DATE – Tuesday, July 8th
TIME – 7PM
VENUE – In-Person and Zoom Meeting
1351 Maple Ave, Santa
Rosa Veterans Bldg, Santa Rosa, CA

If you can’t attend in person (but we hope you will), you can attend via Zoom. https://zoom.us/j/3265973017?pwd=QjQ1cXZVeUl4K29nU3g0cTdZejZIUT09

Join us for a presentation via Zoom on the Orchids of Greece and Rhodes by three local orchid enthusiasts: Margery Mayer, Paul juberg, and Karen Olson. They traveled to Greece, Rhodes, Istanbul and Athens with the Orchid Conservation Alliance. 

Margery Mayer, SCOS member: Margery has been co-existing with orchids for over 15 years, and some of her orchids like this arrangement and some do not. That means some bloom and some just live with her. She was part of the Peninsula Orchid Society for about 10 years, the Napa Valley Orchid Society for 4 years, and participated in their meetings and volunteered at shows. She even had blooming orchids win ribbons!

She has a PhD in Behavioral Science focusing on organizations and leadership. She retired from Genentech where she worked on Oncology Clinical Trials. She is a watercolor painter and exhibits at the Arts Guild of Sonoma.

Paul Juberg: Paul has been growing orchids since 2005 starting with a cymbidium given to him by his wife. He now has about 200 growing in his front yard in an eastern exposure and also has a small greenhouse in back with mostly cattleyas and other assorted orchids. Paul has been active in the Napa Valley Orchid Society, with roles ranging from vice president and president to treasurer.

Karen Olson: Karen has grown orchids for 37+ years and has been a member of the Napa Valley Orchid Society, apparently longer than anyone else. She grows a variety of genera in her 16 ft. x 6 ft. greenhouse. Her current favorites are Masdevallias, Draculas & the Cattleya Alliance. Her evaporative cooler keeps them pretty happy in the warm months. Karen loves to travel and include orchid society meetings, botanical gardens or seeing orchids in nature as much as possible. She has even enjoyed orchids in the sands of Ireland.

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