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Orchid Events of the San Francisco Bay Area (& Beyond) in a COVID-19 World

2020

December 1, 2020 San Francisco Orchid Society Monthly Meeting "Steve Frowine talking about Fragrant Orchids" RSVP ahead of time, to be able to get onto their Digital Online meeting (https://www.orchidsanfrancisco.org/monthly-meeting.html) .  Tuesday 6:30 pm They meet the 1st Tuesday of the month. 7pm Announcements & Show & Tell; 8pm Lecture begins; 8:45pm Opportunity Table Drawing. There will be local orchid news, Members' Orchid Plants Show and Tell, an interesting Orchid Lecturer and Slideshow or demonstration, and Door Prizes of Gift Cards worth about $20 to Tiny Jungle! For more information, www.orchidsanfrancisco.org; or www.facebook.com/SFOrchidSociety. 

December 5, 2020 Mariposa Gardens Cymbidium Holiday Orchid Sale, 8 Cymbidium 1 Gallons for $200 or $30 each! Saturday 9am - 3pm. 6664 South Street, Lakewood, CA 90713. Open to the public every Saturday 9am - 3pm. Come and enjoy Jeff's Free Homemade Cookies. 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 the last of the Tony Velardi's plantlets left. Open Houses generally are the 1st or 2nd Saturday of the month, January to April. They follow and enforce social distancing and CDC Covid19 Guidelines for the safety of our staff and customers, Masks are required, We will have only 10 people at a time in the orchid area, Please limit your group to buyers only, Please limit your time to 1 hour (so choose wisely). 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 Holiday Meeting They ask that you contact them & RSVP ahead of time, to be able to attend their digital online meeting. Friday 7:30 pm. 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, and free raffle tickets for orchids are drawn for Zoom attendees who stay until the end for the drawing! 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 Holiday Zoom Meeting Friday 7:00 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 12, 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 12, 2020 Mariposa Gardens Insiders Club Special Sale Open House Saturday 9am - 3pm. 6664 South Street, Lakewood, CA 90713. Saturday 9am - 3pm. 6664 South Street, Lakewood, CA 90713. Open to the public every Saturday 9am - 3pm. 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 the last of the Tony Velardi's plantlets left. Open Houses generally are the 1st or 2nd Saturday of the month, January to April. They follow and enforce social distancing and CDC Covid19 Guidelines for the safety of our staff and customers, Masks are required, We will have only 10 people at a time in the orchid area, Please limit your group to buyers only, Please limit your time to 1 hour (so choose wisely). 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 16, 2020 Golden Gate Cymbidium Society Holiday Online Ugly Christmas Sweater Party Meeting Wednesday at 7:00 pm. Club Members will have received their digital IDs & passwords and ID in their emails 2 days and just before the meeting starts. If you wish to join, but are NOT a member, please email your name, phone number & email address to goldengatecymbidiumsociety@yahoo.com. Wednesday, 7:00 pm. In December, they meet on the 3rd Wednesday of the month to avoid holiday conflicts. Monthly meeting with a Show and Tell of lovely orchids, interesting orchid Lecturer and slideshow, AND with door prizes of orchid plants for Club Members who stay 'till the end of the meeting! For more speaker info, see their Next Meeting Page of their website at www.GoldenGateCymbidiumSociety.com, or their Facebook page at Gold GateCymbidiumSociety. #cymbidiums #orchids #flowers #Oakland #SFBayArea #growingbetter #mastergardeners #gardening #orchid lecture #orchid class #orchidraffle.

December 18, 2020 Gold Coast Cymbidium Society & Peninsula Orchid Society Joint Online Meeting Friday, 7 PM. Members will receive email notices with the digital Online ID information and passcode. Meetings are the 3rd Friday of the Month. Monthly meeting with a Show and Tell of member's currently in bloom orchids, an interesting orchid Lecturer and slideshow, and door prizes from an Opportunity Table of plants! For more speaker info, see the Next Meeting Page at their New Website at www.GoldCoastCymbidiumSociety.org, or their Facebook Page. #orchids #flowers #cymbidiums #SFBayArea #San Mateo #growingbetter #mastergardeners #orchidlecturer #orchidclass

December TBD (21, 2019) American Orchid Society’s Pacific Central Judging Center Monthly Orchid Judging. NOT MEETING AT THIS TIME 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 5, 2021 San Francisco Orchid Society Monthly Meeting RSVP ahead of time, to be able to get onto their Zoom digital online meeting (https://www.orchidsanfrancisco.org/monthly-meeting.html) .  Tuesday 6:30 pm They meet the 1st Tuesday of the month. 7pm Announcements & Show & Tell; 8pm Lecture begins; 8:45pm Opportunity Table Drawing. There will be local orchid news, Members' Orchid Plants Show and Tell, an interesting Orchid Lecturer and Slideshow or demonstration, and Door Prizes of Gift Cards worth about $20 to Tiny Jungle! For more ino, 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. Usually the 1st Saturday of the month. 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 of Santy Orchids is often there, 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 www.facebook.com/MariposaGardenOrchids/. Or www.SantyOrchids.com.

January 8, 2021 Malihini Orchid Society Holiday Meeting They ask that you contact them & RSVP ahead of time, to be able to attend their digital online meeting. Friday 7:30 pm. 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, and free raffle tickets for orchids are drawn for Zoom attendees who stay until the end for the drawing! 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 Member's Holiday Zoom Meeting Friday 7:00 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 

January 15, 2021 Gold Coast Cymbidium Society Monthly Meeting Friday, 7:00 PM. Members will have receive email notices with the digital Online ID information and passcode. Non-Members & interested new members can ask to attend meetings by clicking at the bottom of http://www.goldcoastcymbidiumsociety.org/next-meeting.html. Meetings are the 3rd Friday of the Month. Monthly meeting with a Show and Tell of member's currently in bloom orchids, an interesting Orchid Lecturer and slideshow, and orchid door prizes can be won ! For more speaker info, see the Next Meeting Page at their New Website at www.GoldCoastCymbidiumSociety.Org, or their Facebook Page. #orchids #flowers #cymbidiums #SFBayArea #San Mateo #growingbetter #mastergardeners #orchidlecturer #orchidclass

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! https://sites.google.com/site/paphiopedilumguild/.

