Conférence : Les orchidées, une plante surprenante à cultiver chez soi

Lecture by Françoise Jaehn (Plant Biology). At 6 p.m., Arletty room, Le Palais. The conference, in interaction with the public, develops 3 themes based on numerous photos of native Belle Île or tropical orchids. Indeed the orchid is a surprising plant by: - its morphology - its reproduction strategies (marriage of the orchid and the insect) - its habitat: terrestrial plant or epiphyte? Depending on its habitat, growing a tropical orchid at home depends on various factors to be controlled: water, light and temperature; The speaker is president of the Regional Association of Orchidophiles of Strasbours, affiliated to the France Orchidées Federation. She is a doctor in plant biology and has a training in educational engineering.

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