Doors open at 6:30pm for Show & Tell setup and conversations
Our speaker this month will be one of our own. Kathy Barrett has been growing orchids since the mid 1990s. She’s been a long-time
member of the DVOS (where she held every job except president) and the AOS where she was co-chair of the AOS Publication Board,
and member of the AOS Conservation Committee. She was also a member of the Orchid Conservation Alliance board. She edited
OrchidSafari an internet chatroom and email list – assuming anyone remembers that far back.
Kathy will give us a look at the past 40 years in the orchid business. She will cover the winding up and dissolving of the mega orchid ranges, the advent of the internet and today’s specialized small businesses and what this all means for orchid collectors. She will give us her view of the future of orchid collecting.
Kathy will not be joining us for dinner so the speakers dinner has been cancelled for this month.
