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2020 

ONGOING - BY APPOINTMENT ONLY  Dean Haas' CYMBIDIUM ORCHID SALE    "Unfortunately my landlord insists that he needs the space where I’m growing my orchids at Schickenberg Nursery in Half Moon Bay on Highway One next to Rocket Farms. I’ll still have the other two greenhouses, but not enough space to house everything; therefore, I’m having a big sale for much of my collection beginning May 17 and going on for the next few months until as much as possible is sold, or donated. Prices will be reasonable, and there will be a chance to get divisions of some of my really desirable plants on a first come, first serve basis. Since this is towards the end of the season, many things will either be in full bloom, or going out of bloom, except for a select few things. I'll have to meet you to let you into my building - I'll give you the address then." MASK / FACIAL COVERINGS & SOCIAL DISTANCING REQUIRED. ALL SALES, CASH ONLY.   Dean Haas, 1-510-368-8062. 

ONGOING - BY APPOINTMENT ONLY  Greg Corrales' CYMBIDIUM ORCHID MOVING SALE STILL GOING ON, GREAT PRICES, SEE LIST  (see attached PDF) Greg Corrales has amassed an enviable collection of show, awarded, peloric, spotted splash petal and other color variations to your collection. Greg grows mainly cymbidiums and a few other orchid genera in a cool greenhouse in Half Moon Bay. Read the attached PDF for a sample of sales plants available.   (Photos by Greg Corrales)

MASK / FACIAL COVERINGS & SOCIAL DISTANCING REQUIRED. ALL SALES, CASH ONLY.  

HIS greenhouse is in the set of buildings Behind the Stores that front the Main sales buildings at T & E Pastorino Nursery, 12511 Hwy 92, in Half Moon Bay.  If you drive down the Dirt Road between the Orchid Store at the end, and the little "Teak in The Garden" Building, for a little bit, to the right, past a porta potty, then call Greg at   (650) 714-4734, he will come out to find you.

May 27, 2020   Golden Gate Cymbidium AUCTION & Summer Potluck Dinner!  CANCELLED.  Wednesday, 7:30pm. Lakeside Garden Center, Lake Merrit, 666 Bellevue Dr., Oakland.  Members bring some of their best cymbidiums (and other orchid genera ALSO) as donations for this incredible auction.  If You are coming to the dinner as well, please remember to also bring enough food to share with 6 other people for the potluck dinner. To see photos for some fantastic plants on their website (Auction potluck page). Probably the last chance to buy some blooming cymbidiums, as well as some awesome divisions, and maybe cool new seedlings!  More info? See them on Facebook at GoldGateCymbidiumGrowers, or their website, www.GoldenGateCymbidiumSociety.com.  #auction  #orchids #cymbidiums #flowers  #orchidauction  #SFBayArea #Oakland  #buycymbidiums #mastergardeners #orchiddeals #growgrowgrow. 

May 29, 2020   Peninsula Orchid Society Monthly Meeting  

Contact them directly to find out if this event is still on track before driving out there.  

Friday, 7:30 pm, San Mateo Garden Center, 605 Parkside Way, San Mateo CA.   There will be Orchid Plants Show and Tell, interesting Orchid Lecturer and Slideshow or demonstration, member brought in snacks and an awesome Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants!  Check out their upcoming meetings at their website, www.penorchidsoc.org/, or at Facebook.  #San Mateo #Orchids #Lecture #Orchids to Buy   

May 30 - 31, 2020    Sacramento Orchid Society 73rd Annual Show & Sale "Summer Orchid Samba" 

CANCELLED 

Saturday 10 am - 5 pm, Sunday 10 am - 4 pm, Scottish Rite Masonic Center, 6151 "H" Street, Sacramento, CA.  See orchid vendors, demonstarions, gardens, seminars, door prizes, show tours.  Admission $5, Children under 12 years Free.  For more info, contact 916.489.3263, or see www.SacramentoOrchids.org, & www.facebook.com/sacramentocymbidiums.   

June 2, 2020    San Francisco Orchid Society Monthly Meeting  They will be holding their virtual online meetings on Zoom, go to their website's front page before the meeting to enroll.   Tuesday 6:30 pm, The San Francisco County Fair Building "Hall of Flowers", 9th Ave. at Lncoln Way, San Francisco.  Plant Sales start at 6:30pm, 7pm Skills Session; Meeting starts at 7:30pm. There will be Orchid Plants Show and Tell, interesting Orchid Lecturer and Slideshow ordemonstration, member brought in snacks and an awesome Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants! For more information, see their website at www.orchidsanfrancisco.org; or www.facebook.com/SFOrchidSociety/. 

June 2020   Orchid Digest Speakers Day  

There is no Reference to there website as to a 2020 Event. Contact them directly to find out if this event is still on track before driving out there.   Saturday, 12 N - 8 PM. Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA. Renown Guest Lecturers.  Several orchid Vendors. $70 Online for Early Paid Admission includes lectures and dinner included, $95 at the door.  For more info, reserve online at www.orchiddigest.com/speaker-day.html.  Or contact Simone Friend at simonef@reagan.com or call (562) 431-1247. When contacting by email, please include phone number, email address and mailing address. Space is limited so don’t wait to make your reservation. 

June 12, 2020    Malihini Orchid Society Meeting   

Contact them directly to find out if this event is still on track before driving out there.   Friday, Setup starts at 7pm, Meeting starts at 7:30pm.  Main Street Cupertino (near Vallco Mall), 19479 Stevens Creek Blvd., Room 110, Cupertino CA. As you enter MSC (Main Street Driveway) from Stevens Creek Blvd., you will keep going straight until you can’t anymore - you will see Panino Giusto ahead. See the corner building on the left? This is where they held the 2019 Show.  Meetings are normally the 2nd Friday evening of the month, but with the new location, they have been trying to be a little flexible.  This month, it WILL be the 2nd Friday.  Monthly meeting with a Show and Tell of members' blooming orchids, interesting orchid Speaker and slideshow, members snacks and a Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants!  See www.Malihini.org, or Facebook at   www.facebook.com/ORCHIDinSANJOSE.  #flowers  #orchids #sanjose  #mastergardeners #sfbayarea #gardening #growgrowgrow #orchidlecture  

June TBD (12, 2020)    Santa Cruz Orchid Society Maybe Extra Meeting of the Last of the Season

Contact them directly to find out if this event is still on track before driving out there.    Friday 7:30 pm, The Live Oak Grange, 1900 - 17th Avenue, Santa Cruz.  There will be Orchid Plants Show and Tell, interesting Orchid Lecturer and Slideshow or demonstration, member brought in snacks and an awesome Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants!  Check out their upcoming meetings at their website at www.SantaCruzOrchidSociety.org, or Facebook at www.facebook.com/Santa-Cruz-Orchid-Society-317014525104872.  #santa cruz #orchids #lecture #beach gardening   

June 19 - 21, 2020  Andy's Orchids Summer Open House   

Contact them directly to find out if this event is still on track before driving out there.  Friday - Sunday  10 am - 4 pm.  734 Ocean View Ave. Encinitas, CA.  Andy's Orchids has a huge inventory of orchids in Southern California, and is famous for having access to unique orchid species. In keeping with Andy's Orchids tradition, all Orchid Society members attending their Open House, who bring a copy of their ad (paper or digital), will receive a free orchid plant as a token of Andy's appreciation for people that participate in their local societies. Only one per customer / orchid society member!  www.Andysorchids.com. 

June TBD (15, 2020)    American Orchid Society’s Pacific Central Judging Center Monthly Orchid Judging.   Contact them directly to find out if this event is still on track before driving out there.  Saturday, 9 am.  Fioli Visitor Center, 86 Canada Road, Woodside, CA 94062.  Meetings are the 3rd Saturday of the month. A series of monthly orchid judging and educational programming at Filoli's Visitor Center, FREE (access to the Gardens and Historic House is a seperate fee). View beautiful blooming orchids, learn about orchid care, and have Your Own Orchids judged!  See  http://www.paccentraljc.org/. Questions, contact Jim Heilig at heiligja@msu.edu.  

June 13, 2020   Orange County Branch CSA Annual Auction  

POSTPONED, Please check Back with Them For their Updated Schedule. Saturday 1 - 4 PM.  First Christian Church,  221 S 6th St, Burbank, CA 91501.  4th Saturday of the month.  Auction Plants Inspection Preview & Bidder Registration starts at 12:00 PM. Hundreds of beautiful orchids, many in full bloom, will be available for sale at the Orchid Society of Southern California's Annual Orchid Auction. A wide range of orchids will be available, with well-grown varieties of species and hybrids suitable for everyone from the orchid novice through the advanced collector. Admission is free to all; door prizes and refreshments will be offered.  Payment may be made by cash, personal check, or major credit card. Feel free to bring your friends and neighbors! For further information, visit www.orchidssc.org.   See their Facebook page, and their website at http://orchidssc.org/ossc_orchid_auction.aspx .

