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DVOS Auction – NEW DATE Aug 15th! This will be our largest fundraising event. All proceeds will go toward our expenses i.e. speakers and especially our orchid show. It will be a great opportunity to add to your collection and share your plants with other members. Please invite your family and friends. Auction 1.    […]

Note Change in VENUE for the July Meeting at Pleasant Hill Community Center, 320 Civic Drive, McHale Room   Jim Heilig has been growing orchids for over 20 years. His interests have revolved around Phalaenopsis and relatives, along with many others. He has been breeding orchids for over 10 years with a particular interest in […]

Our DVOS members Liz Charlton and Tom Pickford will demonstrate how and why to mount orchids on a variety of surfaces Plant table will be provided  by California Orchids Dinner with the Speaker at 5:30 p.m. is at Aung MayLika 1050 Contra Costa Blvd, Concord, CA 94423 Everyone is welcome to attend and meet our speaker – […]

Mary Gerritsen , Ph.D. currently works as an independent biotechnology consultant, her “retirement” after a long career in the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry. However, much of her free time now involves orchids in some fashion or another. Mary has a large collection of miniature orchids, as well as numerous pleurothallids, paphiopedilum, bulbophyllum, and dendrobium species which she […]

 “When I was just a little boy, 7 or 8 years old, my father and I were suddenly hooked on orchids. At a home and garden show we saw a Catasetum pileatum and were shocked by its beauty. When we asked people where to buy that plant, we were pointed to the orchid booth of […]

Learn the basics about how to take care of your orchids! Dennis was born on the island of Kauai, Hawaii. As a lad he helped his mom grow her orchids and got hooked. He joined the Future Farmers of America and his project was raising and selling orchids. In 1980 he moved to the mainland […]

Pepe Portilla is the founder and president of Ecuagenera Orchids in Ecuador, which has grown into one of the largest orchid nurseries in South America. Ecuagenera specializes both in species for the collector and hybrids for the pot plant markets. Pepe is not only an excellent businessman but he also has a deep love and […]

Note Change in VENUE AND TIME for the December Meeting 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm at Pleasant Hill Community Center, 3320 Civic Drive, Large Room Gift Exchange and Small Auction Setup at 6:00 pm with Dinner beginning at 7:00 pm Turkey and ham will be provided by the Board … the rest … by you, […]