An organization of orchid societies dedicated to the preservation of orchids
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HELP NEEDED OUr FRiends in buffalo need our support
Have plants or cuttings to share? Look what happened to Buffalo's collection
Well Buffalo is in the news again for our unbelievable weather. As you all probably have heard we had a Blizzard over Christmas weekend with hurricane force winds of 74 mph. The storm began on Friday morning Dec 23rd with the worst wind gusts, it continued through Saturday into Sunday Christmas day. While no one was able to get to our Botanical Gardens until Monday Dec 26, that is when it was discovered that 5 panes of glass in the orchid house roof had been blown out, with the broken glass being found 40 feet away from the hole in the roof. My guess is that the greenhouse was open to cold from Friday until Monday when the glass was repaired. I received an email with pictures and a heads up before we were allowed in on the following Friday to see the damage. My volunteers and I were sickened when we entered the greenhouse and seen our collection with extensive cold damage. We have worked for a year and a half to bring the collection back from the neglect of the pandemic where we were not allowed in for 15 months. The collection was looking the best it had in twenty years I have been volunteering with the orchids. My posts on social media have seen reactions from orchid people around the world, and many willing to help us rebuild the collection which has been extremely heartwarming for NFOS. Orchid friends are planning on sending gift certificates, cash donations and plant divisions to us. We are extremely grateful and touched at the outpouring of the Orchid World. For anyone wishing to help us out please forward donations to Buffalo Botanical Gardens Orchid Collection 2655 South Park Ave. Buffalo NY 14218. Some photos of the collection show we lost all our species Cattleya’s and Paphs along with all our Phals. Thanks to all of you that are thinking of us and sharing our sorrow.