June 26, 2020   Peninsula Orchid Society Monthly Meeting Contact them directly to find out if this event is still on track before driving out there. Friday, 7:30 pm, San Mateo Garden Center, 605 Parkside Way, San Mateo CA.   There will be Orchid Plants Show and Tell, interesting Orchid Lecturer and Slideshow or demonstration, member brought in snacks and an awesome Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants!  Check out their upcoming meetings at their website at www.penorchidsoc.org or find them on Facebook.  #San Mateo #Orchids #lLecture #Orchids to Buy 

July , 2020    San Francisco Orchid Society Monthly Meeting  They will be holding their virtual online meetings on Zoom, go to their website's front page before the meeting to enroll.  Tuesday 6:30 pm, The San Francisco County Fair Building "Hall of Flowers", 9th Ave. at Lncoln Way, San Francisco.  Plant Sales start at 6:30pm, 7pm Skills Session; Meeting starts at 7:30pm. There will be Orchid Plants Show and Tell, interesting Orchid Lecturer and Slideshow ordemonstration, member brought in snacks and an awesome Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants! Their speaker this month is .....  For more information, see their website at www.orchidsanfrancisco.org; or www.facebook.com/SFOrchidSociety/ . 

July 10, 2020   Malihini Orchid Society Meeting

Contact them directly to find out if this event is still on track before driving out there.  Friday, Setup starts at 7pm, Meeting starts at 7:30pm.  Main Street Cupertino (near Vallco Mall), 19479 Stevens Creek Blvd., Room 110, Cupertino CA. As you enter MSC (Main Street Driveway) from Stevens Creek Blvd., you will keep going straight until you can’t anymore - you will see Panino Giusto ahead. See the corner building on the left? This is where we held the 2019 Show on April 6th & 7th.  Meetings are normally the 2nd Friday evening of the month, but with the new location, they have been trying to be a little flexible.  This month, it WILL be the 2nd Friday.  Monthly meeting with a Show and Tell of members' blooming orchids, interesting orchid Speaker and slideshow, members snacks and a Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants!   See www.Malihini.org, or Facebook at www.facebook.com/ORCHIDinSANJOSE.   #flowers  #orchids #sanjose  #mastergardeners #sfbayarea #gardening #growgrowgrow #orchidlecture 

July 10 - 12, 2020   Santa Barbara Orchid Estate Summer Open House 

Contact them directly to find out if this event is still on track before driving out there.  Sat 8 AM - 5 PM, Sun 9 AM - 4 PM. 1250 Orchid Drive, Santa Barbara, CA.   Great place for many orchid species, hybrids, and seedlings!  For more information, call 800-553-3387-, or check out their website at http://www.sborchid.com/events.php.   

July 10 - 12, 2020     Cal-Orchid's Summer Hummer Open House   

Contact them directly to find out if this event is still on track before driving out there. \Fri - Sun 9 AM - 5 PM.  1251 Orchid Drive, Santa Barbara, CA. Other vendors are also available!   calorchid@cox.net, website, http://www.calorchid.com,   http://www.calorchid.com/events-schedule or https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100006023401531

July TBD (19 - 20, 2019)   International Phalenopsis  Alliance Symposium. 

There is no Reference to there website as to a 2020 Event. Contact them directly to find out if this event is still on track before driving out there. The IPA will hold its Symposium yhis year at the Highland Manor, 604 E. Main Street, Apopka, FL 32703. See their website at  www.phal.org/symposium.htm.  The symposium Facebook page is at www.facebook.com/groups/856618421185108/about/.  

July TBD (20 - 21, 2019)  Phalenopsis Symposium Co-Hosted By the Orchid Digest. 

There is no reference on the Orchid Digest website to a 2020 Event. Contact them directly to find out if this event is still on track before driving out there. 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA. Saturday, 10AM - 8 PM; Sunday 9 AM - 2 PM.   Registration includes both days of seminars, live auction, distinguished lecture, and 3PM Social hour at Norman’s Orchids.  Purchase the Newsest  Phalaenopsis hybrid Orchids from top commercial vendors like Norman Fang, Prince Orchids, Yaphon Orchids, Dennis Huang of Big Tree Orchids, Lioulin Orchids, and Rock Hsia. See their website at   http://www.orchiddigest.com/phal-symp.html.      Or see them on Facebook at:   https://www.facebook.com/groups/856618421185108/.  Registration Fee $75 Online, includes lectures.  Dinner is $25. Late Fee $100 after July 12. Space is limited so don’t wait to make your reservation.  

July 20, 2019    American Orchid Society’s Pacific Central Judging Center Monthly Orchid Judging. Contact them directly to find out if this event is still on track before driving out there.  Saturday, 9 am.  Fioli Visitor Center, 86 Canada Road, Woodside,CA 94062.  Meetings are ususally the 3rd Saturday of the month. This new partnership establishes a series of monthly orchid judging and educational programming at Filoli. View beautiful blooming orchids, learn about orchid care, and Have Your Own Orchids Judged!  Bring your blooming plant by 9AM.  Stay to observe the judging, and stay for the Talk from a noted Orchid Speaker.  This Month of July, Jim Helig will be giving a "Recently Awarded" presentation, where they review recent awards throughout the judging system.  While admission to the Fioli Visitor Center for the AOS Orchid Judging and Lectures are FREE, there is a seperate fee to View and Tour the Fioli House and Gardens. For more information, click on: http://www.paccentraljc.org/.   Questions, contact Jim Heilig at heiligja@msu.edu.    #Orchids #AOS Orchid Judging   #Fioli    #FREE Orchid Lecture  #Flowers  #Master Gardeners  #Woodside #San Mateo County  

July 25 - 26, 2020   Orchids in the Park Summer Show & Sale 

CANCELLED (as of my reading 5/23/2020). Saturday - Sunday 10 AM- 5 PM. San Francisco County Fair Building (Hall of Flowers) 9th Avenue & Lincoln Way, San Francisco, CA.   Admission. Call 415-665-6079- or visit the website at www.orchidsanfrancisco.org, or www.sforchidsinthepark.org for information and directions. There will be bunches of vendors from around the country, and a large display area in the center of the show.  https://www.facebook.com/San-Francisco-Orchid-Society-150623501678349/ .  

July 24, 2020   Peninsula Orchid Society Monthly Meeting Contact them directly to find out if this event is still on track before driving out there. Friday, 7pm, San Mateo Garden Center, 605 Parkside Way, San Mateo CA.  There will be a Members' Orchid Plants Show and Tell; an interesting Orchid Lecturer and Slideshow or Demonstration; Members Orchid Plants for Sale from Recent Divisions from their own yards; Cookies, Cakes and Snacks brought in by the members; and an awesome Plant Opportunity Table to purchase raffle tickets of the speaker's own greenhouse of plants! For more info, click on their website at www.penorchidsoc.org or find them on Facebook.    #San Mateo #Orchids #lLecture #Orchids to Buy # Orchid Growing # Orchid Hybridizing 

July TBD (27, 2019)    California Sierra Nevada Judging Center of the American OrchidSociety, Speakers Day.  

There is no reference to a 2020 Event on their website. Contact them directly to find out if this event is still on track before driving out there. Saturday 9am - 5pm. Odd Fellows Hall, 1831 Howe Ave, Sacramento.  VERY interesting day event. Lectures on "Minature Orchids", "How to Grow Without a Greenhouse", "Boosting Flower Production" "Questions and Answers".  And the Annual Highlight of the Day - An Auction of highly desirable orchids! Tickets $10 in advance, $30 at the door for sponsoring societies or AOS members; and $30 General Admission. For Guest Speakers, click on their website at http://www.csnjc.org.  

August 4, 2020    San Francisco Orchid Society Monthly Meeting  They will be holding their virtual online meetings on Zoom, go to their website's front page before the meeting to enroll.  Tuesday 6:30 pm, The San Francisco County Fair Building "Hall of Flowers", 9th Ave. at Lncoln Way, San Francisco.  They meet the 1st Tuesday of the month. Plant Sales start at 6:30pm, 7pm Skills Session; Meeting starts at 7:30pm. There will be Orchid Plants Show and Tell, interesting Orchid Lecturer and Slideshow ordemonstration, member brought in snacks and an awesome Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants! Their speaker this month is .....  For more information, see their website at www.orchidsanfrancisco.org; or www.facebook.com/SFOrchidSociety/ . 

August 14, 2020   Malihini Orchid Society Meeting   Contact them directly to find out if this event is still on track before driving out there.  Friday, Setup starts at 7pm, Meeting starts at 7:30pm. Main Street Cupertino (near Vallco Mall), 19479 Stevens Creek Blvd., Room 110, Cupertino CA. As you enter MSC (Main Street Driveway) from Stevens Creek Blvd., you will keep going straight until you can’t anymore - you will see Panino Giusto ahead. See the corner building on the left? This is where we held the 2019 Show on April 6th & 7th.  Meetings are normally the 2nd Friday evening of the month, but with the new location, they have had to be a little flexible.  Monthly meeting with a Show and Tell of members' blooming orchids, interesting orchid Speaker and slideshow, members snacks and a Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants! They have a "Dinner with the Speaker" meal that they hold at  5:30pm, just BEFORE the meeting - if you would like to join them and hobnob with the speaker, call / text Bill Weaver at 650.224.1422 at least 24 hours ahead to make a dinner reservation.   See www.Malihini.org, or Facebook at   www.facebook.com/ORCHIDinSANJOSE.  Contact  #flowers  #orchids #sanjose  #mastergardeners #sfbayarea #gardening #growgrowgrow #orchidlecture   

August TBD (9, 2018)  Diablo Views Orchid Society Annual Auction  Contact them directly to find out if this event is still on track before driving out there. Thursday 7:15 pm, Contra Costa Water District 1331 Concord Ave, Concord.  This fundraiser is an event where healthy plants will be auctioned off for the benefit of the Diablo Views Orchid Society.  See their August newsletter or website for more details, www.dvos.org.  This a residual notice from their last event.  They have not contacted this website as to the status for this year's event. 