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 27, 2021 Golden Gate Cymbidium Society New Year Online Meeting Wednesday at 7:00 pm. Club Members will have received their digital IDs & passwords and ID in their emails 2 days and just before the meeting starts. If you wish to join, but are NOT a member, please email your name, phone number & email address to goldengatecymbidiumsociety@yahoo.com. Wednesday, 7:00 pm. In December, they meet on the 3rd Wednesday of the month to avoid holiday conflicts. Monthly meeting with a Show and Tell of lovely orchids, interesting orchid Lecturer and slideshow, AND with door prizes of orchid plants for Club Members who stay 'till the end of the meeting! For more speaker info, see their Next Meeting Page of their website at www.GoldenGateCymbidiumSociety.com, or their Facebook page at Gold GateCymbidiumSociety. #cymbidiums #orchids #flowers #Oakland #SFBayArea #growingbetter #mastergardeners #gardening #orchid lecture #orchid class #orchidraffle.

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 , 2020 The Gold Coast Cymbidium Society 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 their New Website: www.GoldCoastCymbidiumSociety.org. #Auction #orchids #cymbidiums #orchidauction #sfbayarea #sanmateo #mastergardeners #gardening #growgrowgrow #orchiddeals

 February 21, 2020 Gold Coast Cymbidium Society 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.GoldCoastCymbidiumSociety.org, or see them on . #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 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.

March 25, 2020 Golden Gate Cymbidium Society Meeting CANCELLED AS THE CITY OF OAKLAND HAS CLOSED ALL PUBLIC BUILDINGS 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, intereresting orchid Lecturer, members snacks and usually a Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants! At the March meeting, Carol Klonowski will be speaking about "Cool Cymbidium Companions, the Australian Dendrobiums - kingianums, delicatums & speciosums". Click on the Next Meeting Page to see more information at www.GoldenGateCymbidiumSociety.com. Please Like Us on www.facebook.com/GoldGateCymbidiumSociety ! 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). #flowers #orchids #cymbidiums #sfbayarea #oakland #mastergardeners #gardening #growgrowgrow #orchidslideshow

March 27, 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! Check out their upcoming meetings at their website, www.penorchidsoc.org/, or at Facebook. #San Mateo #Orchids #Lecture #Orchids to Buy

March TBD (27 - 29, 2020) Santa Clara Valley Orchid Society 69th Annual Show & Sale Friday, Sales: 11am - 9pm. Show & Sales: Saturday 10am - 9pm, Sunday 11am - 5 pm. Westgate Shopping Mall, 1600 Saratoga Avenue (at Prospect Avenue), San Jose. Free Admission and Parking. Check them out at www.santaclaravalleyorchidsociety.org/ or their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/Santa-Clara-Valley-Orchid-Society-179637966053/.

March TBD (28, 2020) Sacramento Valley Cymbidium Society 16th Annual Show & Sale Saturday 10 am - 4 pm, Shepard Garden & Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Park Blvd. Sacramento CA 95816. See cymbidium orchid exhibits , Buy orchid plants, growing supplies, Repotting demonstrations, and Repotting Services for a Fee. FREE ADMISSION AND FREE PARKING! For more info, see www.facebook.com/sacramentocymbidiums.

March TBD (29 - 31, 2019) San Joaquin Orchid Society Orchid Fest Friday - Saturday 10am - 9pm, Sunday 11am - 5pm. Sherwood Mall, 5308 Pacific Ave., Stockton, CA. Orchid Judging, Sales, Repotting Demonstrations. For more info, contact Patty Reece, 209.931.3081-, or patty@mynewyorkdiamons.com. Their website is at www.sanjoaquinorchidsociety.org, info@sanjoaquinorchidsociety.org, or check www.facebook.com/SanJoaquinOrchidSociety/ . Contact them directly to find out if this event is still on track before driving out there.

March TBD (28 - 29, 2020) Sonoma County Orchid Society Show & Sale Saturday 10am - 5pm, Sunday 10am - 4pm. Veteran's Building, 1352 Maple Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA. Admission $10. A weekend full of fun, education and beautiful blooming orchids to admire, photograph and purchase! A great event for the whole family! Featuring: many orchid plant vendors, free orchid plant raffle, cultural demonstrations, and many more! They have many events scheduled such as: "Grow and Rebloom Your Orchids", "Repotting Cymbidiums", "Growing Orchids in your Backyard in the Bay Area", and more! For ore info, click on http://sonomaorchids.com/?page_id=5629. Their website www.sonomaorchids.com. 

April 4, 2020  California Orchids Sale Saturday, 9 am - 4 pm. Bolinas. Rain or Shine, they have an indoor area where their orchids are! Lots of Orchids, in and out of flower, many sizes, in pots and on branches, hanging Tillandsias, Rhipsalis, gorgeous Bird's Nest and Maidenhair ferns. Everything you need to grow your orchid collection, or the advice you need to start a new one! Call Mary Nisbet directly for more information (415) 868-0203-, and fill out their online form for directions to gt to their greenhouse in Bolinas, www.CaliforniaOrchids.com.

April 4, 2020 Mariposa Gardens Season Sale 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, www.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. His 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 on Facebook at www.facebook.com/MariposaGardenOrchids/.

April TBD (4 - 5, 2020) Golden Gate Cymbidium Society Orchid Show & Sale Saturday 9am - 4pm, and Sunday 10am - 4pm. Lakeside Garden Center, 666 Bellevue Avenue, Oakland. Free Admission. Beautiful Cymbidiums and Lovely Orchid Displays, best that can be seen here in Northern California! Great chance to buy from some great orchid vendors!! Purchase Fantastic Cymbidium orchids from Members and Vendors; and plants from the prized Collection of Asuka Orchids special Den. kingianum orchid Sales! Raffle Prizes. Classes like "Learn How to Repot Your Overgrown Orchid"! Details on their Annual Orchid Show page or their Facebook Page at www.facebook.com/GoldenGateCymbidiumSociety/.

