Newsletter archive

2026

2026-1Donna Ballard
Dendrobium phalaenopsis
2026-2Jack Zhu
“Mastering the New Year Orchid:
A Californian’s Guide to Cymbidium sinense.”
2026-3Merle Robboy
“Member Show-and-Tell”
2026-4James Livingston
“The Flask”
2026-5Mitchell Schneider
Oncidiinae
2026-6Dean Shoffeitt
“My Visit to the 2026 World Orchid Conference in Dresden, Germany”
2027-7Annual Installation & Awards Banquet
At the home of Michael Miranda
2026-8
2026-9
2026-10
2026-11
2026-12Annual Holiday Party

2025

2025-01-January-1Donna Ballard
“Dendrobium phalaenopsis,
Australia’s Other Dendrobium”
2025-02-FebruaryAuction
2025-03-March-2Mitchell Schneider
“Journey into Wonderland Inter-generic Zygos”
2025-04-April-2Peter T. Lin
“2009 Japan Grand Prix International Orchid Festival”
2025-05-MayBrandon Tam
“Paphiopedilum Culture According to the Huntington”
2025-06-June-1Fred Clarke
“Catasetum Species and their Cultivation”
2025-07-July-1Annual Installation & Awards Banquet
At the home of Michael Miranda
2025-08-August-1Carol Beule
“The Small Paphs”
2025-09-September-1Tim Culbertson
“Holocoglossums: The Next Great Thing in Vandas”
2025-10-October-1Peter Lin
“Epidendrum, Prostechea, Encyclia”
2025-11Nico Goossens
“Phalaenopsis and Their Culture”
2025-12Annual Holiday Party

2024

2024-01-JanuaryJack Zhu
“The Form and Color of Asian Cymbidiums”
2024-02-FebruaryCarol Beule
“Sarcochilus”
2024-03-MarchAuction
2024-04-AprilDonna Ballard
“The Difference between Seedlings, Meristem Clones and Stem Propagated Orchids.”
2024-05-MayJose Carlos Lopez
“The Hidden Life of Catasetinae”
2024-06-JuneFred Clarke
“Venezuela’s National Flower, Cattleya mossiae”
2024-07-JulyAnnual Installation & Awards Banquet
At the home of Michael Miranda
2024-08-AugustPeter T. Lin – Diamond Orchids
“Dendrobiums and their Culture”
2024-098-SeptemberTim Culbertson
“Lycaste Breeding, Culture, and Growing”
2024-10-OctoberJack Zhu
“The Leaf Variegation of Asian Cymbidiums”
2024-11-NovemberArthur Pinkers
“Photography Concepts”
2024-12-DecemberAnnual Holiday Party

2023

2023-01-JanuaryPeter Lin
“Spectacular Orchids: a Portrait of the Most Beautiful and Spectacular Orchids from around the World”
2023-02-FebruaryJack Zhu
“Cymbidium Influences in the Asian Culture”
2023-03-MarchRoberta Fox
“A Walk of the Wild Side…”
2023-04-AprilTim Cultbertson
“Sarcochilus: Gems of Spring”
2023-05-MayScott McGregor
Blue orchid
2023-06-JuneJose Carlos Lopez
“Habenarias & Pecteilis Orchids”
2023-07-JulyAnnual Installation & Awards Banquet
At the home of Michael Miranda
2023-08-AugustFred Clarke
Sunset Valley Orchids
“Aussie Native Dendrobiums and their Cultivation”
18-20 August NHOS Summer Exotic Plant and Orchid Festival
2023-09-SeptemberBrandon Tam
“Culture on Growing Large Slipper Orchids and Other Specimens”
2023-10-OctoberPeter Lin
“12 Months of Orchids: Building a Collection with Blooms
Every Month of the Year”
2023-11-NovemberMerle Robboy
“A Sensate Visit to Guatemala”
2023-12-DecemberAnnual Holiday Party

