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Orgel Clyde Bramblett ...
Orgel Clyde Bramblett | |
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 Orgel Clyde Bramblett at the 2004 Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Ramble | |
| Born | February 24, 1955 Carrizo Springs, Texas, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Embry Riddle |
| Occupation(s) | Owner, Orgels Orchids |
| Years active | 1971–2008 |
| Spouse | Phyllis Irene Bramblett |
| Children | 3 |
Introduction
editOwner of Orgel's Orchids in Miami, Florida. Founded the company in 1971 and continued until 2007 when he stepped out of the public eye due to his failing health following the death of his beloved wife Phyllis in 2004[1]. Clyde delivered talks at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens about Carnivorous Plants, and was a world-wide leading expert in the field.[2]
Retired Eastern Airlines Mechanic[3]
Known for his wit, Clyde was also a popular field guide for scientists and horticulturalists wishing to view orchids and carnivorous plants in Florida's natural areas. Clyde is quoted here referencing mosquitos: "When you want to see interesting plants, you pay for it in blood... your own."[4]. Published Field Photographer of Carnivorous Plants[5]. Clyde also reached out to the Miami Community: including installing native orchids in the Everglades National Park and Zoo Miami with the Eastern Airlines Orchid Club (Citation letters pending), and teaching classrooms about carnivorous plants at numerous Miami area schools[6].
Personal Life
editOrgel "Clyde" Bramblett was born in Arkansas to Bramblett and Alta (neé Butcher) Bramblett. They moved to Corrizo Springs, Texas when he was a young child. He had a younger brother Claud Bramblett, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Texas, Austin[7]. Clyde joined the Air Force and was sent to Florida to study Aircraft Mechanics at Embry Riddle in Miami. There he met Phyllis Wilson, a Miami Native. Upon his return from Korea, during which he was awarded the Bronze Star for valor, Clyde married Phyllis at the Allapattah Methodist Church in Miami. They moved to Salinas, Kansas where Clyde was stationed, and their first child Deanna was born in 1956. They returned to Miami, where their younger children Marsha and Alan were born. Clyde worked for Eastern Airlines as a mechanic and later as a supervisor, and he was involved with the reallocation of parts after the crash of Eastern Air Lines Flight 401. There, he formed the Eastern Airlines Orchid Society, and his love of orchids grew into a business. Clyde cultivated multiple hybrid varieties of Orchids and Carnivorous Plants, naming them for friends and family.
Attributed Orchid Hybrid Cultivars
editDeanna Lynn (Epidendrum "Bumble Bee" x atropurpureum) 1974[8]
Attributed Carnivorous Plant Cultivars
editNepenthes 'Amy Michelle'
Nepenthes 'Alta May'
Nepenthes rokko x Savannah Rose
Nepenthes cisoensis x wittei
Nepenthes cisoensis x mixta superba?
Nepenthes x madisonii
Nepenthes x redlanderii
Nepenthes x dianiana
Nepenthes x 'Dwarf Peacock'
Nepenthes x 'Michael Lee'
Nepenthes x wilsonii
Nepenthes raffelsiana x margaretea
Nepenthes x 'Mary Cruz'
Nepenthes x 'Cathy Jo'
Nepenthes x kalamity
Nepenthes x blakei
Nepenthes x inexpectus
Nepenthes x yarosis
Nepenthes x harrisana
Nepenthes splendiana x redlanderii
Nepenthes x mathesonii
Nepenthes x cravenii
Nepenthes x davineana
Nepenthes x butcherii
Nepenthes x vandiana
Nepenthes x hareliana var alba var vittata var rouge
Nepenthes x sheridaniana
Nepenthes x andrewensis [9]
- Many of the the Nepenthed Cultivars are co-cultivated with Bruce Bednar
References
edit- ^ Obituary; The Miami Herald; June 23, 2004
- ^ New Miami Times http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2004-03-18/calendar/green-piece/
- ^ Joan Brookwell, (C)1988 "Deathtrap It`s A Jungle Out There. One False Move And It`s Over For A Bug Caught In The Jaws Of A Carnivorous Plant." Sun-Sentinel
- ^ Frank Gallep, (C)1999 "Auf Karnivorensuche in Zentral-und Südflorida"; Das Taublatt: Die Karnivoren-Fachzeitschrift der Gesellschaft für Fleischfressende Pflanzen 1999, pg 28-33 quoted on pg 29. ISBN 0942959X
- ^ Lawrence Mellichamp, "Hybrid Pitcher Plants", Bulletin of the American Rock Garden Society, Volume 50 #1, 1992 pg 6, 10, including photo credit pg 42,
- ^ Author Pending, "Exotic Plant World"; The Miami Herald; October 21, 1993
- ^ Steele, D. Gentry; Claud A. Bramblett (1988). The Anatomy and Biology of the Human Skeleton. Texas A&M University Press. p. 4. ISBN 0-89096-300-2.
- ^ Sander's List of Orchid Hybrids, The Royal Horticultural Society, Addendum 1971-1975, pg 172-173; ISBN 0900629851
- ^ Schnell, Don; Mazrimas, Joe (1994). "Nepenthes Hybrid Crosses". Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 23 (1): 4.