Flamingo Gardens Orchid Society Meetings
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Flamingo Gardens Orchid Society
meets on the second Monday of each month.
Doors open at 7:00pm, Meeting begins at 7:30pm.
Flamingo Gardens in the Mary N Porter Learning Center
3750 S. Flamingo Rd, Davie FL 33330.
All are welcome to join us as we are a group of people who enjoy orchids and are interested in growing them, preserving orchids and their environment, and bringing everyone together to discuss and share our knowledge of growing orchids. Each month FGOS meets to exchange orchid information and listen to speakers who present interesting topics from the orchid world.
Next Meeting: Monday, October 14, 2024
Doors open at 7:00pm, Meeting at 7:30pm
Flamingo Gardens Orchid Society welcomes Larry Cox!
"A South Florida Slipper Collection"
Larry's first orchid was a cattleya acquired in 1972 and the second was a phaphiopedilum, Paph. Maudiae 'Magnificum'. The cattleya is long gone but he still has a piece of the Paph. When he began with paphs he commonly heard, "You can't grow those in South Florida," but the first one lived and bloomed, and the paphiopedilum collection continued to grow.
His love of paphiopedilums has been renewed over and over again. In 1983 he won his first AOS award for Paph.Maudiae coloratum 'Elecktra' AM/AOS. Since then he as earned sixty AOS awards including five FCC's.
We are looking forward to having Larry as our speaker this month.
Previous Month's Meeting
Monday, September 9th @ 7:30 PM
Flamingo Gardens Orchid Society welcomes back Olivier Turina! Speaking on "Phalaenopsis Genus: How to Care for Them, Some Popular Species and Classifications of the Species".
We are delighted to have Olivier Turina! He started growing orchids in 2013 after attending the Fort Lauderdale Orchid Show where he discovered “Paradise” and got the “orchid bug”. It has since become a true passion and really a downright obsession of his. Olivier is a hobbyist with a collection of 450+ orchids. He focuses on species and primary hybrids and grows many different genera with Catasetums and Stanhopeas being his top favorites.