Location: St. Davids Episcopal Church 400 S. Broadway, Engelwood, FL
Doors open at 5:30pm. Meeting starts at 6pm
Speaker: Jake Bateman, Palmer Orchids
Topic: Brassavola Orchids
Jake works at Palmer Orchids in Bradenton, where they care for a little over 40,000 square feet of shaded growing space. After initially joining the team to help set up their e-commerce, he now assists with their feeding and pest management programs. He works alongside his wife, Ashley, and his father-in-law, Robert, to try and offer the widest variety of orchids that their greenhouses can accommodate, with the majority of their hybridizing being in the Cattleya and Vanda alliances.