August 15, 2020   American Orchid Society’s Pacific Central Judging Center Monthly Orchid Judging. Contact them directly to find out if this event is still on track before driving out there.  Saturday, 9 am.  Fioli Visitor Center, 86 Canada Road, Woodside, CA 94062.   Meetings are ususally the 3rd Saturday of the month. This new partnership establishes a series of monthly orchid judging and educational programming at Filoli. View beautiful blooming orchids, learn about   orchid care, and have Your Own Orchids  Judged!  Bring your blooming plant by 9AM.  Stay to observe the judging, and stay for the Talk from a noted Orchid Speaker.  While admission to the Fioli Visitor Center for the AOS Orchid Judging and Lectures are FREE, there is a seperate fee to View and Tour the Fioli House and Gardens.  For more information, click on: http://www.paccentraljc.org/. 

August TBD (28, 2020)   Peninsula Orchid Society Monthly Meeting Contact them directly to find out if this event is still on track before driving out there.  Friday, 7pm, San Mateo Garden Center, 605 Parkside Way, San Mateo CA.  Meetings are normlly the 4th Friday of the month. There will be a Members' Orchid Plants Show and Tell; an interesting Orchid Lecturer and Slideshow or Demonstration; Members Orchid Plants for Sale from Recent Divisions from their own yards; Cookies, Cakes and Snacks brought in by the members; and an awesome Plant Opportunity Table to purchase raffle tickets of the speaker's own greenhouse of plants! For more info, click on their website at www.penorchidsoc.org or find them on Facebook.    #San Mateo #Orchids #lLecture #Orchids to Buy # Orchid Growing # Orchid Hybridizing 

September 1, 2020    San Francisco Orchid Society Monthly Meeting  They will be holding their virtual online meetings on Zoom, go to their website's front page before the meeting to enroll.  Tuesday 6:30 pm, The San Francisco County Fair Building "Hall of Flowers", 9th Ave. at Lncoln Way, San Francisco.  They meet the 1st Tuesday of the month. Plant Sales start at 6:30pm, 7pm Skills Session; Meeting starts at 7:30pm. There will be Orchid Plants Show and Tell, interesting Orchid Lecturer and Slideshow ordemonstration, member brought in snacks and an awesome Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants! Their speaker this month is .....  For more information, see their website at www.orchidsanfrancisco.org, or www.facebook.com/SFOrchidSociety/ . 

September 4, 2019   Santa Clara Valley Orchid Society Fall Auction 

Contact them directly to find out if this event is still on track before driving out there.  Wednesday 7 PM.  11540 Minnesota Avenue, San Jose, CA 95125. Meetings are the 1st Wednesday evening of the month. Lots of good deals and the excitement of an auction. Brings lots of bags and boxes. As per their Facebook event calender.  See their website at www.santaclaravalleyorchidsociety.org ; or more info contact Ed Nazzal at paphman@gmail.com .  

September TBD (23, 2017)    California Orchids Fall Sale 

Contact them directly to find out if this event is still on track before driving out there.  Saturday, 9 am - 4 pm.  Bolinas.  Call Mary Nisbet directly to find the latest dates for their sales events (415) 868-0203-,  www.CaliforniaOrchids.com.  This a residual notice from their last event.  They have not contacted this website yet as to the status for this year's event. 

September 13, 2019   Malihini Orchid Society Meeting 

Contact them directly to find out if this event is still on track before driving out there.  Friday, Setup starts at 7pm, Meeting starts at 7:30pm.  Main Street Cupertino (near Vallco Mall), 19479 Stevens Creek Blvd., Room 110, Cupertino CA. As you enter MSC (Main Street Driveway) from Stevens Creek Blvd., you will keep going straight until you can’t anymore - you will see Panino Giusto ahead. See the corner building on the left? This is where we held the 2019 Show on April 6th & 7th.  Meetings are normally the 2nd Friday evening of the month, but with the new location, they have been trying to be a little flexible.  Monthly meetings with a Show and Tell of members' blooming orchids, interesting orchid Speaker and slideshow, members snacks and a Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants!  Text Bill Weaver at   See www.Malihini.org, or Facebook at www.facebook.com/ORCHIDinSANJOSE.    #flowers  #orchids #sanjose  #mastergardeners #sfbayarea #gardening #growgrowgrow #orchidlecture  

September 13, 2019  Santa Cruz Orchid Society Monthly Meeting - First Meeting of the Season!  Friday 7:30 pm, The Live Oak Grange, 1900 - 17th Avenue, Santa Cruz.  Meetings are the 2nd Friday evening of the month. There will be an Orchid Plants Show and Tell, interesting Orchid Lecturer and Slideshow ordemonstration, member brought in snacks and an awesome Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants!  Check out their upcoming meetings at their website at www.SantaCruzOrchidSociety.org, or Facebook at www.facebook.com/Santa-Cruz-Orchid-Society-317014525104872.  #santa cruz #orchids #lecture #beach gardening 

September 18, 2020   Gold Coast Cymbidium Growers - First Meeting of the Cymbidium Growing Season !  Friday, 7:30 PM, 605 Parkside Way, San Mateo, CA. Meetings are the 3rd Friday evening of the month, September to May. All are welcome to come listen to this great talk and see this great slideshow presentation (See the Next Meeting page).  Meetings are the 3rd Friday of the Month.  Monthly meeting with a Show and Tell of lovely cymbidiums and other orchids, interesting orchid Lecturer and slideshow, members snacks and a Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants!   For more speaker info, see the Next Meeting Page at  www.GoldCoastCymbidiumGrower.com, or their Facebook Page. They have a "Dinner with the Speaker" meal that they hold at  5:30pm, just BEFORE the meeting - if you would like to join them and hobnob with the speaker, call _________ at least 24 hours ahead to make a dinner reservation (Your dinner is on you, or they pool and split the meals).  #orchids #flowers #cymbidiums #SFBayArea #San Mateo #growingbetter #mastergardeners #orchidlecturer #orchidclass #orchidraffle. 

September 19, 2020  American Orchid Society’s Pacific Central Judging Center Monthly Orchid Judging.   Saturday, 9 am.  Fioli Visitor Center, 86 Canada Road, Woodside,CA 94062.  Meetings are the 3rd Saturday of the month. This new partnership establishes a series of monthly orchid judging and educational programming at Filoli. View beautiful blooming orchids, learn about orchid care, andHave Your Own Orchids Judged!  Bring your blooming plant by 9AM.  Stay to observe the judging, and stay for the Talk from a noted Orchid Speaker.  While admission to the Fioli Visitor Center for the AOS Orchid Judging and Lectures are FREE, there is a seperate fee to View and Tour the Fioli House and Gardens. For more information, click on: http://www.paccentraljc.org/. Questions, contact Jim Heilig at heiligja@msu.edu.    #Orchids #AOS Orchid Judging   #Fioli    #FREE Orchid Lecture   #Flowers  #Master Gardeners  #Woodside #San Mateo County  

September TBD (21 - 22, 2019)  Dennis Olivas of D & D And Chris Mendes of Tiny Jungle  Fall Open House & Plant Sale  Contact them directly to find out if this event is still on track before driving out there.   Saturday - Sunday 9am - 4pm at 169 1st Avenue, Daly City, CA 94014.   Dennis Olivas's D&D Orchids & Flowers is not open to the public except during his spring and fall scheduled open houses. The  Greenhouse is on the right hand side of the 3^rd house with the red garage and a sign reading Demattei Nursery. Enter the gate of the chain link fence with red lattice on the left hand side of the red garage.  Attached is a document with better directions: PDF of Open House directions. You may be able to contact him through his Facebook page. Or try (925) 683.3609.   

September 23, 2020   Golden Gate Cymbidium Society - First Meeting of the Cymbidium Season    Wednesday, 7:30pm.  Lakeside Garden Center, Lake Merrit, 666 Bellevue Dr., Oakland. Meetings are the 4th Wednesday of the Month.  Monthly meeting with a Show and Tell of lovely cymbidiums and other orchids, interesting orchid Lecturer and slideshow, members snacks and a Raffle table of great plants!  The September Speaker is Bill Weaver on "Pesticides for Your Orchids".  For more speaker info, see their Next Meeting Page of their website at www.GoldenGateCymbidiumSociety.com, or their Facebook page at GoldGateCymbidiumGrowers.  #orchids #flowers #cymbidiums #SFBayArea #Oakland  #growingbetter  #mastergardeners  #gardening  #orchidlecture  #orchidclass #orchidraffle.  

