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Patricia Harding, Testing Orchid DNA and Developing a Family Tree
March 8, 2021 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
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Our March speaker will be Patricia Harding, a world traveler, observer, photographer, and writer who also grows orchids at her Oregon home, where she has been “stuck” for more than a year. She will talk about testing orchid DNA and developing a family tree, how it is done and why it works. Sounds downright scary, right? Not so! Ms. Harding promises a science-for-the-layman presentation so we can understand how to make an orchid family tree without knowing the DNA in all the individual plants—all with a bit of humor and “some pretty orchid pictures.” She will also explain the reasoning behind some of the often-confusing name changes that have occurred in recent years.