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On this second episode of OrchidTalk, I sit down with Carol Buele, a Emmy-winning costume designer and American Orchid Society accredited judge. Carol shares how she got into orchid, her lasting love with Japan and Neofinetia falcata (the famed wind orchid) and how she grows her collection in the San Fernando Valley.

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🔗Show Links🔗:

2025 Fuukiran Meikan Board (with English explanations): 2025 Meikan Board

Japan Fuukiran Society

American Orchid Society Article on Growing the Wind Orchid (Neofinetia falcata)

Carol can be found at:

Carol's Website: FirstHouseFurnishings

Carol's Etsy Store: NishibachiByCarol

Carol's AOS Page: Carol Buele - Speaker Center

Resources/Growers that we mentioned:

Peter T. Lin / Diamond Orchids

Peter Lin / Big Leaf Orchids

American Orchid Society - Orchid Culture Sheets

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On the very first bonus episode of OrchidTalk, I dive into the wild, true story of Cattleya labiata — the orchid that launched Victorian orchid mania, vanished for 71 years, and reappeared thanks to a bug collector who wasn’t even looking for orchids. It’s a story time packed with botanical drama, misidentified specimens, forgotten directions, and the orchid that became a queen.

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Link to purchase the book that inspired this story time / The Classic Cattleyas by AA and Arthur Chadwick

Link to the Cattleya labiata article by Chadwick and Son Orchids

Link to AOS Article on Cattleya labiata

Link to Cattleya Culture Guide (AOS)

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On this very first episode of OrchidTalk, I sit down with Kevin Chen, the grower behind Wilshire and Western Botanicals and a beloved figure in the SoCal orchid community. Kevin shares his very first orchid, his highest AOS awarded plant, and growing slipper orchids (paphiopedilums) indoors in LA.

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🔗Show Links🔗:

Picture of Kevin's Paphiopedilum sanderianum

Picture of Kevin's Awarded flower Paphiopedilum Regine Plows 'Alien Superstar' AM/AOS

Picture of a Sibling of Cattleya Warscewiczii coerulea 'Marquesa de Yolombó' x self.

Kevin can be found at:

W.W. Botanicals instagram

W.W. Botanicals Etsy Shop

Resources/Growers that we mentioned:

Fred Clarke / Sunset Valley Orchids

Rusty Exotics

William Green / MyGreenPets

Stephen Van Kampen-Lewis

SlipperTalk Forum

American Orchid Society - Orchid Culture Sheets

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