Welcome to the European Aroid Society
Latest news to be announced here!
Timetable
11:00 – 12:00 Revisiting the chaos – and The Shape of Things to Come by Wong Sin Yeng & Peter Boyce
12:00 – 12:15 Break
12:15 – 12:45 Recent Discoveries on Aroids of Vietnam: Period 2017 – 2022 by Nguyen Van Dzu
12:45 – 13:00 Break
13:00 – 13:30 Discovery through citizen science: On the identity of Cryptocoryne pygmaea Merr. (Araceae) from Western Mindanao and description of three new Philippine endemic species by Marc Arcebal K. Naive
Unfortunately the lecture by Marc Arcebal K. Naive has been cancelled due to personal circumstances. A new date will be arranged.
Agenda:
1. Welcome & a word about the past year of EAS.
2. Synopsis of financial report & projection for 2023.
3. Various committee reports.
4. Election of new board members.
5. Any other business & questions.
EAS summer event: EAS Social Kew
We are excited to finally reveal to you our next summer event. Join us Friday 8th of July in London, UK, where we will explore one of the most famous gardens of the world: Kew Gardens! With beautifully curated greenhouses and outside gardens, this botanical garden is a must-see for all plant-lovers. Their tropical and temperate aroid collections are among the most diverse in the world, with many Brazilian and Asian taxa. Normally closed, Kew will even open its nursery greenhouses to EAS members for a special peek in the private aroid collections.
This event is only open to members.
Note: Partners are welcome, but need to be paying members of the EAS and need to sign up for the event too.
EAS turned 1 on June 27th! We reached over 700 members and feel so grateful for this enormous support from aroid enthusiasts all over the world! We have managed to organise 3 in-person events as well as a few online lectures in the past year, and this is only the beginning. The future holds many more events across Europe, opportunities to meet and share and learn from each others experience. Don’t hesitate to get in touch with us for any comment or any idea that you would like to share with us, this society is yours before anything. Thank you all. We look forward to hearing from you!
Don’t forget to renew your membership to receive the new membership gift!
EAS spring event: EAS Meise Garden Visit
We’re excited to finally announce our spring event! Join us on Saturday 30th of April in Meise, Belgium for an exclusive visit of the botanical gardens. We’ll organise guided tours, a special preview, visit to the herbarium & more. 30 places available, a ticket will cost 25€ pp and includes garden entry, coffee and lunch at the garden. Sign up opens this Sunday 20th March 2022! For members only.
This event is only open to members. You must able to present a EU Digital COVID Certificate or similar, wearing a mask is mandatory in closed spaces such as greenhouses.
First EAS in person event: EAS Social Lyon!
We’re excited to announce our first in-person event! Join us on Friday 29th of October in Lyon, France to explore Europe’s largest aroid collection together with other aroiders. There will be guided visits, aroid talks and a plant swap, all set in the gorgeous botanical garden of Lyon. Spaces are limited due to COVID restrictions, so don’t miss out! 30 people max, sign up opens next Sunday 3rd October at 9:00 pm GMT+2.
This event is only open to members. You must able to present a EU Digital COVID Certificate or similar, wearing a mask is mandatory in closed spaces such as greenhouses.
September Online Aroid Talk: Fantastic Aroids And How to Identify Them
*DATE CHANGED TO SUNDAY 26TH OF SEPTEMBER*
We’re proud to announce the first of multiple exciting events coming up this autumn!
Where the jungles of Borneo in our last talk was about genus diversity, the neotropics have the most species! Together Anthurium and Philodendron consist of thousands of species, likely more than half of all aroids together! But just what exactly makes a Philodendron, a Philodendron? Or how can you be sure your plant is an Anthurium instead? Join us Saturday 25th of September at 4 PM GMT +2 on Zoom to hear online aroid legend Siddharth Naveenachandran answer these and other questions, asked by YOU!
Follow this link or click on the button to learn more about this interactive talk (members only).
October Aroid Pop-Up in Alnarp, Sweden
The people from @plantthatplant are organizing an in-person aroid pop up with sales and lectures at the Swedish Agricultural University in Sweden. Several great Swedish vendors will be selling a large range of aroids! The society will be present with merch and our Swedish country rep, Robin Deniz, will be giving a talk on Anthurium pollination. Other speakers include well-known Monstera expert Marco Cedeño Fonseca and the legendary Marc Gibernau from France who will talk about wild aroid pollination! There will also be an auction where you can bid on some real aroid gems.
Tickets are €20 and proceeds of the event and auction will be donated to support our society, so grab them while you can!
Buy your tickets through here or follow the link:
https://aroid-pop-up.confetti.events/
44th IAS Annual Show and Sale
On the weekend of September 11-12, the annual show and sale event of the International Aroid Society will be held at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Florida, USA. This is one of the most important aroid events of the year, with aroiders coming to Florida from all over the globe! Acclaimed aroid botanist Orlando Ortiz will be the featured speaker at the banquet, talking about the micro-endemic aroids of Panama.
Join the International Aroid Society here. If you want to learn more about the annual show and sale of the IAS on their website here or purchase tickets on Fairchild’s website here!
On The Ledge podcast episode
A few weeks ago, our Honorary President Peter Boyce was invited on the popular On The Ledge podcast by Jane Perrone. In episode 193, Peter talked with Jane about our newly-formed society and what aroids are. Moreover they discussed how to mature climbing aroids on wood, some exciting new taxonomic insights and featured a very special vanilla-smelling aroid from Borneo.
Listen to the podcast here or follow this link: https://www.janeperrone.com/on-the-ledge/aroids-peter-boyce
An exciting first event!
On Saturday July 17th, it was time for the first of our aroid talks. None other than our Honorary President, Peter Boyce, guided us through the jungles of Asia in search of aroids! You can rewatch the talk here!
Peter Boyce (1964) is an aroid botanist who, together with his wife Wong Sin Yeng, has dedicated the larger part of the last two decades to understanding the taxonomy of enigmatic Asian aroids, describing hundreds of new species in the process. Not only a renowned scientist, Peter is also a skilled nurseryman and takes care of their scientific collection of 3000 living plants on Borneo, most of which are grown no where else in the world!





