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<<MonConference Schedule for Tuesday, 3 August 2004Wed>>
7:30 - 8:30Registration
Tropimar second floor
8:30 - 8:55Ray Baker - HSI President
Conference Welcome & Opening Remarks		Flower Show
and
Plant/Rhizome Sale
8:00 - 5:00
Tropimar
Open to the Public
9:00 - 9:40Dr. W.J. Kress
The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
From Cancer to Capricorn: The Tropical Zingiberales of the World
9:45 - 10:10Dra. Elvia J. Meléndez-Akerman
Universidad de Puerto Rico
Phenotypic & morphological variation in Heliconia bihai in the Lesser Antilles
10:10 - 10:40Coffee Break
10:40 - 11:05Tim Chapman
Louisiana
Hybridization in Zingiberales
11:10 - 11:35Dr. Richard Criley
University of Hawaii
That Twisted Heliconia X rauliniana
11:40 - 12:05Alan Carel
The Botanical Ark, Australia
Zingiberales & Rainforest Conservation
12:05 - 1:00Lunch Break
1:00 - 1:25Carla Black
Panama
Heliconia Adventures in Panama: Part 1
1:30 - 1:55Dr. David Lorence
National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii
The HSI Conservation Centers, Part 1
2:00 - 2:30Coffee Break
2:30 - 2:55Ray Baker
Lyon Arboretum, Hawaii
The HSI Conservation Centers, Part 2
3:00 - 3:25Jan Hintze
Darwin, Australia
Australia, The Magnificent Continent
3:30 - 3:55Prof. Migdalia Padilla
Merlix School
Tropical Flower Design
4:00End of Conference for the Day