Events

DVOS Fall Auction – Sunday September 15 – 10 AM at Pleasant Hill Park

 SAVE THE DATE!

DVOS Fall Auction and Picnic will be Sunday September 15, 2024 

 This year, the event will be held again under the trees at the Pleasant Hill Park, 147 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523

Our Fall auction is our main fundraising event of the year. The funds the Society receives as a result of this event provide the resources we need to bring in the wonderful speakers and plant tables that we have at our monthly meetings, as well as pay for social events like the annual Holiday Dinner. Ideally all our members will participate this year. There are many ways to participate:

  • Donate plants.   It’s summer and therefore repotting time for many of us. Designate some nice juicy divisions to donate to the DVOS auction. Pot those plants now so that they will be well-adjusted and growing by the time of the auction. We will be putting together an auction catalog again this year. Instructions for submitting information on donated plants for the catalog will be sent in an e-mail to all members.
  • Come to the auction and bid. This is your opportunity to obtain some excellent and potentially unusual/rare plants. It could also be your opportunity to get a division of one of those plants you saw at a Show and Tell or on Facebook that you coveted. Everyone can find a little space for a new orchid!
  • Publicize the event and invite your friends to attend. The Auction and picnic are open to the public. Tell the members of any other orchid, garden, or plant clubs you belong to about the event. If you know someone who buys Trader Joe’s Phals. and might want to explore other species, invite them!
  • Volunteer to help set up before and clean up after the event.
  • Bring some food and drink and spend time socializing with other DVOS members after the auction. Remember to bring your own chair!

The auction will start around 10 AM, with setup and logging-in of donations about an hour earlier. The auction should be over by noon, which will leave us ample time to make use of the
picnic and barbeque facilities of the venue. Additional details will be forthcoming in the next Newsletter.

 

December 9th, 2021 Nicolas Rust: “An Introduction into the Wild World of Jewel Orchids”

 

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.

Nicholas is an up-and-coming hybridizer in the orchid community, seriously growing and studying orchids for about 7 years. His orchid passion arose during the end of high school when a Mini Phalaenopsis was gifted to him. Like a flame to gasoline, this gift quickly pulled him into the diverse world of orchids. Shortly after his interests were formed, he began exploring the culture of several unique genera of terrestrial orchids. He now specializes in Habenaria and other related genera, jewel orchids, and Bulbophyllum,

After studying biochemistry and molecular biology throughout college, Nicholas approached his orchids with the same scientific perspective he used while working in a research lab. This led to an interest in the entire growth cycle of orchids and the start of his own hybridization program which focuses on terrestrial orchids. His aim is to use rarely cultivated species and distinct variations of common species to create truly exceptional shapes and colors that will pave new directions for unique hybrids.

 

April 13, 2024 – California Orchids Final Sale in Bolinas

          When:  April 13, 2024  9 am – 4  pm

          Where:  515 Aspen Rd, Bolinas, CA 94924

          Contact Mary Nisbet:  415-713-0203 Directions: 

           https://www.californiaorchids.com/httpdocs/events_directions.html

           https://www.californiaorchids.com

 

February 8th, 2020 – DVOS Annual Show & Sale – Valentine’s Orchid Show

 

The Annual DVOS Orchid Show and Sale is at First Lutheran Church, 4000 Concord Blvd, Concord, CA 94519

Getting there:
First Lutheran Church 4000 Concord Blvd. Concord

Friday, February 7th

Saturday, February 8th   Show opens at 10 AM and closes at 5 PM

  • 9 AM – 10 AM           Ribbon Judging
  • 10 AM – 11 AM          AOS Judging

Repotting Station

  • 10 AM – 1 PM             Tom  Pickford
  • 1 PM  – 4 PM              Sung Lee

Repotting Service:  $5 for up  to 5” pot

 

Receive a free orchid for joining DVOS! (Day of show only.

There will be orchids for sale and other unusual plants.

 

Admission $5 or $3 with the coupon

 

May 18th -19th, 2019 – D&D Flowers & The Tiny Jungle’s Spring Sale

D & D Flowers & The Tiny Jungle’s Spring Sale (One of these D’s is Dennis, one of our club members!)

May 18th & 19th, 2019 9:00 am to 3 pm 169 1st Avenue, Daly City, CA 94014
Directions 280 South from San Francisco: Take the Eastmoore exit and veer to the right onto Sullivan Avenue. At the stop light, make a right onto Washington Street (service station on the right and Krispy Kream Donut at opposite corner). Go over the freeway, through Junipero Serra Blvd to San Pedro (Catholic Church at intersection). Make a left onto San Pedro and continue through Mission Street between Bank of America and Wendy’s. At the stop sign, make a left onto 1st Avenue. Greenhouse is on the right hand side of the 3rd house with the red garage and a sign reading Demattei Nursery. Enter the gate of the chain link fence with red lattice on the left hand side of the red garage.

Directions 280 north of Hicky Blvd.: Take the Pacifica/Eastmoore Avenue exit and veer to the right to the Eastmoore Avenue exit. At the stop light, you would like to be on the 2nd lane to the left. Turn left onto Junipero Serra Blvd and at the stop light; make a right turn onto San Pedro Road. Then continue through Mission Street between Bank of America and Wendy’s. At the stop sign, make a left onto 1st Avenue. Greenhouse is on the right hand side of the 3rd house with the red garage and a sign reading Demattei Nursery. Enter the gate of the chain link fence with red lattice on the left hand side of the red garage.

Please drive safely. Limited street parking so please car pool. Do not park within the chain link fence.

Mahalo for your cooperation!!!!!!

February 9th, 2019-DVOS Annual Show & Sale

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 will be ongoing. $5 / 5 inch pot

There will be orchids for sale and other unusual plants as well as supplies: pots and Orchiata medium

Vendors

  • D&D Flowers
  • Dean Haas
  • Jim Chan  / Yunor Peralta
  • Jim Denoso
  • Lala Orchids
  • Alejandro
  • Atsuko
  • DVOS members

Coupon

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