Robert Culver

September 11, 2023, Meeting: Speaker, Kelly McCracken – “Fragrant Miniatures”

Kelly McCracken is an avid orchid hobbyist and breeder. She enjoys growing miniature specimen plants with a particular affection for Dendrobium, Angraecoids, and Sophronitis. She is currently working as US representative of Tropical Exotique, a Thailand based orchid company.

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Newsletter May 2023 – Volume 76, Issue 06

NWOS president Robert Culver welcomed new people to our group. We had a brief update on our upcoming membership system. Ben Johnson, our Event’s VP, then updated us on the recent and upcoming events. Importantly, we are having two NWOS-sponsored shows this year, the fall show at Volunteer Park and we’re reviving the spring show, which will be held at the Lynnwood Events Center. We then covered the upcoming summer events and volunteer opportunities available for members of the society.

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June 12, 2023, Meeting: Spring Social

Plant Table
Raffle
Sales Table
Gary Baker Service Award
Society Business

He loves to photograph orchids and other flowers whenever he can, and does so as often as possible. Ron has more than 90,000 digital images, most of which are of orchids, and still retains a slide library that exceeds 100,000 botanical images.

He has given more than 500 talks on various botanical topics, and has nearly 6500 published photos.

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Plant Table – May 2023

In May we met at The Center for Urban Horticulture. Andy Wright highlighted plants, talked about the characteristics of the plants, and talked about their growing conditions. Sean Hoyt and Julian Banbury assisted with plant photos; Sean Hoyt assisted with video. As usual, there were some extraordinary and rare plants on the table, thank you

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Newsletter May 2023 – Volume 76, Issue 05

Jurahame Leyva, our speaker for the evening, and owner of The Orchid Fix Nursery Orchids from Hawaii | Wholesale/Retail | The OrchidFix spoke to us about modern trends in Paphiopedilum Maudiae hybrids. He reviewed the key species in this group of hybrids. He also discussed some of the individual plants that were selected during the hybridizing process that have yielded the spectacular results we see today. Many of the wonderful plants we see are a result of the breeding program carried on by Graham Wood at Lehua Orchids. Jurahame showed us many beautiful examples to illustrate the progress made in this group. As he was closing he introduced a number of smaller species and some of the hybrids that were a result of those crosses, showing that the development of this group is far from finished

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2024 Indoor Plant Festival Societies

Participating Societies Name Homepage Cascade Cactus and Succulents Society of Washington State Washington, USA Mount Baker Orchid Society Washington, USA Northwest Orchid Society Washington, USA Oregon Orchid Society Oregon, USA Puget Sound Gesneriad Society Washington, USA Pacific Northwest Branch of the American Begonia Society Washington, USA Spokane Orchid Society Washington, USA For more information, inquiries,

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2024 Indoor Plant Festival Vendors

Unique, Awe Inspiring Plant Vendors Name Homepage AGE Tropicals Washington USA Rare and Unique Orchids and Nepenthes Botanica Ltd Missoula, Montana USA Experts in Orchids, TillandsiaAfrican, Madagascar specialists Courting Frogs Nursery Stanwood, WA USA Experts in Nepenthes, Carnivorous Plants, Tillandsia Dew Violet Washington USA Outstanding African Violets, Gesneriads, and Other House Plants Ecuagenera Azuay Ecuador

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