Palmerston North orchid grower Jenny Mair in her propagating shed. She is holding Pleurothallis truncata, which has orange globular flowers. Photo / Judith Lacy
Palmerston North orchid grower Jenny Mair in her propagating shed. She is holding Pleurothallis truncata, which has orange globular flowers. Photo / Judith Lacy
Jenny Mair has a simple message for her orchids: “Get flowering.”
She treats her plants like family and talks to them all the time. She tells them they look beautiful and to keep it up.
The Palmerston North gardener has been a member of the Manawatū Orchid Society since the1980s and is in charge of the sales table at this weekend’s 50th annual Spring Orchid Show in the city.
The best of locally grown orchids will be on display and there will be plants and supplies for sale.
Mair’s large Awapuni garden is packed with plants as are her orchid house, glasshouse and propagation shed. Her brother made the orchid house 35 years ago and it is designed to provide airflow.