April TBD (4 - 5, 2020) Santa Cruz Orchid Society Show & Sale, co-Sponsored by the Cabrillo Horticulture Saturday 9 am - 5 pm, Sunday 10 am - 4 pm, Cabrillo College, Horticulture Center, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos, CA 95003. They will be holding their Annual Show and Sale this weekend. Great place to buy rare and unusual orchids of all kinds of species. Demonstrations and classes on repotting your plants and how to take care of your orchids! Great people who can give advice. Admission $3; Students with ID, and Childrne under 12 Free. For more info, click on www.SantaCruzOrchidSociety.org, www.facebook.com/Santa-Cruz-Orchid-Society-317014525104872. #santa cruz #orchids #lecture #beach gardening

April TBD (3 - 5, 2020) 25th Annual Central Coast Orchid Show & Sale "Hi Ho Silver / Celebrating 25 Years", sponsored by the Five Cities Orchid Society Friday Orchid Show Preview Benefit for WelcomeHomeMilitaryHeroes.org, 6:30 - 9 pm; Saturday 9 am - 5 pm, Sunday 10 am - 4 pm. South County Regional Center, 800 W. Branch Street, Arroyo Grande, CA. Friday Night Special Preview event tickets are $35, to purchase tickets, call 805.489.0683 or 805.242.0536. Admission $6; Students with ID, and Childrne under 12 Free. For more info, click www.FCOS.org.

April 7, 2020 San Francisco Orchid Society Monthly Meeting Tuesday 6:30 pm, They will hold a Virtual Meeting by Zoom Video Conferencing - Instructions for Online Attendance will be added to their website on the Day on the day of the Attendance. In person meetings are currently suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic response - they will host virtual video conferences instead. AOS Judging is also temprorarily suspended until in person venues are available.

The SFOS usually holds their meetings on the First Tuesday evening of the Month at 6:30pm. 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 info, see their website at www.orchidsanfrancisco.org; or www.facebook.com/SFOrchidSociety/ .

April TBD (10, 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., look behind the AT&T Building. 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

April 10, 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 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 

April 15 - 19, 2020 "20/20 Vision of Orchids" Show and Sale. The 2020 Spring Members Meeting. April 15th - April 19th, 10 am to 4pm. It is just around the corner! The Spring AOS Members Meeting will be hosted by the California Sierra Nevada Judging Center, and will feature the 20/20 Vision of Orchids Show and Sale. An exclusive Members Meeting Preview Party, a silent auction, and pre-sales will be held on Thursday evening and are included with your registration. Other activties include: AOS Judging, the Meeting of the Members, elections, and our always exciting semi-annual auction. Additionally, the meeting will host a fantastic group of speakers, featuring Scott Barrie from Kulnura, Australia, World renown for his orchid work, speaking on "The Latest in Sarcochilis". See the News and Events pages on www.aos.org.

April 17, 2020 Gold Coast Cymbidium Growers "Volunteers Come and Help Show & Sale Set-Up" Friday, 12 Noon. Community Activities Building, 1400 Roosevelt Avenue, Redwood City, CA. We need as many members to help volunteer to set up benches, lights, plants and displays, tonight AND the weekend. Your help is MUCH appreciated !  http://www.goldcoastcymbidiumgrowers.com/orchid_show__sale .

April 18 - 19, 2020 Annual Gold Coast Cymbidium Society Show and Sale 10 am to 4pm. Redwood City Community Activities Building, 1400 Roosevelt Avenue, Redwood City, CA. Free Parking, Admission $5, Children under 12 years Free. The MOST Beautiful Cymbidiums & Extensive Orchid Displays that can be seen in Northern California! Fantastic Orchid Plant Purchases! Super Raffle Prizes. Classes like "Learn How to Repot Your Overgrown Orchid", and many more! See details on the Annual Orchid Show website page, www.GoldCoastCymbidiumSociety.org, or see their Facebook page,

April 18, 2020 American Orchid Society’s Pacific Central Judging Center Monthly Orchid Judging. Saturday, 9 am. On this day, it will be held at the Gold Coast Cymbidium Growers Show and Sale, Redwood City Community Activities Building, 1400 Roosevelt Avenue, Redwood City, CA. Meetings are usually the 2nd Saturday of the month, January - April. Thereafter, 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 has 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. For more information, click on: http://www.paccentraljc.org/. Questions, contact Jim Heilig at heiligja@msu.edu.

April 20, 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/.

April 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 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.GoldenGateCymbidiumSociety.com, or Facebook at GoldGateCymbidiumSociety. 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 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). #flowers #orchids #cymbidiums #sfbayarea #oakland #mastergardeners #gardening #growgrowgrow #orchidlecture

April 24, 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! Check out their upcoming meetings at their website, www.penorchidsoc.org/, or at Facebook. #San Mateo #Orchids #Lecture #Orchids to Buy .

May 2 - 3, 2020 D & D Flowers' And Tiny Jungle's Open House & Plant Sale Saturday - Sunday 9am - 3pm 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 Spring Open House is usually the 1st weekend in May. 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 to call him at (925) 683.3609-.

May 5, 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 first Tuesday evening 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! For more information, see their website at www.orchidsanfrancisco.org; or www.facebook.com/SFOrchidSociety/ . Go to their website / Facebook page, and contact them directly to find out if this event is still on track before driving out there.

