Our DVOS members Liz Charlton and Tom Pickford will demonstrate how and why to mount orchids on a variety of surfaces Plant table will be provided by California Orchids Dinner with the Speaker at 5:30 p.m. is at Aung MayLika 1050 Contra Costa Blvd, Concord, CA 94423 Everyone is welcome to attend and meet our speaker – […]
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Where: 515 Aspen Rd Bolinas, CA 94924 When: Saturday April 6th, 9am-4pm More Info: on their web site http://www.californiaorchids.com/
Where: Odd Fellows Building, 1831 Howe Ave at Alta Arden, Sacramento, CA When: Saturday, July 27, 2019 9 am to 5 pm More Info: at https://www.csnjc.org
4526 Fair Ave, Oakland, Free admission, Phone (510) 530-4884 9 AM to 4 PM www.OrchidsFioriDAmore.com
Where: 515 Aspen Rd Bolinas, CA 94924 When: Saturday April 6th, 9am-4pm More Info: Spring sale flyer
I first became interested in orchids in 1994 during a horticultural internship at the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, Florida. The internship turned into a full-time job and I worked there for several years learning about all sorts of tropical epiphytes. I went on to move around the country over the years but always […]
Mary Gerritsen , Ph.D. currently works as an independent biotechnology consultant, her “retirement” after a long career in the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry. However, much of her free time now involves orchids in some fashion or another. Mary has a large collection of miniature orchids, as well as numerous pleurothallids, paphiopedilum, bulbophyllum, and dendrobium species which she […]
“When I was just a little boy, 7 or 8 years old, my father and I were suddenly hooked on orchids. At a home and garden show we saw a Catasetum pileatum and were shocked by its beauty. When we asked people where to buy that plant, we were pointed to the orchid booth of […]
Learn the basics about how to take care of your orchids! Dennis was born on the island of Kauai, Hawaii. As a lad he helped his mom grow her orchids and got hooked. He joined the Future Farmers of America and his project was raising and selling orchids. In 1980 he moved to the mainland […]
Pepe Portilla is the founder and president of Ecuagenera Orchids in Ecuador, which has grown into one of the largest orchid nurseries in South America. Ecuagenera specializes both in species for the collector and hybrids for the pot plant markets. Pepe is not only an excellent businessman but he also has a deep love and […]
