The March meeting will again be an in-person meeting. Doors open at 6:30 for Show & Tell setup and conversations Ron Parsons has been growing orchids for more than 40 years and has been interested in and has grown species for most of that time. Ron loves to photograph orchids and other flowers whenever he can, […]
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February meeting will be ZOOM ONLY Because our monthly meeting is the day before the set up for the show and sale, we decided to spend that time preparing for the show. The meeting will be via ZOOM. Members will receive a link to the meeting by email in the next couple of days. Topics: […]
Live monthly meeting! The January Meeting starts at 7:15 pm PST at the Contra Costa Water District Building Board Room. Doors open at 6:30 pm for Show & Tell setup and conversation. This month’s topic should be interesting to everyone. We are all trying to create collections with at least a few blossoms to enjoy, […]
Live monthly meeting! The November Meeting starts at 7:15 pm PST at the Contra Costa Water District Building Board Room. Doors open at 6:30 pm for Show & Tell setup and conversation. Carol Klonowski has been growing orchids since the 1980’s when a friend in Berkeley, California, gave her a cattleya orchid and it bloomed […]
We meet again in-person! The October Meeting starts at 7:15 pm PDST at the Contra Costa Water District Building Board Room. Doors open at 6:30 pm for Show and Tell setup and conversation. Jim has been growing orchids for over 20 years. Over that time his interests have revolved around Phalaenopsis and other Vandaceous species […]
The July DVOS monthly meeting will be held in a “virtual” (Zoom) format once again. Our July meeting will feature Scott A. McGregor, who in addition to having a notable career in the computer software and hardware industries, has been growing orchids since he was 12, when a neighbor gave him a plant. That plant […]
The September 2022 DVOS monthly meeting will once again be held in a “virtual” (Zoom) format. Zoom meeting starts at 7:00pm PDST (Doors “open” at 6:45pm for general chit-chat) Most flowers lure their pollinators with a reward of nectar or pollen. But did you know that at least a third of all orchid species trick […]
The June DVOS monthly meeting will once again be held in a “virtual” (Zoom) format and will feature Harvey Brenneise of Oak Harbor, WA, who will be speaking on the semi-hydroponic method of growing orchids. This technique differs from full hydroponic culture because the water does not circulate; instead, it stays as a reservoir at […]
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 […]
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 […]