May 8, 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, 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

May 8, 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! Check their website at www.SantaCruzOrchidSociety.org, or see their Facebook at www.facebook.com/Santa-Cruz-Orchid-Society-317014525104872. #santa cruz #orchids #lecture #beach gardening

May 9 - 10, 2020 Orchid Society of California Mother's Day Show and Sale Sat & Sun 10 AM - 5 PM, Lakeside Garden Center, 666 Bellevue Dr, Lake Merritt, Oakland. Should be a gorgeous Spring Day to take Mom out for a Day for Orchids. Display of all sorts of incredible Species and hybrids! Orchid Sales! Plant Raffles, a great way to get started in orchids. Cultural Classes on repotting and orchid re-growing! FREE ADMISSION! Click on www.OrchidSocietyOfCA.org. #orchidshow #orchidsale #sfbayarea #oakland #mastergardeners #gardening #growgrowgrow #buyorchids

May 15, 2020 Gold Coast Cymbidium Society, Inc. - Last Meeting for the Cymbidium Season, Speaker and Potluck Dinner! Friday, 5:30 PM. San Mateo Garden Center, 605 Parkside Way, San Mateo, CA. Members will be celebrating a very successful Orchid Show and Sale with an awesome Member Potluck Dinner, and Bill Weaver will be speaking! See the Next Meeting Page. If you are interested in cymbidiums, don't be shy, come anyway, bring a dish to share with 6 - 8 people, meet some interesting people, and maybe you'll have had enough to drink, that you'll sign up and JOIN AS A MEMBER !! For more more info, see them on Facebook, or www.GoldCoastCymbidiumSociety.org. #orchids #flowers #cymbidiums #SFBayArea #SanMateo #orchidfriends

May 16, 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. 

May 27, 2020 Golden Gate Cymbidium AUCTION & Summer Potluck Dinner! 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 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 #Buy Orchids

May 30 - 31, 2020 Sacramento Orchid Society 73rd Annual Show & Sale "Summer Orchid Samba" 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 TBD (12, 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, 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 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 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 19 - 21, 2020 Andy's Orchids Summer Open House Advertised as Open, but 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 20, 2020 Casa de las Orquideas 2020 Seedling Sale! Saturday 9 AM- 4 PM. 170 South Nardo Ave. Solana Beach, CA 92075. "Selected 3" seedlings from LB 2052 to LB 2102 at $2! Selected 6" seedlings from LB 1920 to LB 1932 at $5! Sales tax is not included in these prices. Last chance to get selected 3" and 6" meristems! Exact plants to be named on site. Please note that there will be no restroom facilities available and that masks or other facial coverings will be required. Please also practice social distancing; and stay home if you're feeling sick! 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-.

June 20, 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). Have Your Own Orchids judged, hear how other orchids are judged, and listen to an interesting orchid lecture! See http://www.paccentraljc.org/. Questions, Jim Heilig, heiligja@msu.edu.

June 26, 2020 Peninsula Orchid Society Monthly Meeting "Chaunie Langland" Barkerias" To enter their Zoom meeting, you must email your address to request a meeting Zoom link. Friday, 7:30 pm, DO NOT DRIVE to San Mateo Garden Center, 605 Parkside Way, San Mateo CA. POS meets the 4th Friday of the month, meetings starting at 7:30pm. There will be Members' Orchid Plants Show and Tell, interesting Orchid Lecturer and Slideshow, and may have a Raffle of some 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 #Lecture #gardening #master gardeners

July 1, 2020 Santa Clara Valley Orchid Society Monthly Meeting " " To enter their Zoom meeting, you must contact them at least 48 hours ahead to secure an email andemail your address to request a meeting Zoom link. Wednesday 7 PM. 11540 Minnesota Avenue, San Jose, CA 95125. SCVOS meets the 1st Wednesday evening of the month. There will be Members' Orchid Plants Show and Tell, interesting Orchid Lecturer and Slideshow, and may have a Raffle of some of the speaker's nursery's of plants! Check out their upcoming meetings at their website at www.santaclaravalleyorchidsociety.org, or find them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Santa-Clara-Valley-Orchid-Society-179637966053/ Facebook. #San Clara Valley Orchid Society #Orchids #Lecture #gardening #master gardeners or more info contact Ed Nazzal at paphman@gmail.com.

July 7, 2020 San Francisco Orchid Society Monthly Meeting "Mary Mancini: Leafless Orchids" You must RSVP ahead of time on their website to go into their digital online Meeting. Tuesday 6:30 pm, DO NOT DRIVE to The San Francisco County Fair Building "Hall of Flowers", 9th Ave. at Lncoln Way, San Francisco. SFOS Meets the first Tuesday Evening 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 or demonstration, and maybe a Raffle of the speaker's nursery's of plants! For more information, see their website at www.orchidsanfrancisco.org; or www.facebook.com/SFOrchidSociety/ . #San Francisco #Orchids #Lecture #gardening #master gardeners

July 10 - 12, 2020 Santa Barbara Orchid Estate Summer Open House CANCELLED. 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 (7 - 9, 2019) Cal-Orchid's Summer Hummer Open House  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 10, 2020 Malihini Orchid Society Meeting "Weegie Caughlan: 2019 Orchid Societies Council of Victoria (OSCOV) Australian Orchids of the Year with Photos of the Contenders and Final Winners (All Genera). You must be a registered member with an account and a password to register for their digital online Meeting. Friday, Setup starts at 7pm, Meeting starts at 7:30pm. 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 and may have a Raffle table of the speaker's nursery plants! See www.Malihini.org, or Facebook at www.facebook.com/ORCHIDinSANJOSE. #flowers #orchids #sanjose #mastergardeners #sfbayarea #gardening #growgrowgrow #orchidlecture

July 9, 2021 Santa Cruz Orchid Society Meeting To enter their Zoom meeting, you must email your address to request a meeting Zoom link and password. Friday 7:00 pm. Meetings are normally 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 email info@santacruzorchidsociety.org for more information, or Facebook at www.facebook.com/Santa-Cruz-Orchid-Society-317014525104872. #santa cruz #orchids #lecture #beach gardening

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 18, 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 partnership establishes a series of monthly orchid judging and educational programming at Filoli. View beautiful blooming orchids, learn about orchid care, and have your 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

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. 2019 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.

