Our guest speaker on Zoom on May 13, at 7:00PM PST will be Dr. Leslie Ee. He will be joining us from Toronto to share his knowledge of Cattleya species with a presentation entitled “Cattleya warscewiczii and Its Contribution to Large Blue Flowers”. Leslie, who is the President of the Canadian Orchid Congress and has been an occasional guest at […]
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Our guest speaker on Zoom on April 8 at 7:00PM PST will be Peter Lin [Not to be confused with Peter T. Lin]. He will be joining us from Dallas/Fort Worth to share his knowledge with a presentation entitled “The Top 5 Fragrant Phalaenopsis Species and Their Influence on Modern Novelty Hybridizing”. Although some of you may have heard Peter talk […]
This month’s speaker will be Sam Tsui who will be with us from Illinois on March 11 at 7:00PM PST to talk about “Multifloral Paphiopedilums”. Sam was born and raised in Hong Kong, later attending Illinois State University where he graduated in computer science and accounting. He retired from a position in IT in 2008 and is now concentrating full […]
After two months when we visited specific genera this month’s topic should be of interest whatever you grow. Rick Lockwood will be with us on Thursday February 11, at 7:00PM to answer the question “What do Orchids Eat?”. Rick has very kindly shared with us the attached update of his original article in “Orchids” (excluding charts and tables), which takes us to 2014. […]
Our January speaker will be Scott Barrie. Scott will be with us from Kulnara, about 50 miles from Sydney, on Thursday January 14, at 7:00PM (2:00PM on the 15th his time for those of you who are curious) to bring us up to date on “The Latest Developments in Sarcochilus” In addition to complex breeding programs for Cymbidiums and varicosum Oncidiums, Barrita Orchids […]
Our December speaker will need no introduction to most of you. Fred Clark is one of the best known figures in the world of orchids. Owner of Sunset Valley Orchids, Fred will be with us on Zoom on Thursday December 10, at 7:00 PM to share his expertise on one of his favorite subjects “Catasetinae Species and their Cultivation” Fred has […]
Back from our virtual visits to Brazil and China, our November speaker, Ken Jacobsen, will be with us on Zoom on Thursday November 12. at 7:00PM to greet us with an in-depth presentation on “Cattleya purpurata, Queen of the Brazilian Spring”. Ken was first introduced to orchids by his uncle in the 1960’s and has been growing them for well over 50 years. […]
Our September speaker, Ron Kaufmann, will be with us on Zoom on Wednesday September 16, at 7:00PM. As I mentioned in August, we will be traveling this month as Ron takes us on a virtual trip to see “Diamonds in the Rough: The Orchids of Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil”. A marine biologist by profession, Ron Kaufmann is Associate Dean and […]
Now the days are getting shorter and the nights should sometimes need a blanket it is pleasant to daydream of travel to somewhere exotic, if only in an armchair. Last month we went to Bahia, Brazil and since we had already made that long virtual flight I thought why not take in the Far East before we […]
Our August speaker, Ron Parsons, will be with us on Zoom on Friday, August 14, again at 7:00PM. Ron has an outstanding reputation not only for his encyclopedic knowledge of orchids but also for his superb flower photography. He is bringing us his new presentation on “The Genus Dendrobium” which, as he says himself, is “…beautiful”. Ron has been growing orchids for more […]
