The May DVOS monthly meeting will be held in a “virtual” (Zoom) format once again, though, we hope to return to in-person meetings in June. Our May meeting will feature Ray Barkalow of First Rays LLC (www.firstways.com), a company he started to provide supplies for orchid enthusiasts and to disseminate his orchid expertise. His DVOS […]
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DVOS monthly meetings will continue to be held in a “virtual” (Zoom) format through at least April 2022. Once again, we are taking advantage of this format to let us hear from another noted orchid expert, Dr. Robert Griesbach, who will speak on the history of orchid breeding, a topic with which he is intimately […]
DVOS monthly meetings will continue to be held in a “virtual” (Zoom) format through at least April 2022. As I’ve noted before, that allows us to hear excellent speakers from around the world who we would otherwise have difficulty bringing to our monthly meetings. Our March 2022 meeting will continue along these lines and our […]
Note that the February meeting will start at 6:30 pm PST – 30 min earlier than usual ! DVOS monthly meetings will continue to be held in a “virtual” (Zoom) format for at least the next few months. Fortunately, that gives us access to excellent speakers from around the world who we would otherwise have […]
Unfortunately, our monthly meetings will continue to be held in a “virtual” (Zoom) format for at least the next few months. Although we all miss seeing each other in person to socialize and eat all those yummy potluck goodies, holding meetings virtually has allowed us the freedom to host speakers from all over the […]
Our final speaker for 2021, Nicholas Rust, will lead us through the mysteries of the most talked about orchid group this Holiday season – jewel orchids. His talk, perhaps reflecting the modern popularity of the group, is called “An Introduction into the Wild World of Jewel Orchids” and will be at our usual time of 7:00PM PST on Thursday December 9. […]
This month’s speaker will be Tom Mirenda who will be with us from Hawaii at 7:00PM PT on November 11, to lead us through his month long orchid safari to many different locations throughout Africa. Tom has been cultivating plants since his early childhood. Originally trained as a marine biologist, he moved to Hawaii in his early 20s where he worked on the trophic [nutritional] […]
Tom Mirenda’s presentation has been postponed to November 11, 2021.
Scott was our speaker in January, when he brought us up to date on the latest developments in the world of Sarcochilus. This month, he will be back with us on Zoom at 7:00PM PST on September 9, to discuss his work with Cymbidiums. There is no specific title for his presentation but he gave me the following quote which […]
The in person DVOS meetings at the Contra Costa Water District Building have been cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns till further notice. Dear Orchid Friends, Well, another month has gone by and the world continues to change. I hope that all of you are safe and sound. I am spending a lot of time […]
