Meet Martin Motes
Martin Motes
Author of Vandas: Their Botany, History, and Culture, Florida Orchid Growing: Month by Month, and Florida Vanda Growing, Martin Motes is a second generation orchidist who has been growing orchids for 60 years.
He is president of Motes Orchids, a major producer of vandas. He has bred hundreds of new hybrids for which he has received scores of American Orchid Society awards including three FCC’s and three Awards of Quality. His hybrids received Gold, Silver and Bronze medals at the March 2005 18th World Orchid conference in Dijon, France. One hybrid garnered the trophy as “Best Vanda in Show”. Other hybrids have won medals in previous WOCs as well as at the European Orchid Conference. Additionally numerous of his hybrids have been recognized by the Royal Horticultural Society and in other international judging venues.
He is an accredited American Orchid Society judge. Martin’s frequent articles have appeared in The Fairchild Garden Bulletin, The South Florida Orchidist, The Orchid Digest, The Orchid Review, The Malayan Orchid Review and Orchids.
