Smithsonian orchid specialist to address Palomar Orchid Society

LAKE SAN MARCOS – Thomas Mirenda, Orchid Collection Specialist with the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC, will speak to the Palomar Orchid Society (POS) membership at its’ next monthly meeting on January 4, at The Lodge (Pavilion) in Lake San Marcos at 6:30 p.m. Visitors are welcome.

Mirenda has been associated with the Smithsonian for the past 16 years, and previously worked with the New York Botanical Garden and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. He also works with the Greentree Estate in Long Island, NY, one of the largest private orchid collections in the world.

For the past 11 years, Mir...