Orchidology (ORH 4280/ORH 5282)
Tentative Schedule: Spring 2009
Download Schedule for ORH 4280/5282: Schedule ORH 4280/5282 Spring 2009
This is a tentative schedule. Lecture subjects and/or activity sessions may change. Whenever possible, changes will be communicated to the class in advance.
Field trip(s) will be scheduled eventually and possible points of interest will be announced. Field trips are not required, but students are encouraged to participate in order to gain a broad viewpoint on different aspects of orchid production, commercialization, cultivation, and the dynamics of orchid societies, shows and/or exhibits.
| Date | Lecture & Discussion Topic(s) | Laboratory |
| Jan 14 | Course Introduction |
Greenhouse - FLREC |
| Jan 21 | Vegetative Morphology |
A closer look at Orchids Greenhouse work |
| Jan 28 | Reproductive Morphology |
Reproductive Morphology: inflorescences, flowers, pollinaria, fruits, seeds |
| Feb 4 | Classification and Nomenclature |
Open Discussion |
| Feb 11 | EXAM (5:30pm – 7:00pm) |
|
| Feb 18 | Flowering Physiology |
Pollination of Orchids |
| Feb 25 | Orchids and Plant Hormones Media and Growing Environment |
Hormones in Orchids Substrate and Media Analysis |
| Mar 4 | Mineral Nutrition |
Fertilizers for Orchids |
| Mar 11 | Sexual Propagation Asexual and In Vitro Propagation |
Fruits and seeds Repotting orchids |
| Mar 18 | EXAM (5:30pm – 7:00pm) | |
| Mar 25 | Pests – Guest Speaker: Dr. Catharine Mannion, TREC - University of Florida |
Orchid Pest Identification |
| Apr 1 | Diseases – Guest Speaker: Dr. Aaron Palmateer, TREC - University of Florida |
Orchid Disease Identification |
| Apr 8 | Ecology and Conservation Genetics |
Open Discussion |
| Apr 15 | Economic and Ethnobotanical Use |
Open Discussion |
| Apr 22 | FINAL EXAM (5:30pm - 7:30pm) Final Report due (ORH 5282) |
|