July 24, 2020 Peninsula Orchid Society Monthly Meeting To enter their Zoom meeting, you must email your address to request a meeting Zoom link and password. Friday, 7:30 pm, DO NOT DRIVE to San Mateo Garden Center, 605 Parkside Way, San Mateo CA. POS meets the 4th Friday of the month, meetings starting at 7:30pm. There will be Members' Orchid Plants Show and Tell, interesting Orchid Lecturer and Slideshow, and may have a Raffle of some 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 #Lecture #gardening #master gardeners

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, 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/ . #San Francisco #Orchids #Orchids to Buy

August 4, 2020 San Francisco Orchid Society Monthly Meeting "Tom Mirenda’s Africa Adventure" Go to their website to RSVP ahead of time (https://www.orchidsanfrancisco.org/monthly-meeting.html), to be able to get onto their Zoom digital online meeting. Tuesday 7:00 pm. They meet the First Tuesday of the 7pm Announcements and Members' Show & Tell of Plants; 8 pm Guest Lecturer Meeting starts; 8:45 pm "Opportunity Table" - chance to win Opportunity to get a plant (worth $20) Their speaker this month is Tom Mirenda. For more information, see their website at www.orchidsanfrancisco.org, or www.facebook.com/SFOrchidSociety/ .

August 5, 2020 Santa Clara Valley Orchid Society Monthly Meeting "Minature Vandaceous Orchids for Outdoor Growing" To attend their digital online meeting, please contact them at least 48 hours ahead to secure a Zoom link account and password. Wednesday 7 PM. Meetings are the First Wednesday of the month. There will be Members' Orchid Plants Show and Tell, interesting Orchid Lecturer and Slideshow, and may have a Raffle of some of the speaker's nursery's of plants! Check out their upcoming meetings at their website at www.santaclaravalleyorchidsociety.org, or find them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Santa-Clara-Valley-Orchid-Society-179637966053/ Facebook. For more info, contact Ed Nazzal at paphman@gmail.com . #Santa Clara Valley Orchid Society #Orchids #Lecture #gardening #master gardeners

August 14, 2020 Santa Cruz Orchid Society Meeting  They ask that you contact them & RSVP ahead of time, to be able to attend their digital online meeting. Friday 7:00 pm. Meetings are normally the 2nd Friday evening of the month. There will be an Orchid Plants Show and Tell, maybe and interesting Orchid Lecturer and Slideshow or demonstration, or 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 email info@santacruzorchidsociety.org for more information, or Facebook at www.facebook.com/Santa-Cruz-Orchid-Society-317014525104872. #Santa Cruz #orchids #lecture #beach gardening

August 14, 2020 Malihini Orchid Society Meeting They ask that you contact them & RSVP ahead of time, to be able to attend their digital online meeting. Friday 7pm. Meetings are normally the 2nd Friday evening of the month. Monthly Online meeting with a Show and Tell of members' blooming orchids, any news, an interesting orchid Speaker and slideshow, and may have a Raffle table of the speaker's nursery plants! See www.Malihini.org, or their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ORCHIDinSANJOSE. #flowers #orchids #sanjose #mastergardeners #sfbayarea #gardening #growgrowgrow #orchidlecture

August 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 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 15 to September 30, 2020 Orchid Design Summer Sale Orchids for amateur and advance growers! Exotic & fragrant orchids; Rare Species and Hybrids; Hot to Cool growing Orchids; https://orchidesign.myshopify.com/; Phone order: (408) 476-715; or email services@orchidesign.com.

August 28, 2020 Peninsula Orchid Society Monthly Meeting "Fragrant Phalenopsis and Phalenopsis Culture". Members have the Zoom link in an email, but Visitors are welcome to attend - just go to https://penorchidsoc.org, look for the link on the right hand side under the Next Meeting, & send your email to them. Friday, 7pm, They meet the 4th Friday of the month. There will be Members' Orchid Plants Show and Tell, interesting Orchid Lecturer and Slideshow, and may have a Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants! For more info, click on their website at www.penorchidsoc.org or find them on Facebook. #San Mateo #Orchids #Lecture #Orchids to Buy # Orchid Growing

September 1, 2020 San Francisco Orchid Society Monthly Meeting, Conservation of the "Ram's Head Orchid", Cypripedium arietinum. Tuesday 7:00 pm. They meet the 1st Tuesday of the month.  Register at their website to RSVP ahead of time at (https://www.orchidsanfrancisco.org/monthly-meeting.html), to be able to attend their Zoom digital online meeting. For more info, see their website at www.orchidsanfrancisco.orgwww.facebook.com/SFOrchidSociety/. #San Francisco #Orchids #Lecture #Orchids to Buy # Orchid Growing

September 2, 2020 Santa Clara Valley Orchid Society Monthly Meeting "Mary Bui-Pham on AOS Judging" To attend their digital online meeting, please contact them at least 48 hours ahead to secure a Zoom link account and password.  Wednesday 7 PM. Meetings are the First Wednesday of the month. There will be Members' Orchid Plants Show and Tell, interesting Orchid Lecturer and Slideshow, and may have a Raffle of some of the speaker's nursery's of plants! To contact them, their website is http://www.santaclaravalleyorchidsociety.org/; or Facebook page is more active at: https://www.facebook.com/Santa-Clara-Valley-Orchid-Society-179637966053/. Also, you can contact Sandy Fox at foxsandi@yahoo.com; or Ed Nazzal at paphman@gmail.com. #Santa Clara Valley Orchid Society #Orchids #Lecture #gardening #master gardeners

September TBD (__, 2020) California Orchids Fall Sale is probably Postponed as the info for their Spring Postponement is still on their site. Saturday, 9 am - 4 pm. Bolinas. Call Mary Nisbet directly to find the latest dates for their sales events (

September 11, 2020 Malihini Orchid Society Meeting They ask that you contact them & RSVP ahead of time, to be able to attend their digital online meeting. Friday 7pm. Meetings are normally the 2nd Friday evening of the month. See www.Malihini.org, or Facebook at www.facebook.com/ORCHIDinSANJOSE. #flowers #orchids #sanjose #mastergardeners #sfbayarea #gardening #growgrowgrow #orchidlecture

