My name is Alfredo Manrique, owner of Centro
de Jardinería Manrique (CJM) in Lima, Peru,
an orchid nursery operating since
1974. Pablo Bermudez, webmaster of
this site, is an orchid
grower and
member of Club Peruano de
Orquídeas, the Peruvian Orchid Society. We, together with some
non-Peruvian friends,
aim to share our knowledge
about Phragmipedium
kovachii with the orchid
community and provide them
with the best PK seedlings and hybrids.
CJM was given the first legal
Phragmipedium kovachii collection permit
in May 2003 by INRENA, the Peruvian
Agency for Natural Resources. Since then
we have done everything by the book.
Patiently, we have been growing our five
legally collected plants into stud
plants for seed production.
To grow and distribute our products we
established joint ventures with Glen
Decker from
Piping Rock Orchids
USA, Fritz Schomburg from Tropical
Propagations, USA and Peter Croezen from
Green Canyon Orchids, Canada.
