Utah Orchid Society

Utah Orchid Society – October 2024 Meeting

Greetings UOS Members,

Our summer dormancy period has ended and once again we start our meetings for the remainder of the year! Mr. Peter Lin of Diamond orchids will be presenting this month.

Mr. Lin’s talk will be “Wild, Weird, and Wonderful Orchids: A portrait of Orchid Oddities!”

This fast paced PowerPoint presentation will take you on a journey of some of the world’s most strange, bizarre, yet wonderful orchid species! From Bulbophyllums to Zootrophion, there is much diversity in Orchid flowers. We’ll take a look at Orchid flowers that have wild colors, have crazy lips, or are fringed, hairy, or just alien looking!

This sounds like quite the fun ride!

MEETING:
Monday, October 14th @ 7:00 PM
Sugarhouse Garden Center – 1602 E 2100 S, Salt Lake City, UT

For those who cannot attend in person, a Zoom invite will be sent out prior to the meeting.

Hope to see all of you there!
Utah Orchid Society

Peter Lin Bio:
Peter started growing orchids over 40 years ago, but then stopped due to school and starting a career. It wasn’t until about 20 years ago that the orchid “bug” came back and he is now heavily involved once again! He 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.

Due to limited growing space, Peter likes to specialize in miniature orchids, both species and hybrids, and has received numerous AOS awards. His interests in orchids include Dendrobiums, Angraecoids, and Neofinetias. He is also known as “Mr Sophronitis” as he has a passion for growing and collecting them. He maintains a collection of a several thousand orchids at his home in Southern California in 3 small greenhouses, outdoors, as well as an offsite greenhouse.

Autumn in the Tropics is our theme for this show.

Red Butte Garden is located at 300 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, UT.

Note: Meeting the first Monday of the month to coordinate with Denver.

This month we have Ron Parsons visiting and giving a presentation on Orchids of Sichuan, China! This should be very informative and highly interesting as Ron will be showing where these orchids are growing in nature and discussing their growth habits in these locations.

We are meeting at the Utah Associated Garden Clubs Garden Center, 1602 E 2100 S, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Ron Parson’s Bio: Continue reading →