September 11, 2020 Santa Cruz Orchid Society Meeting  They ask that you contact them & RSVP ahead of time, to be able to attend their digital online meeting. Friday 7:00 pm. Meetings are normally the 2nd Friday evening of the month. There will be an Orchid Plants Show and Tell, maybe an interesting Orchid Lecturer and Slideshow or demonstration, or 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 email info@santacruzorchidsociety.org for more information, or Facebook at www.facebook.com/Santa-Cruz-Orchid-Society-317014525104872. #Santa Cruz #Beach orchids415) 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 15 - 26, 2020 Diablo Views Orchid Society Silent Orchid Auction This fundraiser is an event where healthy plants will be auctioned off for the benefit of the Diablo Views Orchid Society. Download and read their September newsletter, at their website www.dvos.org for more details. Or stay in touch of their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/1688682468073346/.

September 18, 2020 Gold Coast Cymbidium SOCIETY - First Meeting of the Cymbidium Growing Season will be a ZOOM Meeting! Members will have access, but visitors will be welcome in this COVID-19 craziness! Stay Tuned For Access Info. Friday, 7:30 PM, 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. Monthly meeting with a Show and Tell of lovely cymbidiums and other orchids, interesting orchid Lecturer and slideshow. 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.

September 18 - 20, 2020 Andy's Orchids Fall Open House Sale Friday - Sunday 10 am-4 pm, 734 Ocean View Avenue, Encinitas, CA 92024. Rare & exotic mounted & potted orchids, Over 7,000 + plants to choose from; Andy normally gives a discount to local Bay Area Orchid Societies. Call (760) 436-4239. AndysOrchids.com .

September TBD (19, 2020) American Orchid Society’s Pacific Central Judging Center Monthly Orchid Judging. Unknown if this will happen. Saturday, 9 am. Fioli Visitor Center, 86 Canada Road, Woodside,CA 94062. Meetings are the 3rd Saturday of the month. This 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

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 will be a ZOOM Meeting!  Wednesday, 7:30pm, This will be the first of a series of a set of Zoom Digital Meetings on the subject of cymbidiums and other cool growing orchids. We meet on the 4th Wednesday of the Month. Monthly meeting with a Show and Tell of lovely cymbidiums and other orchids, interesting orchid Lecturer and slideshow, perhaps a Raffle table of great plants! For more speaker info, see their Next Meeting Page of their website at www.GoldenGateCymbidiumSociety.com, or their Facebook page at GoldGateCymbidiumSociety. #orchids #flowers #cymbidiums #SFBayArea #Oakland #growingbetter #mastergardeners #gardening #orchidlecture #orchidclass #orchidraffle.

September 25, 2020 Peninsula Orchid Society Monthly Meeting "Australian Dendrobiums". Go to their website to RSVP ahead of time, to be able to get onto their Zoom digital online meeting. Friday, 7pm, They meet the 4th Friday of the month. Members have the Zoom link in an email, but Visitors are welcome to attend - just go to https://penorchidsoc.org, look for the link on the right hand side under the Next Meeting, & send your email to them. Friday, 7pm, They meet the 4th Friday of the month. There will be Members' Orchid Plants Show and Tell, interesting Orchid Lecturer and Slideshow, and may have a Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants! For more info, click on their website at www.penorchidsoc.org or find them on Facebook. #San Mateo #Orchids #Lecture #Orchids to Buy # Orchid Growing

September 26, 2020 Diablo Views Orchid Society Silent Orchid Auction -FINAL DAY This fundraiser is an event where healthy plants will be auctioned off for the benefit of the Diablo Views Orchid Society. Download and read their September newsletter, at their website www.dvos.org for more details. Or stay in touch of their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/1688682468073346/. 

October 6, 2020 San Francisco Orchid Society Monthly Meeting "Deflasking Orchids" RSVP ahead of time, to be able to get onto their Zoom digital online meeting (https://www.orchidsanfrancisco.org/monthly-meeting.html) .  Tuesday 6:30 pm They meet the 1st Tuesday of the month. 7pm Announcements & Show & Tell; 8pm Lecture begins; 8:45pm Opportunity Table Drawing. There will be local orchid news, Members' Orchid Plants Show and Tell, an interesting Orchid Lecturer and Slideshow or demonstration, a Credit Gift Card worth about $20 to Tiny Jungle! For more information, see their website www.orchidsanfrancisco.org; or www.facebook.com/SFOrchidSociety.

October 9, 2020 Malihini Orchid Society Meeting "Chaunie Langland on Judging Barkerias" They ask that you contact them & RSVP ahead of time, to be able to attend their digital online meeting. Friday 7pm. 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, and free raffle tickets for orchids are drawn for Zoom attendees who stay until the end for the drawing! See www.Malihini.org, or Facebook at www.facebook.com/ORCHIDinSANJOSE. #flowers #orchids #sanjose #mastergardeners #sfbayarea #gardening #growgrowgrow #orchidlecture.

October 9, 2020 Santa Cruz Orchid Society Monthly Meeting "Andy Cameron on Sarcochilis Species, Hybrids & Internationally" Members are emailed the confidential Digital Meeting ID and password a few days ahead. Friday 7:30 pm, The SCOS meets the 2nd Friday evening of the month. There will be members' orchid plants Show and Tell, perhaps an interesting Orchid Lecturer and Slideshow or demonstration, maybe more surprises! 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

October 1 - 18, 2020 San Francisco Orchid Society Member Online Plant Sale So may societies now have had to turn to selling their plants by online sales or auction, and the SFOS always does it with Flair! Sales started 10/1, and continue until 10/18. Plants can be picked up at Shelldance Orchids in Pacifica, masks and gloves recommended. The SFOS is seeking volunteers to help pick up plants, so if you would like to help out, emaor Plant details go to their website at www.orchidsanfrancisco.org; or their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/SFOrchidSociety/ .

