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Vicki Hallock and Sara Singer, Cruising the Rio Negro in Brazil
April 8 @ 7:30 pm
Come along on our search for orchids up the flooded Rio Negro in the Brazilian Amazon with members Sara Singer and Vicki Hallock as we share our adventures at the 7:30 p.m. April 8 meeting.
Along with several other FLOS members, we ventured for 11 days aboard the specially designed riverboat the Otter. The trip is one of the Orchid Conservation Alliance Ecotours. OCA is a nonprofit organization focused on raising funds to conserve land in orchid-rich regions of the world.
Each day we traveled between the flooded trees in small motorized flat bottom canoes, slowly moving through the forest canopy finding such orchids
as Galendra devoniana, Prosthechea fragrans, Epidendrum nocturnum, and species of Brassavola, Catasetum, Dichaea, Epidendrum and others. After several days of not seeing another human being we explored small villages and settlements, saw pink dolphins, monkeys, and parrots.
It was a trip of no stress, no internet, no TV, no phones, only the breathtaking beauty of the Amazon and with no mosquitos. No mosquitos? You’ll find out more at the meeting.
Vicki Hallock is current President for FLOS
Sara Singer is a current trustee and Show Chair for FLOS