October   , 2020    San Francisco Orchid Society Monthly Meeting   Tuesday 6:30 pm, The San Francisco County Fair Building "Hall of Flowers", 9th Ave. at Lncoln Way, San Francisco.  They meet the 1st Tuesday of the month. Plant Sales start at 6:30pm, 7pm Skills Session; Meeting starts at 7:30pm. There will be Orchid Plants Show and Tell, interesting Orchid Lecturer and Slideshow ordemonstration, member brought in snacks and an awesome Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants! Their speaker this month is .....  For more information, see their website at www.orchidsanfrancisco.org;  or www.facebook.com/SFOrchidSociety/ . 

October TBD (5, 2019)   Peninsula Orchid Society Auction  Saturday, 11:30am  Bidder Pre-Registration, 12:30 pm Plant Previews, Auction starts at 1 pm, goes about to 5pm, or until plants are gone.  San Mateo Garden Center, 605 Parkside Way, San Mateo CA.  www.penorchidsoc.org or find them on Facebook.  

October TBD (5 - 6, 2019)   Napa Valley Orchid Society 26th Orchid Show & Sale "Explosion of Orchids". Saturday, 10am - 4 pm. Sunday, 10am - 3:30 pm.  Las Flores Community Center, 4300 Linda Vista Avenue, Napa 94558. Purchase blooming orchids and supplies, orchid boutique, Art and Raffle,and Orchid Care Demonstrations. For more info, call 707.738.4128. Or see their website at nv-os.org.  

October TBD (11, 2019)   Malihini Orchid Society Meeting   Friday, Setup starts at 7pm, Meeting starts at 7:30pm.  Main Street Cupertino (near Vallco Mall), 19479 Stevens Creek Blvd., Room 110, Cupertino CA. As you enter MSC (Main Street Driveway) from Stevens Creek Blvd., you will keep going straight until you can’t anymore - you will see Panino Giusto ahead. See the corner building on the left? This is where they held the 2019 Show on April 6th & 7th.  Meetings are normally the 2nd Friday evening of the month, but with the new location, they have been trying to be a little flexible.  This month, it WILL be the 2nd Friday.  Monthly meeting with a Show and Tell of members' blooming orchids, interesting orchid Speaker and slideshow, members snacks and a Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants!   See www.Malihini.org, or Facebook at www.facebook.com/ORCHIDinSANJOSE.   #flowers  #orchids #sanjose  #mastergardeners #sfbayarea #gardening #growgrowgrow #orchidlecture. 

October 11, 2019    Santa Cruz Orchid Society Monthly Meeting   Friday 7:30 pm, The Live Oak Grange, 1900 - 17th Avenue, Santa Cruz.  The SCOS meets the 2nd Friday evening of the month.  There will be members' orchid plants Show and Tell, an interesting Orchid Lecturer and Slideshow or demonstration, member home made and brought in snacks and an awesome Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants.  Jim Heilig will be speaking about the rare and unusual species, Habeneria!   Check out their upcoming meetings at their website at  www.SantaCruzOrchidSociety.org, or Facebook at www.facebook.com/Santa-Cruz-Orchid-Society-317014525104872.  They have a "Dinner with the Speaker" meal that they hold at  5:30pm, just BEFORE the meeting - if you would like to join them and hobnob with the speaker, call Vicky Smith at least 24 hours ahead to make a dinner reservation (Your dinner is on you, or they pool and split the meals) #santa cruz #orchids #lecture #beach gardening 

October 18, 2019   Gold Coast Cymbidium Growers Monthly Meeting   Friday, 7:30 PM. San Mateo Garden Center, 605 Parkside Way, San Mateo, CA.  All are welcome to come listen to and see this great slideshow presentation (See the Next Meeting page).  Meetings are the 3rd Friday of the Month.  Monthly meeting with a Show and Tell of lovely cymbidiums and other orchids, interesting orchid Lecturer and slideshow, members snacks and a Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants!  For more speaker info, see the Next Meeting Page at www.GoldCoastCymbidiumGrower.com, or their Facebook Page. They have a "Dinner with the Speaker" meal that they hold at  5:30pm, just BEFORE the meeting - if you would like to join them and hobnob with the speaker, call Florence Inserto at 415.640.7025 at least 24 hours ahead to make a dinner reservation (Your dinner is on you, or they pool and split the meals).  #orchids #flowers #cymbidiums #SFBayArea #San Mateo #growingbetter #mastergardeners #orchidlecturer #orchidclass #orchidraffle. 

October 19, 2019   American Orchid Society’s Pacific Central Judging Center Monthly Orchid Judging.   Saturday, 9 am.  Fioli Visitor Center, 86 Canada Road, Woodside,CA 94062.  Meetings are ususally the 3rd Saturday of the month. This new partnership establishes a series of monthly orchid judging and educational programming at Filoli. View beautiful blooming orchids, learn about orchid care, and have Your Own Orchids Judged!  Bring your blooming plant by 9AM.  Stay to observe the judging, and stay for the Talk from a noted Orchid Speaker.  While admission to the Fioli Visitor Center for the AOS Orchid Judging and Lectures are FREE, there is a seperate fee to View and Tour the Fioli House and Gardens.  For more information, click on: http://www.paccentraljc.org/.   Questions, contact Jim Heilig at heiligja@msu.edu.    #Orchids #AOS Orchid Judging   #Fioli #FREE Orchid Lecture   #Flowers  #Master Gardeners  #Woodside #San Mateo County 

October TBD (18–20, 2019)  The Huntington Botanical Gardens Annual International Orchid Show & Sale   Friday - Sunday 10 am to 5pm.  Celebrate the amazing diversity of orchids—a vast family of more than 22,000 species in 880 genera—as hundreds of exotic blooms compete for honors at The Huntington’s 3rd annual International Orchid Show and Sale. The event will showcase lush displays by local and regional orchid societies and international growers, and vendors will have a wide range of orchid plants and related merchandise for sale. General admission. www.huntington.org/orchidshow/, or on their Facebook page at   https://www.facebook.com/huntingtonorchidshow .  

October TBD (22, 2019)  Marin Orchid Society Fall Silent Auction    Marin Art and Garden Center (MAGC), 30 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, Ross, CA. Usually the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 6:30 PM, followed by live auction at 7 PM.   Wine, cheese and other refreshments provided! Auction paddle fee.   www.marinorchidsociety.com. 

October 23, 2019   Golden Gate Cymbidium Society Monthly Meeting    Wednesday, 7:30pm.   Lakeside Garden Center, Lake Merrit, 666 Bellevue Dr., Oakland. Meetings are the 4th Wednesday of the Month.  Monthly meeting with a Show and Tell of lovely cymbidiums and other orchids, interesting orchid Lecturer and slideshow, members snacks and a Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants!  Hear Ken Jacobsen speak on "Asian Cymbidiums", courtesy of the American Orchid Society! For more speaker info, see the www.GoldenGateCymbidiumSociety.com, or on Facebook,   https://www.facebook.com/GoldGateCymbidiumSociety/ .   #orchids #flowers #cymbidiums #SFBayArea #Oakland #growingbetter #mastergardeners #gardening #orchidlecturer #orchidclass 

November  , 2020    San Francisco Orchid Society Monthly Meeting   Tuesday 6:30 pm, The San Francisco County Fair Building "Hall of Flowers", 9th Ave. at Lncoln Way, San Francisco.  They meet the 1st Tuesday of the month. Plant Sales start at 6:30pm, 7pm Skills Session; Meeting starts at 7:30pm. There will be Orchid Plants Show and Tell, interesting Orchid Lecturer and Slideshow ordemonstration, member brought in snacks and an awesome Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants! Their speaker this month is .....  For more information, see their website at www.orchidsanfrancisco.org, or www.facebook.com/SFOrchidSociety/ . 

November TBD (2 - 3, 2019)  Santa Barbara Orchid Estate Fall Open House & Annual Silent Auction   Sat 8 AM - 5 PM, Sun 9 AM - 4 PM. 1250 Orchid Drive, Santa Barbara, CA.  Laelia anceps Parade. Mexican laelias.  Beginning of the budding cymbidium season, especially the tracyanum species and hybrids.  Then their Annual Silent Auction is held every year in conjunction with the Fall Open House. This gives the opportunity to bid on first-releases of select and newly awarded cultivars, rare plants, and glorious specimens.  The auction list should become available the beginning of October, so make sure you are signed up ahead of time - call or register at http://sborchid.com/auction.php.  For more information, call 800-553-3387-, or check their website at  http://www.sborchid.com/events.php   .  

November TBD (2 - 3, 2019)   Cal-Orchids Fall Open House   Sat - Sun 9 AM - 4 PM.   1251 Orchid Drive, Santa Barbara, CA.  "It's our chance to say hello and thank you to our long-standing, loyal customers. Please stop by and join in on the fun no matter whether you are a seasoned veteran or a brand new orchid grower. You'll love our cyms with budding spike development and the spiking Mexican Laelia anceps and their hybrids you've all come to love, and many more."  E-mail at  calorchid@cox.net, see their website at www.calorchid.com or their facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/Cal-Orchid-169676309716174/.  

