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PACIFIC SCIENCE, Vol. XI, July, 1957 
NEWS NOTE 
The Second World Orchid Conference 
The Second World Orchid Conference will 
be held in Honolulu, Hawaii, from September 
19 to 23, 1957. Dr. J. H. Beaumont, of the 
University of Hawaii, is general chairman of 
the Joint Planning Committee. He is assisted 
by Dr. Gordon W. Dillon, of the Botanical 
Museum at Harvard University, as chairman 
of the Program Committee, and by Mr. Ben 
T. Kodama, of Honolulu, as chairman of the 
Conference Show Committee. 
Primarily intended for comparison and 
observation of orchid culture techniques and 
for the exchange of information about orchids, 
the Conference is jointly sponsored by the 
University of Hawaii, the American Orchid 
Society, Inc., and the Hawaiian Orchid Societies, 
Inc., the central organization of all orchid 
associations in the Territory of Hawaii. 
Authorities on amateur and professional 
orchid culture from the United States and the 
Orient will speak at the sessions of the Con- 
ference. Tours to some of the Hawaiian Islands’ 
outstanding gardens, orchid nurseries, and 
points of interest are planned for more than 
1,000 visitors to Hawaii who are expected to 
attend the Conference. Although the majority 
of these visitors will come from the continental 
United States, a large number will come from 
orchid-growing centers in South America, 
Europe, and Asia. 
Approximately 1,500 registrants are expected 
to enter exhibits in the Orchid Show, which 
will be set up in the patios and galleries of 
the Honolulu Academy of Arts. The show will 
offer the best and most representative collection 
of orchids grown in the Hawaiian Islands and 
in other parts of the world. Nearly 2,000 
Hawaii-grown plants, mostly of dendrobiums, 
vandas, and cattleyas, are to be included in the 
displays. Because Hawaii produces more vanda 
and dendrobium hybrids than does any other 
place in the world, this portion of the show 
will offer new varieties of uncommon interest 
to visitors. 
Among anticipated foreign entries, mostly of 
cut flowers, will be miniature cymbidiums from 
Japan, new English hybrid cattleyas, cypripe- 
diums from France, and cooler-climate species 
from other European countries. 
Cut flowers from continental United States 
and from Australia are expected to occupy a 
large part of the show. Additional galleries 
will display new species of dendrobium from 
Singapore and Thailand, general collections 
from the Philippines and East Indies, and 
cattleya species from Central and South America. 
