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by Gordon Giles When the editor asked me to write an article on orchid hybridising, I was reluctant. I have no scientific background, but I was happy to relate my early experiences and observations. Now when I look back on my early attempts at orchid hybridising, I find them very basic. At the time IContinueContinue reading “Cymbidiums – My Early Growing Years – 2011”

by Gordon GilesWhile going through some old files, I came across the following letter, a copy of which I forwarded to all judges on the day indicated, some 23 years ago.Dear fellow Judge, I am forwarding a copy of this letter to each judge and the registrar of our panel. I make no reference to,ContinueContinue reading “Why Awards – 1986”

I fear that my article on staking of inflorescences of orchids has been misunderstood. I realise that age and experience do not count anymore in the modern world, so I will try to prove that I know what I am talking about by using facts and logic. The rules that apply to judging orchids wereContinueContinue reading “More Thoughts on Judging – 2008”

I recently wrote an article for the AOR on the subject of the correct judging of Orchid species restricted for judging. The number of people who contacted me agreeing with my reasoning amazed me. The response to old codgers about “what is wrong with judging” was so refreshing. All I could suggest was to takeContinueContinue reading “Judging Orchid Shows – 2008”

by Gordon Giles I started hybridising Cymbidium orchids about 1955. My father, Leo Giles, started Wondabah Orchids at Carlingford during the great orchid boom, around 1951, when a plant of Cymbidium Grainamere ‘End’ or something similar, would sell for £10. Money at that time was a lot of money and my father used his capitalContinueContinue reading “An Old Man Reflects – 2006”