November TBD (8, 2019)   Malihini Orchid Society Meeting   Friday, Setup starts at 7pm, Meeting starts at 7:30pm.  Main Street Cupertino (near Vallco Mall), 19479 Stevens Creek Blvd., Room 110, Cupertino CA. As you enter MSC (Main Street Driveway) from Stevens Creek Blvd., you will keep going straight until you can’t anymore - you will see Panino Giusto ahead. See the corner building on the left? This is where they held the 2019 Show on April 6th & 7th.  Meetings are normally the 2nd Friday evening of the month, but with the new location, they have been trying to be a little flexible.  This month, it WILL be the 2nd Friday.  Monthly meeting with a Show and Tell of members' blooming orchids, interesting orchid Speaker and slideshow, members snacks and a Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants!  See www.Malihini.org, or Facebook at www.facebook.com/ORCHIDinSANJOSE.   #flowers  #orchids #sanjose  #mastergardeners #sfbayarea #gardening #growgrowgrow #orchidlecture  

November 8, 2019    Santa Cruz Orchid Society Monthly Meeting   Friday 7:30 pm, The Live Oak Grange, 1900 - 17th Avenue, Santa Cruz.  There will be Orchid Plants Show and Tell, interesting Orchid Lecturer and Slideshow or demonstration, member brought in snacks and an awesome Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants!  Check out their upcoming meetings at their website at www.SantaCruzOrchidSociety.org, or Facebook at www.facebook.com/Santa-Cruz-Orchid-Society-317014525104872 . #santa cruz #orchids #lecture #beach gardening 

TBD November (last minute cancellation, was scheduled 8 - 9, 2019)  Carmel Orchid Society Fall Orchid Festival   http://www.carmelorchidsociety.org/ . 

November TBD (17 - 18, 2018)  Orchid Society of Santa Barbara Show and Sale   Sat 8 AM - 5 PM, Sun 9 AM - 3 PM.  Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol Road, Santa Barbara,CA 93105.  AOS, CSA and Ribbon Judging; Spectacular Orchid Displays, and Beautiful Orchid Sales! Info at  www.OrchidSB.org. 

November 15, 2019     Gold Coast Cymbidium Growers Monthly Meeting   Friday, 7:30 PM. San Mateo Garden Center, 605 Parkside Way, San Mateo, CA.  All are welcome to come listen to and see this great slideshow presentation (See the Next Meeting page).  Meetings are the 3rd Friday of the Month.  Monthly meeting with a Show and Tell of lovely cymbidiums and other orchids, interesting orchid Lecturer and slideshow, members snacks and a Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants!  For more speaker info, see the Next Meeting Page at www.GoldCoastCymbidiumGrower.com, or their Facebook Page.   #orchids #flowers #cymbidiums #SFBayArea #San Mateo #growingbetter #mastergardeners #orchidlecturer #orchidclass #orchidraffle. 

November 16, 2019   American Orchid Society’s Pacific Central Judging Center Monthly Orchid Judging.   Saturday, 9 am.  Fioli Visitor Center, 86 Canada Road, Woodside,CA 94062.  Meetings are the 3rd Saturday of the month. This new partnership establishes a series of monthly orchid judging and educational programming at Filoli. View beautiful blooming orchids, learn about orchid care, and have Your Own Orchids Judged!  Bring your blooming plant by 9AM.  Stay to observe the judging, and stay for the Talk from a noted Orchid Speaker.  While admission to the Fioli Visitor Center for the AOS Orchid Judging and Lectures are FREE, there is a seperate fee to View and Tour the Fioli House and Gardens.  For more information, click on: http://www.paccentraljc.org/.   Questions, contact Jim Heilig at heiligja@msu.edu.  #Orchids  #AOS Orchid Judging  #Fioli #FREE Orchid Lecture   #Flowers  #Master Gardeners  #Woodside #San Mateo County  

November TBD (18 - 22, 2019)  Sunset Valley Orchid's Once A Year Customer Appreciation Sale.  Monday - Thursday Only.  Customers on their Mailing List, get 20% discount: If you are an American Orchid Society member (me, too!), you get more of another discount! And order as a Society or a Whole Lotta Friends, and get a Big Group Discount! Go to   www.SunsetValleyOrchids.com, or jon their mailing list to get their special customer discount code, and submit your AOS member number to get that discount. Soooo Easy!  Contact Fred Clarke and Carlos Lopez at (760) 310-0778, email FredClarke@att.net or look at their website at www.SunsetValleyOrchids.com . Tell them Chen-Hao sent you!  

November 18, 2020  Golden Gate Cymbidium Society Meeting  Wednesday, 7:30pm. Lakeside Garden Center, Lake Merrit, 666 Bellevue Dr., Oakland.   For more Guest Lecturer information, see their Next Meeting page on their website at www.GoldenGateCymbidiumSociety.com.  They have a "Dinner with the Speaker" meal that they hold at  5:15pm, just BEFORE the meeting - if you would like to join them and hobnob with the speaker, call / text Audrey at (408) 316.0677 at least 24 hours ahead to make a dinner reservation (Your dinner is on you, or they pool and split the meals).  Or their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/goldengatecymbidiumsociety.  #orchids #flowers #SF #Oakland #cymbidiums #growingbetter #mastergardeners #lecturer #class . 

November TBD (22, 2019)  Sacramento Valley Cymbidium Society Holiday Potluck Dinner and Meeting  Friday, 6 pm, doors open to set up.  Shepard Garden & Art Center, 3330 McKinley Park Blvd. Sacramento CA. Holiday Potluck Dinner Speaker will be Jeff Trimble on cool season care for your orchids. They will have no December Meeting. For more info,   www.facebook.com/sacramentocymbidiums.  #cymbidiums #sacramento #orchidclass . 

December  , 2020    San Francisco Orchid Society Monthly Meeting   Tuesday 6:30 pm, The San Francisco County Fair Building "Hall of Flowers", 9th Ave. at Lncoln Way, San Francisco.  They meet the 1st Tuesday of the month.  Plant Sales start at 6:30pm, 7pm Skills Session; Meeting starts at 7:30pm. There will be Orchid Plants Show and Tell, interesting Orchid Lecturer and Slideshow ordemonstration, member brought in snacks and an awesome Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants! Their speaker this month is .....  For more information, see their website at www.orchidsanfrancisco.org; or www.facebook.com/SFOrchidSociety/ . 

December TBD (7, 2020)  Casa de las Orquideas Holiday Annual Open House, A - ONE DAY ONLY EVENT!  Saturday 9 AM- 3 PM. 170 South Nardo Ave. Solana Beach, CA 92075. Lots of cymbidium (and zygo, and other orchid) seedlings, mericlones and last summer's divisions of past breeding stock, award winners, and more.  Parking is very limited, so if possible carpooling is a good option.  Contact them at  www.orquideas.com,   casa@orquideas.com, or call Karl or Miki Batchman at (858) 755-7572-.  

December TBD (7, 2020)   Mariposa Gardens Insiders Club Special Sale Open House   Saturday 9am - 3pm.  6664 South Street, Lakewood, CA 90713.  Mariposa Garden is having its opening event for the orchid Season.  Thousands of first bloom cymbidiums in spike with some already in bloom.  Don’t miss the opportunity to find some exciting new hybrids & maybe a few of Tony Velardi's plantlets.  In addition, often times Joe of SantyOrchids.com will be offering many award winning and collectible type peloric and splash petal/feathered cymbidiums at reduced prices.  Come early for best selection.   Open Houses generally are the 1st or 2nd of the month, January to April. For more information, contact Ron Hill at (562) 920-5588, mariposagarden15@gmail.com, or online at www.mariposagarden.net/,  or on FB, www.facebook.com/MariposaGardenOrchids . 

