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 […]
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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 […]
DVOS monthly meetings will continue to be held in a “virtual” (Zoom) format through at least April 2022. As I’ve noted before, that allows us to hear excellent speakers from around the world who we would otherwise have difficulty bringing to our monthly meetings. Our March 2022 meeting will continue along these lines and our […]
Note that the February meeting will start at 6:30 pm PST – 30 min earlier than usual ! DVOS monthly meetings will continue to be held in a “virtual” (Zoom) format for at least the next few months. Fortunately, that gives us access to excellent speakers from around the world who we would otherwise have […]
Unfortunately, our monthly meetings will continue to be held in a “virtual” (Zoom) format for at least the next few months. Although we all miss seeing each other in person to socialize and eat all those yummy potluck goodies, holding meetings virtually has allowed us the freedom to host speakers from all over the […]
Our final speaker for 2021, Nicholas Rust, will lead us through the mysteries of the most talked about orchid group this Holiday season – jewel orchids. His talk, perhaps reflecting the modern popularity of the group, is called “An Introduction into the Wild World of Jewel Orchids” and will be at our usual time of 7:00PM PST on Thursday December 9. […]
This month’s speaker will be Tom Mirenda who will be with us from Hawaii at 7:00PM PT on November 11, to lead us through his month long orchid safari to many different locations throughout Africa. Tom has been cultivating plants since his early childhood. Originally trained as a marine biologist, he moved to Hawaii in his early 20s where he worked on the trophic [nutritional] […]
