Jim and Melana Davison are AOS Accredited Judges. They have an extensive and diverse orchid collection that seems to be continuously growing. Not only involved in caring for their orchids, they are actively involved in several South Florida orchid societies. Melana is the current President of the Orchid Society of Coral Gables and past President of the South Dade Amateur Orchid Club. Jim is the past President of the Orchid Society of Coral Gables and the East Everglades Orchid Society.
Jim & Melana Davison
Jim’s appreciation for orchids stems from his scientific background. Before retiring, he worked as a Nuclear Chemistry Manager at the Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant. Melana is more interested in the aesthetic qualities of orchids, especially the ones that look strange and other worldly. She owns her own Orchid Maintenance business and is known as “The Orchidiva.” When Jim retired, they opened their own retail nursery, Jim-N-I Orchids. Before Covid, they were doing the show circuit, selling their Florida grown orchids to shows in Florida including Tamiami and Redland. Fortunately, shows are starting to take place again in Florida and they are on the road again.
Together, Jim and Melana have 7 grown children and five grandchildren. They live in Homestead with 4 of their 5 grandchildren, helping to raise them.
Jim & Melana will be speaking on “Orchids of Mexico”,
lots of them familiar and able to grow here very well.
They will also be providing plants for our raffle table
as well as having plants for sale.