December 11, 2020   Malihini Orchid Society   Christmas Party Meeting   Friday, Setup starts at 7pm, Meeting starts at 7:30pm.  Main Street Cupertino (near Vallco Mall), 19479 Stevens Creek Blvd., Room 110, Cupertino CA. As you enter MSC (Main Street Driveway) from Stevens Creek Blvd., you will keep going straight until you can’t anymore - you will see Panino Giusto ahead. See the corner building on the left? This is where they held the 2019 Show on April 6th & 7th.  Meetings are normally the 2nd Friday evening of the month, but with their new location, they have been trying to be a little flexible. December is their Christmas Potluck Dinner. Normally, their Monthly meeting has a Show and Tell of members' blooming orchids, interesting orchid Speaker and slideshow, members snacks and a Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants!  See www.Malihini.org, or Facebook at www.facebook.com/ORCHIDinSANJOSE.   #flowers  #orchids #sanjose  #mastergardeners #sfbayarea #gardening #growgrowgrow #orchidlecture   

December 11, 2020    Santa Cruz Orchid Society Member's Christmas Potluck Dinner   Friday 6:00 pm, The Live Oak Grange, 1900 - 17th Avenue, Santa Cruz.  The SCOS is always a super friendly and knowledgeable group of orchidists.  Their December meeting will feature Members bringing in Awesome potluck food, Spin the Wheel of Orchid Fortune, and Orchid Bingo!  Feel free to bring a guest, and they willbe charged $5 for the food.  Normally, there will be Orchid Plants Show and Tell, interesting Orchid Lecturer and Slideshow or demonstration, member brought in snacks and an awesome Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants! Check out their upcoming meetings at their website at www.SantaCruzOrchidSociety.org, or Facebook at www.facebook.com/Santa-Cruz-Orchid-Society-317014525104872 . #santa cruz #orchids #lecture #beach gardening 

December 18, 2019   Golden Gate Cymbidium Society AUCTION , Gift Exchange & Holiday Potluck Dinner   Wednesday at 6:00 pm.  Lakeside Park Garden Center, 666 Bellevue Avenue, Oakland. Members bring some of their best cymbidiums (and other orchid genera ALSO) as donations for this incredible auction.  If you are coming to the dinner as well, please remember to also bring enough food to share with 6-8 other people for the potluck dinner. See photos for some fantastic plants on their website (Auction potluck page).  Or check out their website atwww.GoldenGateCymbidiumSociety.com and their Facebook page,  www.GoldGateCymbidiumSociety.com.   Remember to Clear Everything out of your Car besides the things you bring into the building, and Leave it Empty, BEFORE you Drive to Lake Merritt Garden Center, to Prevent Any temptation for Holiday Theft.   #auction  #orchids #cymbidiums #flowers  #orchidauction  #SFBayArea #Oakland  #buycymbidiums #mastergardeners #orchiddeals #growgrowgrow.  

December 20, 2019   Gold Coast Cymbidium Growers Joint Holiday Potluck Dinner Meeting with the Peninsula Orchid Society   Friday, 7:30 PM. San Mateo Garden Center, 605 Parkside Way, San Mateo, CA. 
 Let the Holiday Frivolities Begin!  Awesome Potluck Dinner and Orchid Bingo.  Feel free to bring guests, but make sure you bring enough food to cover 5-8 additional people! For more info, see Next Meeting page on their website: www.GoldCoastCymbidiumGrowers.com.    #cymbidiums #orchids #sfbayarea #sanmateo #mastergardeners #gardening #growgrowgrow   
December 21, 2019   American Orchid Society’s Pacific Central Judging Center Monthly Orchid Judging.   Saturday, 9 am.  Fioli Visitor Center, 86 Canada Road, Woodside, CA 94062.  Meetings are ususally the 3rd SATURDAY of the month. This new partnership establishes a series of monthly orchid judging and educational programming at Filoli. View beautiful blooming orchids, learn about orchid care, and have Your Own Orchids Judged!  Bring your blooming plant by 9AM.  Stay to observe the judging, and stay for the Talk from a noted Orchid Speaker.  While admission to the Fioli Visitor Center for the AOS Orchid Judging and Lectures are FREE, there is a seperate fee to View and Tour the Fioli House and Gardens.  For more information, click on:  https://www.paccentraljc.org/. Questions, contact Jim Heilig at heiligja@msu.edu.      #Orchids  #AOS Orchid Judging  #Fioli #FREE Orchid Lecture   #Flowers  #Master Gardeners  #Woodside #San Mateo County  

2021

January   , 2021    San Francisco Orchid Society Monthly Meeting   Tuesday 6:30 pm, The San Francisco County Fair Building "Hall of Flowers", 9th Ave. at Lncoln Way, San Francisco.  They meet the 1st Tuesday of the month.  Plant Sales start at 6:30pm, 7pm Skills Session; Meeting starts at 7:30pm. There will be Orchid Plants Show and Tell, interesting Orchid Lecturer and Slideshow ordemonstration, member brought in snacks and an awesome Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants! Their speaker this month is .....  For more information, see their website at www.orchidsanfrancisco.org;  or www.facebook.com/SFOrchidSociety/ . 

January TBD (4, 2020)   Mariposa Gardens Winter Festival   Saturday 9am - 3pm.  6664 South Street, Lakewood, CA 90713.  Thousands of first bloom cymbidiums in spike with some already in bloom.  Don’t miss the opportunity to pick through some exciting new hybrids.  In addition, Santy Orchids will be offering many award winning and collectible type peloric and splash petal/feathered cymbidiums at reduced prices.  Come early for best selection.  Open Houses generally are the 1st or 2nd Saturday of the month, January - April.   Questions, contact Ron Hill at (562) 920-5588-. or www.MariposaGarden.com , or Facebook at www.facebook.com/MariposaGardenOrchids/.  Or www.SantyOrchids.com. 

January TBD (8, 2021)   Malihini Orchid Society Meeting   Friday, Setup starts at 7pm, Meeting starts at 7:30pm.  Main Street Cupertino (near Vallco Mall), 19479 Stevens Creek Blvd., Room 110, Cupertino CA. As you enter MSC (Main Street Driveway) from Stevens Creek Blvd., you will keep going straight until you can’t anymore - you will see Panino Giusto ahead. See the corner building on the left? This is where they held the 2019 Show on April 6th & 7th.  Meetings are normally the 2nd Friday evening of the month, but with the new location, they have been trying to be a little flexible.  This month, it WILL be the 2nd Friday.  Monthly meeting with a Show and Tell of members' blooming orchids, interesting orchid Speaker and slideshow, members snacks and a Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants!  See www.Malihini.org, or Facebook at www.facebook.com/ORCHIDinSANJOSE.   #flowers  #orchids #sanjose  #mastergardeners #sfbayarea #gardening #growgrowgrow #orchidlecture 

January 8, 2021    Santa Cruz Orchid Society Monthly Meeting   Friday 7:30 pm, The Live Oak Grange, 1900 - 17th Avenue, Santa Cruz.  There will be Orchid Plants Show and Tell, interesting Orchid Lecturer and Slideshow ordemonstration, member brought in snacks and an awesome Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants!  See their website at www.SantaCruzOrchidSociety.org, or Facebook at www.facebook.com/Santa-Cruz-Orchid-Society-317014525104872. #santa cruz #orchids #lecture #beach gardening  

January TBD (11, 2020)   The Gold Coast Cymbidium Growers Cymbidium Auction    Previews Begin at 12:30 PM, Auction starts at 1:00 PM Sharp.  San Mateo Garden Center, 605 Parkside Way, San Mateo, CA. Click here Auction details, and to print out the Auction Catalogue, Rules and Guidelines. To see photos of plant entries, click on their Photo Pages ! Bring your cash, checks, boxes and bags! FREE Admission and Parking, but get there EARLY as parking is limited. Click here to print copies of the postcard for you to distribute at work or your favorite Chinese restaurant, or gardening supply store & nursery. For more info, click on  www.GoldCoastCymbidiumGrowers.com.  #Auction #orchids #cymbidiums #orchidauction #sfbayarea #sanmateo #mastergardeners #gardening #growgrowgrow #orchiddeals    

January 15 – 17, 2021   The 64th Paphiopedilum Guild Meeting & Show    Saturday starts at 10 AM. Sunday 9 am - 12 noon.  Huntington Library, Art Galleries and Botanic Gardens, San Marino, CA!! Friday is AOS Judging and Meet and Greet Dinner, Two Days of Noted Speakers, Displays, Nurseries to visit, and SALES!  http://www.orchiddigest.com/paph-guild.html;      https://sites.google.com/site/paphiopedilumguild/. 

January 16, 2021   American Orchid Society’s Pacific Central Judging Center Monthly Orchid Judging.  Saturday, 9 am.  Fioli Gardens Visitor Center, 86 Canada Road, Woodside, CA 94062.  Meetings are the 3rd Saturday of the month. View beautiful blooming orchids, learn about orchid care, and have Your Own Orchids Judged!  Bring your blooming plant by 9AM.  Stay to observe the judging, and stay for the Talk from a noted Orchid Speaker.  While admission to the Fioli Visitor Center for the AOS Orchid Judging and Lectures are FREE, there is a seperate fee to View and Tour the Fioli House and Gardens.  http://www.paccentraljc.org/. For directions, see http://www.paccentraljc.org/pac2work.html .  Questions, contact Jim Heilig at heiligja@msu.edu.  #Orchids  #AOS Orchid Judging  #Fioli #FREE Orchid Lecture   #Flowers  #Master Gardeners  #Woodside #San Mateo County 

January  TBD (18, 2020)   Mariposa Gardens Chinese New Year Sale     Saturday 9am - 3pm.   6664 South Street, Lakewood, CA 90713. Four 1-Gallon pots for $100 or $30 per pot.  Don’t miss the opportunity to pick through some exciting new hybrids. In addition, Joe Santy Orchids will be offering many award winning and collectible type peloric and splash petal/feathered cymbidiums at his reduced prices.  Come early for best selection.  Their Open Houses generally are the 1st or 2nd of the month, January - April. Questions, contact Ron Hill at (562) 920-5588-. or www.MariposaGarden.com , or Facebook at www.facebook.com/MariposaGardenOrchids/, or www.SantyOrchids.com.

