This month’s meeting will be held at the

Cheshire Senior Center,

240 Maple Ave, Cheshire, CT 06410

Our Speaker will be Cordelia Head , and the topic will be different genreas of miniature and micro-miniature orchids, and how to adapt to growing them in a house.

Meeting format:

The beginner’s corner, manned by TBA

6:30- 6:45 set up

6:45 – 7:15 Socialize & Beginner Corner

7:15- 7:30 Business discussion

7:30-8:30 Repotting Workshop (A small fee of $5.00 for materials will be charged.)

8:30 -9:00 show table & raffle

9:00-9:15 clean up & chit chat

Thank you for helping!!!

Our June 8 th meeting will be in FARMINGTON at the Farmington Senior Center located at 321 New Britain Ave in Unionville, CT 06085

Doors open at   6:30 pm and the meeting starts at 7:00  pm

Come early and help us set up.

Our speaker will be Tim Culbertson.  (A short bio is below)  Also, he will be bringing plants for sale!!!!

Bio for Tim Culbertson

Although I teach middle school kids for a living, one of my passions has always been plants.  I began growing orchids as an offshoot from working at Longwood Gardens in Philadelphia just after college.  From the very beginning it was all about Paphs, particularly awarded and select clones of historic importance, of which my collection numbers nearly 3000.  While I love finding old, rare stepping stones in Paph. breeding, I also do a little hybridizing of my own, and growing up my own babies is a blast.  I am an accredited judge with the American Orchid Society, and have served in various capacities with various orchid societies in California and on the East Coast.  I love meeting other people who like orchids too, and doing so often finds me traveling to shows, vendors, and peoples’ greenhouses to see the latest and greatest in new hybrids and to get the best orchid gossip.  I like to be involved in plants as much as possible: in addition to Longwood, I’ve worked at the Smithsonian Institution tending to their orchids, and for years for the United States National Arboretum, collecting rare plants and documenting cultivated species and hybrids for their herbarium.  In short, I really like plants.

Hope to see everyone there!

Our April 13th meeting will be in FARMINGTON at the Farmington Senior Center located at 321 New Britain Ave in Unionville, CT 06085

Doors open at    pm and the meeting starts at   pm

Come early and help us set up.

Our speaker will be Francisco Miranda.  A short bio is below.  Also, he will be bringing plants!!!!

Hope to see everyone there!

Bio: Francisco Miranda was born in Rio de Janeiro on February 6, 1956. He got his degree
in Biology and began his taxonomic studies in the orchid family in 1981. During the
next 4 years, he lived most of the time in Manaus where he studied Amazon orchids
and began his Master’s degree. Shortly after returning to Rio de Janeiro, the Master’s
was completed on “section Cattleyodes of the genus Laelia”. Since then, the main
interest has been on the Brazilian laelias and cattleyas. He is the author of several
papers ranging from species descriptions to subjects of growers’ interest in Brazilian,
German and U.S. publications. He is also the author of two books. Since 2000, he lives in
Haines City, Florida, where he operates Miranda Orchids, an orchid nursery
specializing in Brazilian species and the Cattleya alliance. He also guides trips to
Brazil and frequently visits Brazilian habitats to find new and/or interesting orchid
species.

Hi Everyone,

We have an exciting meeting planned!

Meeting opens at 7:00 PM

Presentation will begin at 7:30 PM

Bill Thoms will be the presenter.

His talk will be about the Philippines.

Topic and bio to follow.

Connection info will be in your newsletter.

Hope to see you there!!

Hey Everyone!

Due to the ongoing Covid19 pandemic, we will temporarily have meetings virtually.

The details will be included in an email with the link to the newsletter.

The meeting will start at 7:00 pm to give everyone time for chatting, etc.

Hey Everyone!  Due to the ongoing Covid19 pandemic, we will temporarily have meetings virtually.

The details will be included in an email with the link to the newsletter.

The meeting will start at 7:00 pm to give everyone time for chatting, etc.

Our October 13th meeting will be in FARMINGTON at the Farmington Senior Center located at 321 New Britain Ave in Unionville, CT 06085

Doors open at 6:30 pm and the meeting starts at 7:30 pm

Come early and help us set up.

Our speaker is to be determined.

Hope to see everyone there!