Orchids and Marine Landscapes.

Buenos Aires - Argentina

(2007 Year)

Gerardo Castiglione

- Venezuela -

Gustavo A. González

At present, he is the President of Soc. Orquidistas de Borinquen.
A moderator for Yahoo Groups - Orquidistas de Borinquen orchid forum (Spanish Language). Also a member of Gardenweb - Orchid Forum (English Language). He has experience in orchid judging in his orchid society - Orquidistas de Borinquen. Also has served as judge for different garden plants festivals around his native Puerto Rico. Has been working in orchid hybridization for about 2 years under the tutelage of the great Dr.Rafael Sobrino.

- Puerto Rico -

Dalton Holland Baptista

Dalton Holland Baptista was born in Piracicaba, SP, Brazil. He has devoted more than 30 years to orchid culture. At present, he is working on Orchidstudium, which is a project involved in the study and photographic documentation of Brazil's Orchid Flora. He is considered an authority on Taxonomy for AOS (American Orchid Society). Dalton has also been working as orchid judge for CAOB (Coordinadora de las Asociaciones Orquidófilas de Brasil).

- Brasil -

Martín Battiti

- Honduras -

and your hostess: Katia Seagull

MD with broad experience in Orchids culture, specially Cattleyas and its hybrids. Enthusiast photographer of Orchids and Marine Landscapes.
Argentina

(2006 Year)

Greg Allikas

Greg Allikas has been a commercial photographer in Palm Beach and an orchid grower since 1970. He is awards photographer for the AOS West Palm Beach Judging Center, Florida-Caribbean Judging Center in Miami, and many annual south Florida orchid shows. His photos are regularly seen in numerous AOS publications including the annual calendar and the Awards Quarterly and Orchids magazine and he has written articles for both Orchids magazine and Orchid Digest. The book Orchids (Thunder Bay Press, 2000), co-authored with Ned Nash, features over 200 of his photos and is now out of print. In November 2005, Thunder Bay Press published a second Allikas-Nash book, The World's Most Beautiful Orchids which features over 500 photographs and 450 pages of text. In early 2005 he was honored to consult on, and supply photography for a United Nations postaladministration endangered species stamp release featuring 12 endangered orchid species.

U.S.A

Gustavo A. González

A moderator for Yahoo Groups - Orquidistas de Borinquen orchid forum (Spanish Language). Also a member of Gardenweb - Orchid Forum (English Language). He has experience in orchid judging in his orchid society - Orquidistas de Borinquen. Also has served as judge for different garden plants festivals around his native Puerto Rico. Has been working in orchid hybridization for about 2 years under the tutelage of the great Dr. Rafael Sobrino.

Puerto Rico

Américo Docha Neto

Americo Docha Neto, biologist,
was born in São Paulo SP, Brazil.
He's devoted to the orchids since 1970.
At the present time he's working in
Orchidstudium Project that seeks the study and the photographic documentation
of Brasilian native orchids.
Brasil

Dr. Pedro A. Sandín Fremaint

Pedro A. Sandín Fremaint - PhD. Retired professor of the University of Puerto Rico at
Río Piedras.
He is fond of orchids, and mostly of
photographing them.

Puerto Rico

and your hostess: Katia Seagull

MD with broad experience in Orchids culture, specially Cattleyas and its hybrids. Enthusiast photographer of Orchids and Marine Landscapes.
Argentina

(2005 Year)

Gustavo A. González
A moderator for Yahoo Groups - Orquidistas de Borinquen orchid forum (Spanish Language). Also a member of Gardenweb - Orchid Forum (English Language). He has experience in orchid judging in his orchid society - Orquidistas de Borinquen. Also has served as judge for different garden plants festivals around his native Puerto Rico. Has been working in orchid hybridization for about 2 years under the tutelage of the great Dr. Rafael Sobrino.

Puerto Rico

Prof. Manuel Domenech
Founder and member of Orquidistas de Borinquen orchid society. Originator of a web based orchid forum which welcomes all orchid lovers. This forum is sponsored by the above non-profit organization.

Puerto Rico

Giancarlo Marchioretto
Carries a great amount of knowledge about Venezuelan Cattleyas. Has served as orchid judge in Venezuela and Miami, USA. Owner of one of the best orchid nurseries in his country which includes a very important Cattleya lueddemanniana collection.

Venezuela

Sergio Teodosio

President of OVAL (Orquidiofils Valencians - www.orquioval.org)
Co-founder and moderator of Grupoorquideofilocanarias, an orchid forum from the Canary Islands. An experienced orchid judge in that territory.

España

and your hostess: Katia Seagull

MD with broad experience in Orchids culture, specially Cattleyas and its hybrids. Enthusiast photographer of Orchids and Marine Landscapes.
Argentina

(2004 Year)

Sr. Jesús Choy Ley México	Prof. Manuel Domenech Puerto Rico

Ing. Agr. Jesús Cid Rodríguez México	Sr. Antonio A. M. Guadalupe España

and your hostess: Katia Seagull

MD with broad experience in Orchids culture, specially Cattleyas and its hybrids. Enthusiast photographer of Orchids and Marine Landscapes.

(2003 Year)

Dr. Heriberto Olier Sanjur Orchid's Judge, President of the "Asociación Panameña de Orquideología" With international experience. Panamá	Sr. Jesús Choy Ley Specialist in Systems and Photography. With experience in Orchids. México

Dra. Nuvia B. Dominguez de Olier Orchid's Judge, with experience in Costa Rica and Panamá	Ing. Jorge Alejandro P. Scaglia With experience in Orchids. Brasil

and your hostess: Katia Seagull

MD with broad experience in Orchids culture, specially Cattleyas and its hybrids. Enthusiast photographer of Orchids and Marine Landscapes.
Argentina