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Members of the secret "Potted Flowering Plant Growers Society"
Paul Ecke Sr. (seated, sixth from the left), Jim Leider from Chicago, and other unidentified people. The group met annually to travel and visit floriculture sites across the world.
Paul Ecke Jr. at an unidentified industry event
Paul Ece Jr. (front row, left), holding a white poinsettia. The rest of the group is wearing a white carnation.
Paul Ecke Jr. and Gary Hudson
Picture taken at the National Arboretum in Washington D.C.. Paul Ecke Jr. was on the Board of Directors of the Arboretum in the 1990's.
Paul Ecke Jr. at unidentified industry event
Paul Ecke Jr. at unidentified industry event
Delegation from the Japanese Poinsettia Growers Association touring the Paul Ecke Ranch, Encinitas, CA
Delegation from the Japanese Poinsettia Growers Association touring the Paul Ecke Ranch, Encinitas, CA
Unidentified greenhouses
Unidentified greenhouses, presumably the Ecke Ranch in Encinitas, CA
YMCA exercise group
Ed Harloff (center right), a family friend and local car dealer in Encinitas, CA.
Paul Ecke Jr. with unidentified people
Paul Ecke Jr. (second from left). The group is sporting Paul Ecke Ranch trucker hats.
Dr. Pat Morishita and Paul Ecke Jr.
Dr. Pat Morishita, an entomologist at the University of California Riverside, consulted at the Ecke Ranch.
Paul Ecke Jr., Lizbeth Ecke with the Olympic torch, downtown Encinitas
Paul Ecke Jr. and Lizbeth Ecke ran with the Olympic torch before the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
Paul Ecke Jr. and Paul Ecke Sr., downtown Encinitas, CA
Paul Ecke Jr. ran with the Olympic torch before the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
Paul Ecke Sr. in the Bird of Paradise fields on the Ecke Ranch, Encinitas, CA
Paul Ecke Sr. in the the Bird of Paradise fields on the Encinitas Ranch looking north. The white sleeves were put over the flowers to protect them.
Unidentified men spreading hay on crops
Unidentified men spreading hay on crops, presumably to insulate them
Dipping poinsettia bare root stock in a mercury based bath (presumably) before shipping
Picture taken south of the Encinitas Ranch House (in the background).
Rooted poinsettia cuttings in trays
Rooted poinsettia cuttings in trays going from greenhouse to barn to be packed up for shipping.