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Andrew is an orchid hobbyist and former horticulturist with a degree in ecology, evolution, and conservation biology from the University of Washington. He has been a member of the NWOS since 2018 and grows a variety of orchid genera in grow tents and racks in his Seattle apartment, favoring minis.
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.
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.
Ron Parsons has been growing orchids for nearly 48 years, and has been interested in the species for most of that time.
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.
Jurahame has been sourcing, collecting, and growing orchids of all types since he bloomed his very first orchid: Cattleya Mini Purple ‘Carmela’. His mother brought it home as a gift for him when he was just six years old.
President Robert Culver welcomed everyone to the meeting, which met on a Saturday at The Shoreline Community College. He welcomed all the new members and thanked all the first-time attendees for coming to the auction.
Robert then congratulated everyone for the very successful garden this year at the Flower and Garden Festival. Joe, Andy, and Joff really worked hard to ensure that we had a great garden and it was recognized by the show with a gold medal.
Annual Orchid Auction & Preview Party
Bring your plants! We will be in a large new space in the student commons.
Tennis Maynard has been growing orchids for over 45; he built a greenhouse 15 years ago to house his collection of orchids.
In his time growing orchids, he has received ten AOS awards, including three for the genus Trichopilia.
Like many of us, Tennis grows a wide variety of genera from warm-growing Vandas to cool-growing Maxillaria including many ‘botanicals’ such as tonight’s topic Trichopilas and even our native Cypripediums.
Peter is an accredited judge with the American Orchid Society and a hybridizer of mini-catts. He enjoys meeting with other orchid enthusiasts and can often be found at various orchid shows and societies around the country.
Peter is an accredited judge with the American Orchid Society and a hybridizer of mini-catts. He enjoys meeting with other orchid enthusiasts and can often be found at various orchid shows and societies around the country.