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 […]
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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 […]
Note Change in VENUE AND TIME for the December Meeting 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm at Pleasant Hill Community Center, 3320 Civic Drive, Large Room Gift Exchange and Small Auction Setup at 6:00 pm with Dinner beginning at 7:00 pm Turkey and ham will be provided by the Board … the rest … by you, […]
The Annual DVOS Orchid Show and Sale is at First Lutheran Church, 4000 Concord Blvd, Concord, CA 94519 Show and Sale Hours 9:00 am Judging of Plants 10:00 am Show and Sale opens 12 noon Orchid 101 by Sung Lee 2:00 pm Repotting Workshop by Tom Pickford 4:30 pm Show and Sale closes Repotting of orchids […]
“I was born August 2, 1946 in the city of Berkeley, California and have remained a resident ever since. I met my partner, John Leathers in 1975 and we began growing orchids after we purchased a home with a built on solarium. In 1979 we bought our present home and built a 15′ x 25′ […]
Most of the orchids we see at shows and on show tables are sympodial where one growth finishes and a new one starts from the rhizome. This presentation will focus on those with a monopodial growth habit. Those where the plant grows upward from a single point. It adds leaves to the apex each year […]
“I was first stuck by the orchid bug in my early teens, when I discovered a commercial Phalaenopsis grower near where I grew up in Phoenix Arizona. After moving to the San Francisco Bay area in 1976, I quickly became acquainted with Rod McClellan’s orchids in South San Francisco and it wasn’t long until my […]