October 16, 2020 Gold Coast Cymbidium Society Monthly Meeting "Orchid Viruses: Introduction and Practical Aspects of Virus Testing with Dr, Kay Klausing". Friday, 7:15 PM. Society Members will receive email notices with the digital Online ID information and passcode. Meetings are the 3rd Friday of the Month. Monthly meeting with a Show and Tell of member's currently in bloom orchids, an interesting orchid Lecturer and slideshow, and door prizes from an Opportunity Table of plants! For more speaker info, see the Next Meeting Page at their New Website at www.GoldCoastCymbidiumSociety.org, or their Facebook Page. #orchids #flowers #cymbidiums #SFBayArea #San Mateo #growingbetter #mastergardeners #orchidlecturer #orchidclass #orchidraffle.

October 16 - 22, 2020 The American Orchid Society 2020 Fall Virtual Silent Auction  The virtual auction is a new event, part of our upcoming Virtual Fall Members meeting that promises to be exciting and fun! It will be held using the Betterworld platform at https://AOS.betterworld.Org/Auctions/2020. They will have a multitude of orchids & orchid-themed gifts, along with other great items to bid on, just for you! Proceeds will benefit their key projects that support their education, conservation, and research endeavors. Updates, Details and instructions will be posted on their website at www.aos.org/news-and-events/members-meetings.aspx , as well as in their social media at www.facebook.com/AmericanOrchidSociety. They will also be emailed to members prior to the event. Remember: Bidding opens October 16 at 8:00 a.m. EDT and close on October 22, at 6:00 p.m. EDT.

October 17 - 24, 2020 Peninsula Orchid Society Online Orchid Auction "2020 Style". The auction committee will begin posting the orchid entries on the auction site, beginning October 1. Bidding will open on October 17. Bidders will receive a text or email, when they have been outbid. They then have the option to increase their bid. You will need to first Register online at https://www.charityauctionstoday.com/auctions/Peninsula-Orchid-SocietyOnline-Orchid-Auction-14530, your credit card information will be required to bid, but you can register and see the offerings without entering your credit card information. For more details as a seller or buyer, read their newsletters first on their website at https://penorchidsoc.org, or find them on Facebook. #orchids #auction #flowers #SFBayArea #mastergardeners

October TBD (18–20, 2019) The Huntington Botanical Gardens Annual International Orchid Show & Sale NO NOTICE HAS BEEN SEEN ON THEIR WEBSITES OR FACEBOOK THAT THIS EVENT WILL BE HAPPENING. 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 NO NOTICE HAS BEEN SEEN THAT THIS EVENT WILL BE HAPPENING.  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, 2020 Peninsula Orchid Society Monthly Meeting "Orchid Road Trip in Brazil" by Jody Cutajar of Australia. Go to their website to RSVP ahead of time, to be able to get onto their Zoom digital online meeting. Friday, 7pm, They meet the 4th Friday of the month. Members have the Zoom link in an email, but Visitors are welcome to attend - just go to https://penorchidsoc.org, look for the link on the right hand side under the Next Meeting, & send your email to them. Friday, 7pm, They meet the 4th Friday of the month. There will be Members' Orchid Plants Show and Tell, interesting Orchid Lecturer and Slideshow, and may have a Raffle table of the speaker's nursery's of plants! For more info, click on their website at www.penorchidsoc.org or find them on Facebook. #San Mateo #Orchids #Lecture #Orchids to Buy # Orchid Growing Oc

October 24, 2020 The AOS 2020 Fall Members Meeting & Silent Auction is Going Virtual (Online) They’ve made the decision to transition the 2020 Fall Members Meeting to a fully virtual event. The Silent Auction and the Board of Trustees Planning Session precedes this day. AOS Committee Meetings will be held at various times prior to the Members Meeting. If you'd like to attend one or more of these, kindly contact the Committee directly for details, https://www.aos.org/about-us/committees.aspx. Current AOS members will also receive an email notification and coordinates to attend the Meeting of the Members, aka Virtual Town Hall. Keep an eye out for it! There will be no charge to attend this event. For full Details and instructions, go to their website at www.aos.org/news-and-events/members-meetings.aspx, as well as in their social media at www.facebook.com/AmericanOrchidSociety. Or register at https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6917279848439975695 .

October 28, 2020 Golden Gate Cymbidium Society Monthly Meeting "Pesticides: Killing What's Killing Your Orchids" by Bill Weaver Club members will have received their digital IDs & passwords and ID in their emails 2 days and just before the meeting starts; or email goldengatecymbidiumsociety@yahoo.com if you would like to attend this digital meeting Wednesday, 7:30pm. They meet on the 4th Wednesday of the Month. Monthly meeting with a Show and Tell of lovely cymbidiums and other orchids, interesting orchid Lecturer and slideshow, AND this time with door prizes of orchid plants for Club Members who stay 'till the end of the meeting! For more speaker info, see their Next Meeting Page of their website at www.GoldenGateCymbidiumSociety.com, or their Facebook page at Gold GateCymbidiumSociety. #orchids #flowers #cymbidiums #SFBayArea #Oakland #growingbetter #mastergardeners #gardening #orchidlecture #orchidclass #orchid door prizes.

October 31, 2020 Orchid Digest Magazine International Speakers Day Saturday 12:30-5 pm EDT. All the Speakers will be Live via a Webinar, A Virtual Experience. Speakers will have shows on "My 10 Favorite Afican Orchids", "Orchids in Nature in Colombia", "Orchids as Guides to the Conservation of Unique Biodiversity", and "Beautiful Brazilian Mountains (and the Orchids that Grow There)". $30 Registration fee, All registrants will be entered in a raffle for prizes donated by their sponsors, and for memberships/renewals to the Orchid Digest Magazine. Brochure information can be found here: http://penorchidsoc.org/images/OD2020.pdf . To register for the event: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/9204476238212594445 .

