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DVOS Meeting Archive
Below you’ll find a monthly archive of past DVOS meeting speakers.
2023 DVOS Meeting Speakers
December 7, 2023 DVOS Holiday Celebration
November 9, 2023 Kelly McCracken: “Growing Under Artificial Light”
October 12, 2023 David Edgely “Phalaenopsis: Soup to Nuts”
September 14, 2023 Tyler Albrecht “Australian Dendrobiums: Finding the Right Fit for Your Home Growing”
August 13, 2023 DVOS August Auction
July 13 George Hatfield “Breeding Cymbidiums”
June 8, 2023 Dave Sorokowsky “Don’t Fear the Slippers”
May 11, 2023 Marni Turkel “Show Me the Plant”
April 13, 2023 Peter T. Lin: “Mini Catts”
March 9, 2023 Ron Parsons: Miniature Orchid Species
February 9, 2023 Preparing for the Show
January 12, 2023 Tanya Lam: Long Lasting and Frequently Blooming Orchid Species
2022 DVOS Meeting Speakers
November 10, 2022 Carol Klonowski: Vandas
October 13, 2022 Jim Heilig: Basic Genetic and Breeding Concepts of Orchids
September 8, 2022 Survival of the Trickiest (How Orchids Trick their Pollinators) Speaker: Larry Kuekes, Hilo Orchid Society
July 14, 2022 Mediterranean-Climate Terrestrial Orchids of Europe and Australia Speaker: Scott A. McGregor
June 9th, 2022 “Throw Out the Bark for the Last Time: Growing Orchids in Rocks and Water” by Harvey Brenneise
May 12th, 2022 “Bugs and Juice” (the use of beneficial microbes and phytochemical stimulants in orchid care) by Ray Barkalow, First Rays LLC
April 14th, 2022 Orchids have Pedigrees: The history of orchid breeding by Dr. Robert J. Griesbach, USDA-ARD (retired)
March 10th, 2022 Vanilla orchids: natural history and cultivation presented by Prof. Ken Cameron, U WI, Madison
February 10th, 2022 Dr. Melissa McCormick presents Picky Partners: How Fungi Drive Orchid Growth and Abundance
January 13th, 2022 Sarah Hurdel: Habenaria – Best of Show!
2021 DVOS Meeting Speakers
December 9th, 2021 Nicolas Rust: “An Introduction into the Wild World of Jewel Orchids”
November 11th, 2021 Tom Mirenda “Orchid Safari in Africa”
October 14th, 2021 Tom Mirenda “Orchid Safari in Africa” has been postponed
September 9th, 2021 Scott Barrie: “Cymbidiums”
July 8th, 2021 Charles G. Wilson: “The Bulbophyllums”
June 10, 2021 Dr. Kristen Uthus: “Honey I Shrunk the Orchids”
May 13, 2021 Dr. Leslie Ee: Cattleya warscewiczii and Its Contribution to Large Blue Flowers
April 8, 2021 Peter Lin: The Top 5 Fragrant Phalaenopsis Species and their Influence on Modern Novelty Hybridizing
March 11, 2021 Sam Tsui: Multifloral Paphiopedilum and Their Culture
February 11, 2021 Rick Lockwood: “What do Orchids Eat?”
January 14, 2021 Scott Barrie: The Latest Developments in Sarcochilus
2020 DVOS Meeting Speakers
December 10, 2020 Fred Clark: Catasetinae Species and their Cultivation
November 12, 2020 Ken Jacobsen: “Cattleya purpurata, Queen of the Brazilian Spring”
October 10, 2020 Steve Hampson: Orchids of Southern China
September 16, 2020 Ron Kaufmann: “Diamonds in the Rouph: The Orchids of Chapada Diamantina”
August 14, 2020 Ron Parsons: The Genus Dendrobium
July 24, 2020 Mary Gerritsen: Masdevallias – Selected Species and How to Grow Them
May 14, 2020 – Leo Schordje: The Culture of Hybrid Phragmipediums
April 9, 2020 – Jeff Trimble: Orchids for Bay Area Microclimates
In-person DVOS Monthly Meetings
March 12, 2020 – Debra Attwood: “It’s out of the pot, now what?” Cancelled due to COVID-19
February 13, 2020 – Orchid Roundtable with Dennis Olivas, Eileen Jackson, Peter Ansdell, Sung Han Lee and Tom Pickford
January 9, 2020 – Dennis Olivas: “Sarcochilus”
2019 DVOS Meeting Speakers
December 12, 2019 – DVOS Annual Holiday Potluck Dinner Party
Novemver 14th, 2019 – Carol Klonowski: The History of Unifoliate Cattleyas
October 10th, 2019 – Dan Asbell: Growing Orchids Outdoors
September 12th, 2019 – Eileen Jackson & Kathy Barrett: In Search of Orchids in their Native Habitat – Rio Negro, Brazil
August 15th, 2019 – DVOS Auction
July 11th, 2019 – Jim Heilig Will Talk About Habenarias
June 13th, 2019 – Mounting Orchids Demonstrated by Liz Charlton & Tom Pickford
May 9, 2019 – John Robbins: Floriculture, appropriate timing and supplies for repotting
April 11, 2019 Mary Gerritsen: My Trip to Chiapas, Mexico
March 14, 2019 – Sergio Garcia: Cattleya labiata
February 14, 2019 – Dennis Olivas: “Orchids 101”
January 10, 2019 – Jose “Pepe” Portilla: The Orchids of Equador
2018 DVOS Meeting Speakers
December 13, 2018 – DVOS Annual Holiday Potluck Dinner Party
November 8, 2018 – Bob Hamilton: The Rise & Fall of the Orchid Hobby and our Preservation Effort for Cool Growing Andean Orchids and their Hybrids
October 11, 2018 – Dale Martin: Terrestrial Orchids of Australia
September 13, 2018 – Marni Turkel: Marvelous Monopodials
August 9, 2018 – DVOS Annual Auction
July 12, 2018 – Carol Klonowski: Latest Breeding Trends from Taiwan
June 14, 2018 – Dave Sorokowsky: Multifloral Paphiopedilum
May 10, 2018 – Angelic Nguyen: The Fascinating Orchids of Vietnam
April 12, 2018 – Carol Klonowski: Australian Dendrobiums
March 8, 2018 – Steven Beckendorf: Why are there so many orchids?
February 8, 2018 – Peter T. Lin: The 3 As of the Orchid World: Angraecum, Aerangis and Aeranthes
January 11, 2018 – Jeff Trimble: Cymbidiums
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