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Next Regular Meeting:   Friday, June 13, 2025.  Note new start time 7:00 p.m.  Live Oak Grange Hall, 1900 17th Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA.  

June Program: Brandon Dicochea will do a repotting demonstration using a couple of his plants.  He will discuss the medium and mixes and the sterile methods he uses while he repots these plants.  If you have questions about what to use on a plant you want to repot, bring it to the meeting.

Brandon has been a member of our society for many years and has served as a director on the Board. He became interested in orchids while studying at UCSC and met Linda Locatelli there while working on a project involving orchid propagation. He owns a landscape business and cares for the orchid collections of many of his clients in our area. In addition to his large collection of cool growing orchids he also grows and sells carnivorous plants to our local nurseries. 

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.