January Speaker Harry A. Gallis

Our January speaker will be Harry A. Gallis, MD, from North Carolina.
As always, the Zoom link will be on our homepage
@ FLOS.org.

Dr. Harry Gallis is an American Orchid Society judge in North Carolina and a long-time grower of Antelope style Dendrobiums. His talk should give you a good overview of the various species and common hybrids you might come across as well as tips and tricks for growing and flowering your own.

Biography  ( https://www.tidewaterorchidsociety.org/documents/TOS_Mar_2019_Newsletter.pdf ) – Dr. Harry Gallis Harry is a native of Athens, Georgia, and his profession is medicine. “I did most of `my training at Duke and specialized in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases. Other hobbies (“fortunately not as expensive or consuming as orchids”) include gardening of all sorts. He also enjoys cooking, Duke Basketball, and Golf. Dr. Harry Gallis has been growing orchids since 1980. The largest groups are Cattleyas, Phalaenopsis and Dendrobiums. His plants have received 41 AOS awards, and, says Harry, “I very much enjoy growing plants for shows and awards”. He entered the AOS judging program in 1991, and is an Accredited Judge and Past Chair of the Carolinas Judging Center in Greensboro, NC. He is a life member of the Triangle Orchid Society, and belongs or has belonged to most of the societies in his region. Harry has chaired local shows, an EOC/AOS Trustees Meeting, and the Spring Show for NCPOS, in which he continues to exhibit, “Always gunning for the Show Trophy.” He originally joined the AOS committee structure in 1996, on the Education Committee. Shortly after Harry became Chair of the Carolinas Judging Center in 1999, he was asked to take on the position of national training coordinator, and was involved in the daunting task of trying to produce a revised training manual for the AOS judging system. He has served as Chair of the Judging Committee and is also a member of Governance and Publications. Harry and his wife, Susie, have two children and two granddaughters Taylor (“see namesake Rlc. Lisa Taylor Gallis ‘Taylor’ HCC/AOS) and Savannah (Dendrobium Linc’s Jewel ‘Savannah Hope’ HCC/AOS). His other favorite plants are Rlc. Susie’s Valentine ‘Harry’s Favorite’ AM/AOS, named for his wife and Den. Alex Gallis for his son (his first personal hybrid to win an AOS award)