2022

2022-1Steve Frowine
“Growing Orchids Without a Greenhouse”
2022-2Arthur Pinkers
“AOS Judging”
2022-3Douglas Overstreet
“Ten Favorite Oncidiums, Some of Which Are Still Oncidiums”
2022-4Carol Siegel
“The Sex Life of Orchids”
2022-5Scott McGregor
“Growing Orchids in the Southern California Coastal Climate
2022-6Annual Installation & Awards Banquet
At the home of Michael Miranda
2022-7Jose Carlos Lopez
“The Four Seasons of Cattleyas”
2022-8Fred Clarke
“Becoming an 80 Percentile Grower”
2022-9Ron Kaufmann
“Life on the Rocks: The World of Rupicolous Orchids”
2022-10Donna Ballard
“Growing Orchids in the Middle of a Drought”
2022-11Brandon Tam
“Growing Stanhopeas Outdoors in Southern California”
2022-12Annual Holiday Party

2021

2021-1Arthur Pinkers
Laelia anceps and its Hybrids
2021-2Ron Parsons
“Orchids of Southeastern Australia”
2021-3Brandon Tam
“Growing Stanhopeas Outdoors in Southern California”
2021-4Carol Siegel
“Orchids in Extreme Environments
2021-5Tom Mirenda
“Tom’s African Adventure”
2021-6Bas van Eijk
How to Care for Your Phalaenopsis
2021-7Annual Installation & Awards Banquet
At the home of Michael Miranda
2021-8David Toyoshima
Cattleyas
2021-9Tim Culbertson
Lycaste breeding
2021-10Ron Kaufmann
“Cattleya eldorado: Searching for Gold in the Brazilian Amazon”
2021-11Mary Gerritsen
“Papua New Guinea: A Wonderland of Orchids, Birds and Cultures”
2021-12Annual Holiday Party

2020

2020-1Roberta Fox
“Take a trip on the Rio Negro in Brazil”
2020-2Annual auction
2020-3Scott McGregor
“In Search of Blue”
2020-4NHOS Summer Exotic
Plant and Orchid Festival – On Hold
2020-5
2020-6
2020-7Annual Installation & Awards Banquet
At the home of Michael Miranda
2020-8Scott McGregor
2020-10Peter T. Lin
Spectacular Orchids: A Portrait of the Most Beautiful and Spectacular Orchids from Around the World.
2020-11Fred Clarke
Becoming an 80 Percentile Grower
2020-12Annual Holiday Party

2019

2019-1Tom Mirenda
2019-2Tim Culbertson
“Encyclias of Mexico and Beyond”
2019-3Peter Lin
2019-4Steve Hampson
“Wild Orchids in China”
2019-5Harold Koopowitz
“Perfecting the Miniature Slipper Orchids”
2019-6Douglas Overstreet
“Things My Elders Taught Me”
2019-7Annual Installation & Awards Banquet
At the home of Michael Miranda
2019-9Paul Tuskes
“Schomburgkia, Laelia, and Myrmecophila, What Happened to Them?”
2019-10Russ Nichols
“How I Built My (Way Too Fancy) Greenhouse”
2019-11
2019-12Annual Holiday Party

2018

2018-01Nancy Benay
“An Introduction to the Native Orchids of France”
2018-02Westminster Mall NHOS Expo:
“Romancing the Orchid”
2018-03Winn Winmaw “Orchids of the Shan Plateau, Part II”
2018-04Winn Winmaw
“Orchids of the Shan Plateau, Part II”
2018-05Scott McGregor
“Australian and European Terrestrial Orchids”
2018-06Peter Linn
2018-07Annual Installation & Awards Banquet
At the home of Michael Miranda
2018-08NHOS Summer Exotic Plant & Orchid Festival
August 17-19, 2018
Rick Wells
“Orchid mounting”
2018-09Brandon Tam
2018-10Ron Parsons
Photos
2018-11Peter Tobias
”Orchids in the Wild in Colombia and Brazil”
2018-12Annual Holiday Party – 2018 Holiday Potluck

