Doors open at 6:30 pm for Show & Tell setup and conversations

Our Speaker in January will be Carol Klonowski presenting: Latest Species in Paph Breeding

Carol Klonowski has been growing orchids since the 1980’s when a friend in Berkeley, California, gave her a cattleya and it bloomed out with three, big, dark lavender flowers and an intoxicating fragrance. She built an entire greenhouse in her backyard to accommodate the precious plant, which only led her to buy more orchids. Then another friend gave her a gift membership to the Orchid Society of California and it’s been a serious hobby and passion ever since. She can recall going to monthly meetings where orchid legends such as the late Frank Fordyce would be available to answer the many questions an eager hobbyist could ask.

Her talk on the latest developments in Paphiopedilum orchid breeding stems from a fascination not only with new species in this large genus but also improved versions of foundation species used in older crosses. Together, the two groups are producing new and exciting crosses that every orchid grower should consider adding to their collection.

This talk focuses mainly on newly discovered species and their primary hybrids

Carol has served as Director, Vice President, and President of the Orchid Society of California for most of the past two decades and is currently an Accredited Judge with the California Sierra Nevada Judging Center, a member of the AOS Editorial Board, and a current Trustee for the American Orchid Society.

The opportunity table is provided by Tm Culbertson. 

This presentation will be available via Zoom.

If you would like to watch the talk remotely, please send a request for the Zoom link to dvosshowandtell@gmail.com before noon on Thursday, January e will respond with the link.

Dinner with the Speaker

Members of DVOS are invited to a no-host, pre-meeting dinner with our guest speaker, Carol Klonowski. We will meet for dinner at 5pm on Thursday, January 8th at

Sichuan Fortune House,  41 Woodsworth Lane, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523

Note that this is different from our usual pre-meeting dinner place! If you wish to attend, RSVP to panther3.ks@gmail.com by noon on Wednesday, January 7th, so we can make a reservation for the appropriate number of attendees.