The Next Regular Meeting will be
Wednesday, June 10th from
6:30 to 8:00PM
Napa Senior Center
1500 Jefferson St., Napa
***** CATTLEYAS - SPECIES, HYBRIDS AND CULTURE*****
SPEAKER - CAROL KLONOWSKI
Carol Klonowski has been growing orchids since the 1980's when a friend in Berkeley, California, gave her a cattleya and it bloomed out with three big, dark lavender flowers and an intoxicating fragrance. She built an entire greenhouse in her backyard to accomodate the precious plant, which only led her to buy more orchids. Then another friend gave her a gift membership to the Orchid Society of California and it's been a serious hobby and passionever since. She can recall going to monthly meetings where orchid legends such as the late Frank Fordyce would be available to answer the many questions an eager hobbyist could ask.
Carol has served as Director, Vice President, and President of the Orchid Society of California for most of the past two decades and is a former Trustee on the Board and an Accredited Judge with the American Orchid Society, California Sierra Nevada Judging Center.
Speaker: Carol Klonowski
Program Description
The History of Unifoliate Cattleyas covers the discovery of Cattleya labiata, and how its mysterious origins sparked Victorian Orchid Fever and the European discoveries of orchids in the 19th century. The program covers all the related, large-flowered Cattleya species and major hybrids that belong to the single-leaved (unifoliate) plants in the genus, and information on how to grow these beautiful, classic orchids.
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