Anneke Bart 'Grand Opening'Some personal background: I was born and raised in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
My family: some pictures
of the folks back in Holland.
BOTANY
My first job was in botany. I attended the Ir. W. van den Broek Institute in Amsterdam. I became a lab technician with a specialty in botany. While living in the Netherlands I became involved in the orchid business via my relatives. I learned how to clone cymbidium orchids (when I waas a teenager) and had my own lab for several years. I was self-employed part-time and worked for a carnation grower in nearby Aalsmeer part-time. Three of my brothers still grow orchids. Two of my brothers grow Cymbidiums, and a third brother grows Phaleanopsis amd Miltonias. My brother Hans has a website for his business called Hans Bart Orchideen. Look under "Late Assortment" to see photographs of several of the late blooming flowers (ca. June).
A fun fact is that an orchid was named after me. It's called: Anneke
Bart 'Grand Opening' (The cross was: Rio Rita x Solana Beach.) It was
registered in 1983 by Andy Easton of Geyserland Orchids in New Zealand.
It received a Silver Award from the Cymbidium Society of America.It got
the variety name’ Grand Opening’ because a group of the plants was used
for the opening of the Fleur Orchid Gardens in Rotorua in New Zealand.
Anneke Bart 'Grand Opening'
This specialized line of work allowed me to immigrate to the United
States. I worked for a lab in California for several years. After a
while I decided to return to school and pursue a degree in mathematics.
MATHEMATICS
My specialty is geometric topology. (more detail will be added)
FAMILY:
My Family - pictures
of Meramac Caverns, a canoe trip, martial arts testing and a BBQ.
The Dutch relatives :)
Dirk en Sien Bart - my
parents. Photographs from the 1930's to now. Text in Dutch.
Jan en Trijntje Bart -
Grandparents from my father's side.Text in Dutch.
HOBBIES: