| For the realization of this site, my most grateful thanks go to Caesar Solimbergo, for his friendship and the extraordinary level of his photographs, my wife Ricky, for his help in the crucial moments and the time that subtract for orchids, notes taken over the years, the passion and the work done in greenhous |
| The data on the classification and the origin of plants, coming from the literature or from the websites cited in the References. The data on inflorescences and all photographs, come from our greenhouses |
| Some orchids, old collections from discontinued operations, have been found with incorrect names or not. I'll be grateful to anyone who can help me find the correct nomenclature |
| 2014 | |
| july 11 |
pleasant visit Malanchini Daniela, daughter of engineer Luciano, which he founded with Guido Isnenghi
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| the Bergamo Botanical Garden | |
| june 27 |
visit of a group of teachers from Bergamo
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| 2013 | |
| december 7 | visit to the greenhouses by a group of teachers and engineers from Catania and Paullo (Milan) |
| november 17 | visit by a group of medical doctors from Bergamo Biella |
| october 29 | From the Administration of the City of Lanate (Milan), I was invited to a meeting, also the Councillor for Culture |
| of the Region of Lombardy, to visit the Villa Borromeo Visconti Litta. | |
| This beautiful sixteenth-century Villa has been recently restored, as well as the gardens and the Nymphaeum, | |
| with water funs of exceptional beauty and complexity. | |
| Soon will be also restored the old greenhouses, where in 1930 they were already cultivated orchids. | |
| june 4 | The Italian Botanical Society expresses a "highly positive rating on the collection Hortus Orchis, of high interest and |
| quality for the taxa preserved and scientific interest they represent " | |
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for the Associazione Hortus Orchis is a great satisfaction and an invitation, to continue the safeguarding biological
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| april 23 | visit of a group of ladies from Bergamo |
| april 17 | visit of a group of ladies from Treviglio |
| march 25 | visit of a group of Professors of Scientific Institute Natta of Bergamo |
| march 22 | visit of Mr.Signori,who donated a plant Baptistonia echinata Barbosa Rodriguez 1877, with dr.Rigon |
| march 21 | visit of Prof.Tani (chair of Anthropology University of Osaka, Japan) with dr.E.Bent, English botanist |
| march 21 | visit to of Ms Breviando with group of friends, from Grassobio |
| march, 16 | a Commission of experts and monitoring from the Italian Botanical Society, visited the greenhouses. within a short time will come their assessment of the orchid collection |
| february 27 |
received as a gift a plant of Encyclia prismatocarpa Rchb. f. Dressler 1961, by dr. Rigon
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| 2012 | |
| decenber, 11 |
for the boiler broke, greenhouses remained at c 4 (f 39) for five days and five nights. |
| november, 9 | shared conference in Scanzorosciate |
| november, 7 | conference at Alzano Lombardo, from Zanchi |
| october, 12 | Hortus Orchis receives the patronage of the Municipality of Scanzorosciate |
| july, 20 |
From a collection into disuse, I received, in poor condition (last repotting in 1991) |
| may, 21 | inauguration of the web site www.hortusorchis.org |
| january, 27 | gave a lecture on my orchids, with Cesare Solimbergo, to the Goethe Institute Mailand |
| january, 25 | it 'started the flowering of Vanilla planifolia - the flowers are beautiful, each day one flower blooms by the same inflorescence, for 4 - 5 hours. The plant is only 1.5 meters (6 ft) high |
| january, 2 | blooms for the first time Papilionanthe teres, two beautiful inflorescences. this plant blooms regularly in Singapore, with 40° (100 f) in the shade and 90% humidity. how does a flower in Bergamo? It 'really good |
| 2011 | |
| october, 20 | Paphiopedilum insigne bloom with two flowers on the same inflorescence. it 's the first time, very nice |
| september, 24 | Hortus Orchis has been enriched by these young plants : |
| Coryanthes leucocoris | |
| Cryptocentrum latifolium | |
| Diodonopsis hoeijeri | |
| Ionopsis uticolarioides | |
| Otoglossum coronarium | |
| Pteroceras semiteretifolium | |
| Scoenorchis fragrans | |
| Scomburgkia moyobambee | |
| Soterosanthus shepheardii | |
| september, 15 | came these young plants young people: |
| Bulbophyllum grandiflorus | |
| Dockrilla teretifolia | |
| Macropodanthus alatus | |
| Pseudolaelia vellozicola | |
| july, 14 | I gave a lecture, with Solimbergo Cesare, Rotary Bergamo ovest |
| 2009 | |
| april, 20 | with Caesar Solimbergo, I conducted an evening on my orchids, the FAB Group Flora Alpina Bergamasca entitled "Passion for Orchids" |