January TBD (22, 2020)   Golden Gate Cymbidium Society Meeting     Wednesday 7:30 PM.  Lakeside Garden Center, 666 Bellevue Ave, Oakland, CA. Meetings are the 4th Wednesday of the month. Monthly meeting with a Show and Tell of lovely cymbidium and other orchids, interesting orchid Lecturer, members snacks and a Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants!  Tora Rocha of PollinatorPosse.org will be speaking. For more Speaker info, see the Next Meeting Page at   www.GoldenGateCymbidiumSociety.com.   They have a "Dinner with the Speaker" meal that they hold at 5:15 pm, just BEFORE the meeting - if you would like to join them and hobnob with the speaker, call / text Audrey at (408) 316.0677 at least 24 hours ahead to make a dinner reservation (Your dinner is on you, or, if at a Chinese restaurant, they often pool and split their meals).    #flowers  #orchids    #cymbidiums  #sfbayarea #oakland #mastergardeners #gardening #growgrowgrow #orchidlecture 

January 22, 2020  Sacramento Valley Cymbidium Society Meeting  Friday, 6 pm, doors open to set up.  Shepard Garden & Art Center, 3330 McKinley Park Blvd. Sacramento CA. Usually, a Show and Tell of Members' orchids in bloom, review of upcoming orchid society shows and events, a guest lecturer slideshow, raffle table, maybe some snacks. David Sorokowsky speaking on Paphiopedilums.  For more info, see them at www.facebook.com/sacramentocymbidiums.  #cymbidiums #sacramento #orchidclass 

January TBD (25 - 26, 2020)   Peninsula Orchid Society Show & Sale   Sat - Sun 10 AM - 5 PM.  Community Activities Building, 1400 Rosevelt Avenue, Redwood City, CA. Incredible show of every orchid species and hybrid available !! Great vendor Sales!  Admission Fee. FREE parking. Bring your boxes, cart, cameras, credit card, checkbook or cash.  www.penorchidsoc.org, and www.facebook.com/Peninsula-Orchid-Society-of-San-Mateo-California-143013275763301/  .  

February 2, 2021    San Francisco Orchid Society Monthly Meeting   Tuesday 6:30 pm, The San Francisco County Fair Building "Hall of Flowers", 9th Ave. at Lncoln Way, San Francisco.  They meet the 1st Tuesday of the month.  Plant Sales start at 6:30pm, 7pm Skills Session; Meeting starts at 7:30pm. There will be Plant Sales, Skill Session, Orchid Plants Show and Tell, interesting Orchid Lecturer and Slideshow or demonstration, and an awesome Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants! Their speaker this month is Wenquin Perner "The Rare, The New and the Unususal - A Tour of Chinese Orchids".  For more information, see their website at www.orchidsanfrancisco.org; or www.facebook.com/SFOrchidSociety/ . 

February TBD (8, 2020)   Diablo View Orchid Society Valentine's Orchid Show & Sale   Saturday 10am - 4:30 pm.   First Lutheran Church, 4000 Concord Blvd. Concord, CA 94519. Orchid Workshops, Raffles, Repotting Service, & Orchid Sales!   Admission $5,or $3 with this card. Click on the picture to the left, print out attached pdf. Present to the cashier at time of entry. www.DVOS.org.  

February TBD (8, 2020)   Mariposa Gardens Spring Festival     Saturday 9am - 3pm.   6664 South Street, Lakewood, CA 90713. Thousands of first bloom cymbidiums in spike with some already in bloom.  Don’t miss the opportunity to pick through some exciting new hybrids. In addition, Joe Santy Orchids will be offering many award winning and collectible type peloric and splash petal/feathered cymbidiums at his reduced prices.  Come early for best selection.  Their Open Houses generally are the 1st or 2nd of the month, January - April. Questions, contact Ron Hill at (562) 920-5588-. or www.MariposaGarden.com, or Facebook at www.facebook.com/MariposaGardenOrchids/.       

February 15, 2020  American Orchid Society’s Pacific Central Judging Center Monthly Orchid Judging.   Saturday, 9 am.  Fioli Visitor Center, 86 Canada Road, Woodside, CA 94062.  Meetings are the 3rd Saturday of the month. A series of monthly orchid judging and educational programming at Filoli's Visitor Center, FREE (access to the Gardens and Historic House is a seperate fee). View beautiful blooming orchids, learn about orchid care, and have Your Own Orchids Judged!  Bring your blooming plant by 9AM.  Stay to observe the judging, and stay for the Talk from a noted Orchid Speaker.  For more information, click on:  http://www.paccentraljc.org/. Questions, contact Jim Heilig at heiligja@msu.edu. 

February TBD (21, 2021)   Malihini Orchid Society Meeting   Friday, Setup starts at 7pm, Meeting starts at 7:30pm.  Main Street Cupertino (near Vallco Mall), 19479 Stevens Creek Blvd., Room 110, Cupertino CA. As you enter MSC (Main Street Driveway) from Stevens Creek Blvd., you will keep going straight until you can’t anymore - you will see Panino Giusto ahead. See the corner building on the left? This is where they held the 2019 Show on April 6th & 7th.  Meetings are normally the 2nd Friday evening of the month, but with the new location, they have been trying to be a little flexible.   Monthly meeting with a Show and Tell of members' blooming orchids, interesting orchid Speaker and slideshow, members snacks and a Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants!  Seewww.facebook.com/ORCHIDinSANJOSE.   #flowers  #orchids #sanjose  #mastergardeners #sfbayarea #gardening #growgrowgrow #orchidlecture   

February 12, 2021    Santa Cruz Orchid Society Monthly Meeting   Friday 7:30 pm, The Live Oak Grange, 1900 - 17th Avenue, Santa Cruz.  There will be Orchid Plants Show and Tell, interesting Orchid Lecturer and Slideshow ordemonstration, member brought in snacks and an awesome Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants!  The SCOS now meets on the 2nd Friday of the month - Check out their upcoming meetings at their website at www.SantaCruzOrchidSociety.org, or Facebook at www.facebook.com/Santa-Cruz-Orchid-Society-317014525104872. #santa cruz #orchids #lecture #beach gardening   

February 15, 2021  Orchid Society of California Monthly Meeting    Monday, 7:30 PM.  Lakeside Garden Center,  666 Bellevue Ave, Oakland, CA.   They meet the 3rd Monday of the month.  Monthly meetings with a Show and Tell of lovely cymbidium and other orchids, intereresting orchid Lecturer, members snacks and usually a Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants!    http://www.orchidsocietyofca.org/    #flowers #orchids #sfbayarea #oakland #mastergardeners #gardening #landscaping #growgrowgrow #Buyorchids    

February TBD (20 - 23, 2020)   Pacific Orchid Exposition 2020 Show & Plant Sale   Thursday Gala Night 6 - 9:30 PM, Friday, Saturday & Sunday 10 AM- 5 PM. San Francisco County Fair Building (Hall of Flowers), at 9th Avenue & Lincoln Way, San Francisco, CA.  Biggest Orchid Show and Sale venue in Northern California. Large display areas.  Seperate Demo and class rooms. Lots of vendors from around the country, and the world, and the member sales can be really good deals, as well, as unusal and rare. The Gala Event is  Regular admission $15 and less. Call 415-665-6079- or visit the website at www.orchidsanfrancisco.org for information and directions; or www.facebook.com/San-Francisco-Orchid-Society-150623501678349/ . 

February 21, 2020   Gold Coast Cymbidium Growers Monthly Meeting  Friday, 7:30 PM. San Mateo Garden Center, 605 Parkside Way, San Mateo, CA.  Meetings are the 3rd Friday of the Month. Monthly meeting with a Show and Tell of lovely cymbidium and other orchids, interesting orchid Lecturer, members snacks and a Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants!  "Preparing your Cymbidiums for the Show!"  For more info details, click on the Next Meeting page, at their website at  www.GoldCoastCymbidiumGrowers.com, or see them on www.facebook.com/GoldCoastCymbidiumGrowers/.   #flowers #orchids #cymbidiums #sfbayarea #sanmateo #gardening #mastergardeners #gardening #growgrowgrow #orchiddeals #orchidraffles    

February 24, 2020  Golden Gate Cymbidium Society Meeting  Wednesday, 7:30 PM.  Lakeside Garden Center,  666 Bellevue Ave, Oakland, CA.  This is a departure from the normal 4th Wednesday of the Month, as we are meeting this coming Monday, Feb 24th. And to reward you for this departure, we are doing a "RE-POT YOUR CYMBIDIUM WORKSHOP!" .  Members, bring your plant in hat needs to go into a 1-gallon pot (NO 2-Gallons).  NON-MEMBERS, who wish to participate, can pay a plant and potting materials fee.  Monthly meeting with a Show and Tell of members' lovely cymbidium and other orchids, intereresting orchid Lecturer, members snacks and usually a Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants!   See their Next Meeting Page  of www.GoldenGateCymbidiumSociety.com, or see them on   Facebook/GoldGateCymbidiumSociety/.   #flowers #orchids #cymbidiums #sfbayarea #oakland #mastergardeners #gardening #landscaping #growgrowgrow #Buyorchids #buycymbidiums 

February 28, 2020   Peninsula Orchid Society Monthly Meeting  Friday, 7:30 pm, San Mateo Garden Center, 605 Parkside Way, San Mateo CA.   There will be Orchid Plants Show and Tell, interesting Orchid Lecturer and Slideshow or demonstration, member brought in snacks and an awesome Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants!  "Western Australian Orchids". Check out their upcoming meeting at their website at www.penorchidsoc.org or find them on Facebook.  #San Mateo #Orchids #Lecture #Orchids to Buy 

March 3, 2020    San Francisco Orchid Society Monthly Meeting   Tuesday 6:30 pm, The San Francisco County Fair Building "Hall of Flowers", 9th Ave. at Lncoln Way, San Francisco.  Plant Sales start at 6:30pm, 7pm Skills Session; Meeting starts at 7:30pm. The society meets the First Tuesday of the month. There will be Orchid Plants Show and Tell, interesting Orchid Lecturer and Slideshow ordemonstration, member brought in snacks and an awesome Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants! Their speaker this month is .....  For more information, see them at www.orchidsanfrancisco.org, or    www.facebook.com/SFOrchidSociety/. 