2017

2017-1Sophie Miller
Cypripedium montanum
2017-2Question and Answer session
2017-3Dr. Peter Tobias
“How to Create Your Own Orchid Reserve”
2017-4Harold Koopowitz
“New Trends in Modern Complex Slipper Orchid Hybrids”
2017-5Tim Culbertson
“Beautiful Miniature Vandaceous Orchids for Outdoors”
2017-6Peter Lin
“12 months of Orchids”
2017-7Annual Installation & Awards Banquet
At the home of Michael Miranda
2017-8David Toyoshima
2017-9Ron Kaufman
“South American Slipper Orchids: Habitats and Conservation”
2017-10Gustavo Aguirre
Colombian cattleyas
2017-11Carol Beule
“The genus Lycaste”
2017-12NHOS 2017 Holiday Potluck

2016

2016-1Orchid Gift Exchange!
Fred Clarke
“Catasetum Species, Hybrids and their Culture”
2016-2The Many Faces of Orchids – NHOS 2016 Orchid Expo
2016-3Ken Cameron
“Vanilla Orchids”
2016-4Ron Kaufmann
“Orchids of Tropical America”
2016-5Ron Parsons
“Orchid Hunting on the Island of Rhodes”
2016-6George Hatfield
2016-7Annual Installation & Awards Banquet
At the home of Michael Miranda
2016-8Carol Buele
“The Genus Sarcochilus, Its Charm and Ease of Growth”
2016-9Linden Burzell
“Cattleya trianae: The Jewel of
the Rio Magdalena”
2016-10Steve Champlain
“An Overview of Brazilian Cattleyas & Laelias″
2016-11Dennis Olivas
Cool to Hot Species
2016-12Annual Holiday Party

2015

2015-1Dr. Mary Gerritsen
“Borneo, Land Beneath the Wind”
2015-2AUCTION
2015-3Jim Cootes
“The Orchids of the ‘Philippines”
2015-4Dennis Olivas
“Diseases and Pests”
2015-5Janet Lamborn
“Don’t Put On the Virus Blinders,
Your Collection Is Depending On You”
2015-6Francisco Miranda
“Brazilian Cattleya Species”
2015-7Annual Installation & Awards Banquet
At the home of Michael Miranda
2015-8Phyllis Prestia
“Orchid Discovery: Madagascar and the WOC Johannesburg”
2015-10Alfredo Manrique
“Growing Orchids of the Andes Range”
2015-11Peter T. Lin
“Wild, Weird, & Wonderful Orchids:
A Portrait of Oddities in the Orchid World”
2015-12Annual Holiday Party

2014

2014-1Fred Clarke
“The Evolution of Spotted Cattleyas”
2014-2Auction
2014-3Winn Winmaw
“Orchid’s of the Shan Plateau”
2014-4Gene Crocker
“Unusual Orchids I Have Known”
2014-5Wayne Ferrell
“Cool Tolerant Vandaceous Orchids”
2014-6Phyllis S. Prestia
“Catasetum”
2014-7Annual Installation & Awards Banquet
At the home of Michael Miranda
2014-8Alan Koch
“Brazilian Cattleyas ”
2014-9Dennis Olivas
“Diseases and Pests”
2014-10Samantha & Terry Root
“Phragmipedium Species and
Hybrids Bred by the Orchid Zone”
2014-11Brenda Oviatt
“Angraecoid Orchids: Keeping a Piece of Nature Alive”
2014-12Annual Holiday Party

2013

2013-1Theresa Hills:
“Miltoniopsis”
2013-2Memorial Orchid Auction
2013-3Ron Kaufmann
“Life on the Rocks: the World of Rupicolous Orchids”
2013-4Greg Allikas
“Orchid Photography for the Digital Age”
2013-5Fred Clarke
“Aussie Native Dendrobiums and their Cultivation”
2013-6Glen Decker
“Phragmipediums and their Hybrids”
2013-7Annual Installation & Awards Banquet
At the home of Michael Miranda
2013-8Tom Mirenda
“Orchid Hunting to Central America”
2013-9Roy Tokunaga
“Dendrobiums and their Culture”
2013-10George Hatfield
“Don’t Forget Your Roots, Cymbidium Species!”
2013-11Arnold Gum
“Multi-Floral Paphiopedilums”
2013-12Annual Holiday Party

