Doors open at 6:30pm for Show & Tell setup and conversations
Our Speaker in July will be Carol Klonowski
Carol will be presenting a seasonally appropriate talk: Taiwan and Beyond: Summer Blooming Phalaenopsis.
Carol has been growing orchids since the 1980’s when a friend in Berkeley, California, gave her a cattleya and it bloomed out with three big, dark lavender flowers and an intoxicating fragrance. She built an entire greenhouse in her backyard to accommodate the precious plant, which only led her to buy more orchids. Then another friend gave her a gift membership to the Orchid Society of California and it’s been a serious hobby and passion ever since. She can recall going to monthly meetings where orchid legends such as the late Frank Fordyce would be available to answer the many questions an eager hobbyist could ask.
Carol is currently the President of the Orchid Society of California and an Accredited Judge with the American Orchid Society, California Sierra Nevada Judging Center. She is a Trustee for the American Orchid Society and writes for Orchids Magazine.
Phal. violacea var. sumatrana Dark Devil x self
Members of DVOS are invited to a no-host, pre-meeting dinner with our guest speaker, Carol Klonowski We will meet for dinner at 5:00 pm on Thursday, July 10th at
Sichuan Fortune House
41 Woodsworth Lane
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
Note that this is different from our usual pre-meeting dinner place! If you wish to attend, RSVP to dvosshowandtell@gmail.com by noon on Wednesday, July 9th, so we can make a reservation for the appropriate number of attendees.