March TBD (7, 2020)   Mariposa Gardens Plant Sale Saturday 9am - 3pm.   6664 South Street, Lakewood, CA 90713.  Their Open Houses generally are the 1st or 2nd of the month, January - April.   Don’t miss the opportunity to pick through some exciting new hybrids. In addition, Joe Santy Orchids will be offering many award winning and collectible type peloric and splash petal/feathered cymbidiums at his reduced prices.  Come early for best selection.  Questions, contact Ron Hill at (562) 920-5588-    www.MariposaGarden.com , or FacebookJoe Santy Orchids .  

March TBD (13, 2020)   Malihini Orchid Society Meeting   Friday, Setup starts at 7pm, Meeting starts at 7:30pm.  Main Street Cupertino (near Vallco Mall), 19479 Stevens Creek Blvd., Room 110, Cupertino CA. As you enter MSC (Main Street Driveway) from Stevens Creek Blvd., you will keep going straight until you can’t anymore - you will see Panino Giusto ahead. See the corner building on the left? This is where they held the 2019 Show.  Meetings are normally the 2nd Friday evening of the month.  Monthly meeting with a Show and Tell of members' blooming orchids, interesting orchid Speaker and slideshow, members snacks and a Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants!  Seewww.Malihini.org, or Facebook at www.facebook.com/ORCHIDinSANJOSE.   #flowers  #orchids #sanjose  #mastergardeners #sfbayarea #gardening #growgrowgrow #orchidlecture  

March TBD (13, 2020)    Santa Cruz Orchid Society Monthly Meeting   Friday 7:30 pm, The Live Oak Grange, 1900 - 17th Avenue, Santa Cruz.  There will be Orchid Plants Show and Tell, interesting Orchid Lecturer and Slideshow ordemonstration, member brought in snacks and an awesome Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants!  The SCOS now meets on the 2nd Friday of the month - Check out their upcoming meetings at their website at www.SantaCruzOrchidSociety.org, or Facebook at www.facebook.com/Santa-Cruz-Orchid-Society-317014525104872. #santa cruz #orchids #lecture #beach gardening 

March 13 - 14, 2020    Cymbidium Madness Sale    Saturday     10 am - 4 pm,  Shepard Garden & Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Park Blvd. Sacramento CA 95816.  Buy orchid plants, growing supplies, Repotting demonstrations, and Repotting Services for a Fee.  FREE PARKING!   www.facebook.com/sacramentocymbidiums. 

March 13 - 15, 2020  The 75th Santa Barbara International Orchid Show "Orchids - A World of Adventure"  Fri - Sun, 9 am to 5 pm.   Admission. Earl Warren Showgrounds, Exhibit Hall, 3400 Calle Real, Santa Barbara, CA. (Highway 101 at Las Positas Road). This is the BIG ORCHID SHOW!  Admission and parking fees. For info, call (805) 969-5746- or visit them on Facebook  or    sborchidshow.com.   

March TBD (14, 2020)   The 45th Annual Cymbidium Society of America Congress  Saturday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.  Earl’s Place, at Earl Warren Showgrounds 3400 Calle Real (Hwy 101 at Las Positas) Santa Barbara, CA 93105.  This year's incredible Speakers will feature Ken Jacobsen on "Jensoa Cymbidiums and their Hybrids"; Pierre Pujol on "An Amateur’s Observations on Culture and Hybridization"; Carson Whitlow on "The World of Cypripediums" and Arthur Pinkers on "A Celebration of the Best of CSA Awards".  The fee includes access to the big International Show & Sale Areas for all 3 days, the selectures, breakfast, lunch, a special cocktail party, a really special plant auction, a gala dinner banquet, a free plant, and more! Really incredible great orchid value! Tickets:   http://www.cymbidium.org/cymbidium-congress-2020. 

March 13 - 15, 2020   Santa Barbara Orchid Estate Annual Spring Open House   Friday - Saturday 8 AM - 5 PM, Sunday 9 AM - 4 PM. 1250 Orchid Drive, Santa Barbara, CA.  Established in 1957, it is amazing for the 5 acres of the various species of cymbidiums, cattleyas, and umpteen thousands of orchids! Must see on the orchid tour!  More like family, than a business. For more info, call 800-553-3387-, or    http://www.sborchid.com/events.php. 

March 13 - 15, 2020   Cal-Orchid Spring Open House   Fri - Sun 9 AM - 5  PM. 1251 Orchid Drive, Santa Barbara, CA.  Incredible and unique orchid breeding of Lots of different orchid species & varieties - Cymbidiums, cattleyas, paphs, and of course their specialty - epidendrums!  And MANY, MANY MORE!  And you'll find some  Call James or Lauris Rose at 805 967-1312-, e-mail calorchid@cox.net, or see their website at http://www.calorchid.com . 

March 13 - 15, 2020    Orchids Royale Annual Spring Open House   Friday - Saturday 8 AM - 5 PM, Sunday 9 AM - 4 PM. 5902 Via Real, Carpinteria, CA. For more info, call (805) 684-8066; or see them at FB, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Orchids-Royale/158825240817565 . 

March 16, 2020  Orchid Society of California Monthly Meeting  Monday, 7:30 PM.  Lakeside Garden Center,  666 Bellevue Ave, Oakland, CA.   They meet the 3rd Monday of the month.  Monthly meetings with a Show and Tell of lovely cymbidium and other orchids, intereresting orchid Lecturer, members snacks and usually a Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants!  http://www.orchidsocietyofca.org/ ,   https://www.facebook.com/OrchidSocietyofCalifornia/. 

March 21, 2020   Greg Corrales Cymbidium Orchids Moving Sale  THIS EVENT IS STILL GOING ON AS PLANNED AT THIS TIME.  IF YOU DO HAVE A COLD, OR HAVE THE FLU, PLEASE STAY AWAY, OR SEND A FRIEND TO PICK UP PLANTS FOR YOU.  TAKE PRECAUTIONS, IN A PLACE THAT HAS MANY OTHER PEOPLE, YOU MAY BECOME A CARRIER AND BRING HOME TO OTHERS VIRUSES AND NOT EVEN KNOW IT.  STAY AT LEAST 6 FEET AWAY IF YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT ANY ILLNESSES. Saturday  11 AM - 3 PM.   12511 Hwy 92, Half Moon Bay.  Behind the T&E Pastorino Nursery stores complex. Close to the big "Pastorino Nursery" wooden archway, make a right down the dirt road between the "Teak in the Garden" little building and the "Orchids" shop.  He's in the first building past to the right, before you go down the hill.  Greg Corrales, local cymbidium grower and collector of outstanding and award winning cymbidiums is moving.  Many plants are huge, blooming, in fantastic condition.  You will not wish to miss this sale.  Call or text Greg Corrales (650) 714-4734.  Above are recent photos of some of his plants that have been or will be for sale. 

March 21, 2020  American Orchid Society’s Pacific Central Judging Center Monthly Orchid Judging.  CANCELLED, FILOLI IS CLOSED UNTIL APRIL 7TH AT THIS TIME. Saturday, 9 am.  Fioli Visitor Center, 86 Canada Road, Woodside, CA 94062.  Meetings are the 3rd Saturday of the month. A series of monthly orchid judging and educational programming at Filoli's Visitor Center (access to the Gardens and Historic House has a seperate fee). View beautiful blooming orchids, learn about orchid care, and have Your Own Orchids Judged!  Bring your blooming plants by 9AM.  Stay to observe the judging, and stay for the Talk from a noted Orchid Speaker.  For more information, click on: http://www.paccentraljc.org/. Questions, contact Jim Heilig at heiligja@msu.edu. 

March 21, 2020   Napa Valley Orchid Society's 27th Annual Show & Sale "Buds & Blooms"        EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED (3/12/20) Saturday 10 am - 4 pm.   Napa Valley Senior Activity Center,  1500 Jefferson Street, Napa, CA 94559.  Free Admission.  Quality blooming orchids, a wide variety of orchids and other plants, Orchid supplies, Orchid care demonstrations and classes, Raffle.  For more info, call (707) 738-4128, or check out www.nv-os.org.