User:Mbramblett/Orgel Clyde Bramblett

Orgel Clyde Bramblett ...

Introduction
Owner of Orgel's Orchids in Miami, Florida. Founded the company in 1971 and continued until 2007 when he stepped out of the public eye due to his failing health following the death of his beloved wife Phyllis in 2004. Clyde delivered talks at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens about Carnivorous Plants, and was a world-wide leading expert in the field. Retired Eastern Airlines Mechanic Known for his wit, Clyde was also a popular field guide for scientists and horticulturalists wishing to view orchids and carnivorous plants in Florida's natural areas. Clyde is quoted here referencing mosquitos: "When you want to see interesting plants, you pay for it in blood... your own." . Published Field Photographer of Carnivorous Plants. Clyde also reached out to the Miami Community: including installing native orchids in the Everglades National Park and Zoo Miami with the Eastern Airlines Orchid Club (Citation letters pending), and teaching classrooms about carnivorous plants at numerous Miami area schools.

Personal Life
Orgel "Clyde" Bramblett was born in Arkansas to Bramblett and Alta (neé Butcher) Bramblett. They moved to Corrizo Springs, Texas when he was a young child. He had a younger brother Claud Bramblett, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Texas, Austin. Clyde joined the Air Force and was sent to Florida to study Aircraft Mechanics at Embry Riddle in Miami. There he met Phyllis Wilson, a Miami Native. Upon his return from Korea, during which he was awarded the Bronze Star for valor, Clyde married Phyllis at the Allapattah Methodist Church in Miami. They moved to Salinas, Kansas where Clyde was stationed, and their first child Deanna was born in 1956. They returned to Miami, where their younger children Marsha and Alan were born. Clyde worked for Eastern Airlines as a mechanic and later as a supervisor, and he was involved with the reallocation of parts after the crash of Eastern Air Lines Flight 401. There, he formed the Eastern Airlines Orchid Society, and his love of orchids grew into a business. Clyde cultivated multiple hybrid varieties of Orchids and Carnivorous Plants, naming them for friends and family.

Attributed Orchid Hybrid Cultivars
Deanna Lynn (Epidendrum "Bumble Bee" x atropurpureum) 1974

Attributed Carnivorous Plant Cultivars
Nepenthes 'Amy Michelle' Nepenthes 'Alta May' Nepenthes rokko x Savannah Rose Nepenthes cisoensis x wittei Nepenthes cisoensis x mixta superba? Nepenthes x madisonii Nepenthes x redlanderii Nepenthes x dianiana Nepenthes x 'Dwarf Peacock' Nepenthes x 'Michael Lee' Nepenthes x wilsonii Nepenthes raffelsiana x margaretea Nepenthes x 'Mary Cruz' Nepenthes x 'Cathy Jo' Nepenthes x kalamity Nepenthes x blakei Nepenthes x inexpectus Nepenthes x yarosis Nepenthes x harrisana Nepenthes splendiana x redlanderii Nepenthes x mathesonii Nepenthes x cravenii Nepenthes x davineana Nepenthes x butcherii Nepenthes x vandiana Nepenthes x hareliana var alba var vittata var rouge Nepenthes x sheridaniana Nepenthes x andrewensis
 * Many of the the Nepenthed Cultivars are co-cultivated with Bruce Bednar