November 3, 2020 San Francisco Orchid Society Monthly Meeting "John Russell McCallen speaks On Going the Distance: Successfully Relocating Your Orchid Collection". RSVP ahead of time, to be able to get onto their Zoom digital online meeting (https://www.orchidsanfrancisco.org/monthly-meeting.html) .  Tuesday 6:30 pm They meet the 1st Tuesday of the month. 7pm Announcements & Show & Tell; 8pm Lecture begins; 8:45pm Opportunity Table Drawing. There will be local orchid news, Members' Orchid Plants Show and Tell, an interesting Orchid Lecturer and Slideshow or demonstration, several Credit Gift Cards, each worth about $20 to Tiny Jungle! For more information, see their website at www.orchidsanfrancisco.org; or www.facebook.com/SFOrchidSociety.

November 7 - 8, 2020 Santa Barbara Orchid Estate Annual Silent Auction Laelia anceps Parade. Mexican laelias. Beginning of the budding cymbidium season, especially the tracyanum species and hybrids. Their Annual Silent Auction is held every year. 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 (7 - 8, 2020) Cal-Orchids Fall Open House There is no reference on their sites that this event will be happening at this time. 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 13, 2020 Malihini Orchid Society Meeting "Cycnoches, Mormodes & Catasetums Recent Trends", Fred Clarke speaking. They ask that you contact them & RSVP ahead of time, to be able to attend their digital online meeting. Friday 7pm. 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, and free raffle tickets for orchids are drawn for club members who stay until the end, for the drawing! See www.Malihini.org, or Facebook at www.facebook.com/ORCHIDinSANJOSE. #flowers #orchids #sanjose #mastergardeners #sfbayarea #gardening #growgrowgrow #orchidlecture. #flowers #orchids #sanjose #mastergardeners #sfbayarea #gardening #growgrowgrow #orchidlecture

November 13, 2020 Santa Cruz Orchid Society Monthly Meeting They ask that you contact them & RSVP ahead of time, to be able to attend their digital online meeting. Friday 7:30 pm There will be Orchid Plants Show and Tell, while no presentation this month, there was an interesting "November:Month of Maturity: Article in their November Newsletter. 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

November 13 - 14, 2020 Carmel Orchid Society Fall Orchid Market Friday and Saturday 9 AM - 4 PM. Community Church of the Monterey Peninsula, 4590 Carmel Valley Road, Carmel, CA 93923 They have lots of orchid and plant vendors and member plants for sale under the open-air, but covered, breezeway at the Church; Masks are required. Lots of parking. Potting Demos. Orchid Talks. Great Raffle Plants. You Tube video uploaded today: https://youtu.be/9xBh37-04I8 . www.carmelorchidsociety.org/ . 

November (17 - 18, 2018) Orchid Society of Santa Barbara Show and Sale CANCELLED FOR THIS YEAR . 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. Or Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/Orchid-Society-of-Santa-Barbara-185769621457135/.

November 18, 2020 Golden Gate Cymbidium Society Digital Monthly Meeting "Dendrobiums Down Under" by Carol Klonowski Club members will have received their digital IDs & passwords and ID in their emails 2 days and just before the meeting starts. If you wish to join, but are NOT a member, please email your name, phone number & email address to goldengatecymbidiumsociety@yahoo.com. Wednesday, 7:00 pm. In November, they meet on the 3rd Wednesday of the month to avoid holiday conflicts. Monthly meeting with a Show and Tell of lovely orchids, interesting orchid Lecturer and slideshow, AND with door prizes of orchid plants for Zoom attendees who stay 'till the end of the meeting! For more speaker info, see their Next Meeting Page of their website at www.GoldenGateCymbidiumSociety.com, or their Facebook page at Gold GateCymbidiumSociety. #cymbidiums #orchids #flowers #Oakland #SFBayArea #growingbetter #mastergardeners #gardening #orchid lecture #orchid class #orchidraffle. 

November 20, 2020 Gold Coast Cymbidium Society Monthly Meeting Scott Barrie Speaking on “Cymbids and Sarcos” Friday, 7:15 PM. Members will have receive email notices with the digital Online ID information and passcode. Non-Members & interested new members can ask to attend meetings by clicking at the bottom of http://www.goldcoastcymbidiumsociety.org/next-meeting.html. Meetings are the 3rd Friday of the Month. Monthly meeting with a Show and Tell of member's currently in bloom orchids, an interesting orchid Lecturer and slideshow, and door prizes from an Opportunity Table of plants! For more speaker info, see the Next Meeting Page at their New Website at www.GoldCoastCymbidiumSociety.org, or their Facebook Page. #orchids #flowers #cymbidiums #SFBayArea #San Mateo #growingbetter #mastergardeners #orchidlecturer #orchidclass

November 21, 2020 American Orchid Society’s Pacific Central Judging Center Monthly Orchid Judging. NOT MEETING AT THIS TIME 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

November TBD (18 - 22, 2019) Sunset Valley Orchid's Once A Year Customer Appreciation Sale. UNKNOWN IF THIS IS STILL TO BE HELD 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.

November TBD (22, 2019) Sacramento Valley Cymbidium Society Holiday Potluck Dinner and Meeting NOT MEETING IN PERSON AT THIS TIME, CHECK THEIR FB TO SEE CHANGES. 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 .

November 27, 2020 Peninsula Orchid Society Monthly Meeting "Latest Insights Into Orchid Culture" by Pierre Pujol.  Members are emailed the password protected links before the meetings, but Visitors are welcome to attend - just go to https://penorchidsoc.org, at the right hand column "Next Meeting", look for the "Visitors" link, & send your email to them. They meet the 4th Friday of the month. There will be a Members' Orchid Plants Show & Tell, an interesting Orchid Lecturer and Slideshow, and often have a drawing of the speaker's nursery's of plants for Members who attend! For more info, click on their website at www.penorchidsoc.org or find their Facebook page. #San Mateo #Orchids #Lecture #Orchids to Buy # Orchid Growing

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This Calendar may not always be current or up to date, as the various societies do NOT send me their show / meeting information. I have to go to their websites, Facebook pages and newsletters, and google as much as I can to try to update this page, as best as I can. I try to do the best that i can.

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