Next Meeting: Friday April 10, 2026. 6:30 setup. Meeting starts at 7:00.
Live Oak Grange, 1900 17th Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA
April Program: At this month's meeting Bill Weaver will be speaking about Pest and Disease Control
Bill Weaver was a plant geek starting at an early age, dumpster diving at the local nursery looking for cuttings and plants that he could rescue. When he went away to college, he took along his terrariums of carnivorous plants. That was where he “met” his first orchid. It was an un-named white Cymbidium purchased at a drive-in theater flea market. This led to an ever-growing collection of orchids under lights in his little Palo Alto apartment.
Moving to Sunnyvale, once he filled up his back yard, he started renting space in Half Moon Bay. Over 15 years now, he has expanded to over 10,000 square feet there. After 37 years as a Customer Engineer at Hewlett Packard, Bill has retired and makes his ‘orchid money’ helping other growers with their greenhouses and repotting. He grows mostly Cymbidiums, Laelias, and other cool growing orchids. Over the years Bill’s plants have been awarded HCC, AM and one FCC from the American Orchid Society as well as several CCM and CCE awards for his giant specimen plants. He also has a lovely orange Cymbidium named for him.
Meetings:
Meetings are held the second Friday of every month at the Live Oak Grange Hall, 1900 17th Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA 95062.
Guests are welcome to attend.
Meetings include:
A speaker presentation or panel discussion by an orchid expert(s)
A show & tell table of blooming plants brought in by members who gladly share information on how they grow them.
Chance to win an orchid from the opportunity table.
Light refreshments.