✨ Join us next Tuesday May 13th for our May monthly meeting! Remember to bring your blooming plants for our show table 🌸 As a reminder, meetings are open to all - nonmembers too! 📄 Topic: Managing Your Orchid Collection 👤 Speaker: Alan Koch of Gold Country Orchids 📆 Date: May 13, 2024 at 7:00 PM EST 📍Location: 117 Swanton Street, Winchester, MA 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧: Alan Koch owns and operates Gold Country Orchids where he specializes in miniature and compact Cattleya’s along with miniature species. Alan started growing orchids in 1969 with 3 Cymbidiums given to him by an aunt. While in college he became interested in other orchids and discovered many would grow outdoors in Southern California. He has moved five times as his orchid obsession has led to the need for more growing space. With the last move, he purchased 10 acres of land in Lincoln, California for his 250,000 orchids. He is recognized as an expert in the Brazilian Cattleya alliance and a trend setter in miniature compact and Cattleya breeding. Alan has been published in the Orchid Digest, the American Orchid Society magazine, as well as many International Publications. He has also been published in several proceedings of the World Orchid Conference. He is an internationally known speaker. He is a past member of the AOS Judging Committee, and the Research Committee, as well as an Emeritus Judge and is Training Coordinator for the California Sierra Nevada Judging Center. Alan also served two terms on the Orchid Digest Executive Committee and 3 terms on the Board of Directors, as well as two terms as a Trustee for the AOS. (fb)

Happy National Orchid Day! Give your orchids a little extra love today (and maybe take them out to a nice dinner?) Love, MOS (fb)