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Dr. Hackney is Emeritus Professor of Biology and the former Director of Coastal Biology at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Florida. Previously he was Professor of Biology and Marine Biology at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. Courtney began growing orchids in the Florida Keys in 1962, while working for a small orchid nursery. He has continued his interest in both orchid hybridizing and orchid culture since then. He has grown and hybridized many different Orchid genera, but his favorite is the Cattleya Alliance. He has about 500 mature cattleyas and even more seedlings. His favorites are Cattleya clones, some of which appeared in orchid collections over 100 years ago. He makes 10-15 Cattleya hybrids and species sib crosseeach year. His hybrids often incorporate classic cattleyas with more recent clones.
He wrote a Growing Tips column for 20 years, which ended in December 2013. Growing Tips appeared in newsletters around the country. He has also published in the Orchid Digest and Orchids. In 2004, he published “American Cattleyas,” the culmination of a decade of study and interviews with many of the “Orchid Greats”, which summarizes in old photographs and text how the modern cattleyas came to be. The book also describes what we know about cattleyas and cattleya hybrids, how to grow them, and what to expect from modern hybrids. During the past decade he has been researching the coerulea (blue) color form of cattleya species and hybrids, a study which he completed and published in Orchids 2018.
He lives in Jacksonville, FL adjacent to a tidal swamp where he enjoys watching birds and the occasional manatee swimming by. Epi magnoliae (conopseum) grows in trees in his backyard and several species of terrestrial Florida orchid species grow in the swamp.
He wrote a Growing Tips column for 20 years, which ended in December 2013. Growing Tips appeared in newsletters around the country. He has also published in the Orchid Digest and Orchids. In 2004, he published “American Cattleyas,” the culmination of a decade of study and interviews with many of the “Orchid Greats”, which summarizes in old photographs and text how the modern cattleyas came to be. The book also describes what we know about cattleyas and cattleya hybrids, how to grow them, and what to expect from modern hybrids. During the past decade he has been researching the coerulea (blue) color form of cattleya species and hybrids, a study which he completed and published in Orchids 2018.
He lives in Jacksonville, FL adjacent to a tidal swamp where he enjoys watching birds and the occasional manatee swimming by. Epi magnoliae (conopseum) grows in trees in his backyard and several species of terrestrial Florida orchid species grow in the swamp.
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2026
JANUARY 15 – Stephanie Webb (Sunshine State Vanilla): "Vanilla: More Than a Flavor"
FEBRUARY 11 – Repotting Clinic: A Hands-On Demonstration
MARCH 11 – Courtney Hackney: "Re-Blooming Orchids"
MARCH 14 – EVENT: Big Bloomin' Orchid Day
APRIL 15 – Guest Speaker: "Topic TBD"
MAY 13 – Guest Speaker: "Topic TBD"
JUNE 10 – Guest Speaker: "Topic TBD"
JULY 15 – Guest Speaker: "Topic TBD"
AUGUST 12 – Guest Speaker: "Topic TBD"
SEPTEMBER 16 – Guest Speaker: "Topic TBD"
OCTOBER 14 – Guest Speaker: "Topic TBD"
NOVEMBER 11 – Guest Speaker: "Topic TBD"
DECEMBER 9 – Holiday Party & Potluck (no speaker)
FEBRUARY 11 – Repotting Clinic: A Hands-On Demonstration
MARCH 11 – Courtney Hackney: "Re-Blooming Orchids"
MARCH 14 – EVENT: Big Bloomin' Orchid Day
APRIL 15 – Guest Speaker: "Topic TBD"
MAY 13 – Guest Speaker: "Topic TBD"
JUNE 10 – Guest Speaker: "Topic TBD"
JULY 15 – Guest Speaker: "Topic TBD"
AUGUST 12 – Guest Speaker: "Topic TBD"
SEPTEMBER 16 – Guest Speaker: "Topic TBD"
OCTOBER 14 – Guest Speaker: "Topic TBD"
NOVEMBER 11 – Guest Speaker: "Topic TBD"
DECEMBER 9 – Holiday Party & Potluck (no speaker)
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