William Ames Rhodehamel
Will Rhodehamel began his odyssey with growing orchids in 1979. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Photography
from the School of the Arts Institute of Chicago in 1985
and founded Hoosier Orchid Company in 1989.
Later that year, he purchased the Great Lakes Orchids collection and breeding programs.
He is an authority on plants of the subtribe Pleurothallidinae
and is author of A Masdevallia Cultural Guide,
a treatise on growing a delightful group of New World orchids.
He has been the Editor of the Pleurothallid Alliance News,
a quarterly specialist group newsletter.
He has addressed over 50 orchid societies
around the world on a range of topics,
written articles which have appeared in the AOS Bulletin
and has been featured in numerous newspapers in the Indianapolis area.
He is a Trustee of the AOS, Chair of the AOS Conservation Committee,
and a life member of the AOS.
He and his wife, Megan, and son, Benjamin, live three miles from the nursery
in a 145-year-old farmhouse near Royalton, Indiana.