2012

2012-1Dr. Holger Perner
“Come with Me to Western China to See Fascinating Orchids.”
2012-2Memorial Auction News
2012-3Ron McHatton
“Orchids and Bugs”
2012-4The Roving Orchid Reporter
Visits the Orchids of Queensland, Australia
2012-5Dr. Ron Kaufman
“Searching for Orchids in Colombia”
2012-6Nico Goossens
“Singapore Orchid Show”
2012-7Annual Installation & Awards Banquet
At the home of Michael Miranda
2012-8Peter Lin
“Neofinetia falcata & Its Hybrids”
2012-9George Hatfield
“The Effects of Cymbidium Species on their Hybrids”
2012-10Paul Tuskes
“Landscaping with Orchids”
2012-11Samantha Kha and Terry Root
“An Evening at the Orchid Zone”
2012-12Annual Holiday Party
Sandra Tillisch Svoboda
“The President Is Coming!”

2011

Annual Installation & Awards Banquet
At the home of Michael Miranda
Annual Holiday Party

2010

2010-1Fred Clarke
“On Bulbophyllums”
2010-2Memorial Auction
Oceans of Orchids Show
2010-3Harold Koopowitz
“Creating the New Miniature Slipper Orchids”
2010-4Tom Biggart
“The Culture of Rupiculous Laelias of Brazil”
2010-5Loren Batchman
“Orchid Pests”
2010-6Dr. Paul Tuskes
“The Genus Encyclia and Its Close
Relatives”
2010-7Annual Installation & Awards Banquet
At the home of Michael Miranda
2010-8Karen Muir
“What Makes a Good Paph”
2010-9-10George Hatfield
“18th Australian National Orchid
Show in Melbourne Australia 2009”
2010-11Peter Lin
“The Three A’s of the Orchid World:
Angraecum, Aerangis & Aeranthes”
2010-12Annual Holiday Party

2009

2009-1Fred Clarke
“Venezuela’s National Flower,
Cattleya mossiae”
2009-2Ron McHatton
“Madagascar: Why It’s So Special”
2009-3Holger Perner
“Dendrobiums of China”
2009-4Christopher Croom
“Sex and Ice Cream: Medicinal
and Edible Orchids”
2009-5Memorial Auction
2009-6James Rose
“Lycaste skinneri and Its Hybrids
2009-7Annual Installation & Awards Banquet
At the home of Michael Miranda
2009-8Norito Hasegawa
“Phalaenopsis Species and Their Influence on Hybrids”
2009-9George Hatfield
“Orchid Growing in Holland”
2009-10Bryce Augustine
“Deflasking Paphs”
2009-11Peter Lin
“Mini-Catts: Delightful Cattleyas in Miniature”
2009-12Annual Holiday Party

2008

2008-1Harold Koopowitz
“Searching for Phragimepedium kovachii in Peru.”
2008-2Karen Muir
“The New Generation
Brachypetalums and Their Hybrids”
2008-3Bill Thoms
“Bulbophyllum Culture —
The WAFL-HS Program”
2008-4Weyman Bussey
“50 Showy Mexican Species,
Where They Come from and
How They Grow”
2008-5Auction
2008-6Marilyn Levy
“I Never Met an Orchid I Didn’t Want to Grow”
2008-7Annual Installation & Awards Banquet
At the home of Michael Miranda
2008-8Alan Koch
“Understanding the Brazilian Cattleya Alliance and How to Grow Them”
2008-9Winn Winmaw
“The Orchids of Mount Popa”
2008-10George Hatfield
“Orchid Nutrition”
2008-11Ron Parsons
“Rarities and Oddities (Rare and
Unusual Orchid species)”
2008-12Annual Holiday Party