February 2024 Newsletter

What’s in store for our February meeting? WNCOS member Marion Allen is our speaker of the month. Marion has a great program lined up, “Finding Your (Orchid) Roots”.

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January 2024 Newsletter

On December 10th, the Western North Carolina Orchid Society gathered at Graham and Leslie’s home for a well attended Holiday Social. Everyone brought ample food and desserts to share. At the end of the day, each member left with a gift of a paphiopedilum, supplied by Lehua Orchids in Hawaii. What a great way to finish out 2023.

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December 2023 Newsletter

With our annal WNCOS Holiday Social planned for Sunday, December 10th (see details below), it’s time to celebrate a fabulous 2023 and look forward to so much more for ’24.

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November 2023 Newsletter

The WNCOS program on November 9th will be “What the Heck is Tree Fern” by yours truly, Graham Ramsey. New Zealand Tree Fern is a fairly new medium that orchids love. There will be a short PowerPoint program and then a hands-on demonstration.

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October Newsletter

WNCOS is excited to welcome another excellent orchid speaker to our Sunday, October 8th meeting.  Sarah Hurdel is the owner of Needmore Orchids, as well as an orchid blogger, exhibitor, and accredited American Orchid Society (AOS) judge. On October 8th, Sarah will tell us all about her specialty—Habenaria species and hybrids

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September Newsletter

It is with great sadness that I announce the loss of one of the founding members of the Western North Carolina Orchid Society, Dr. Edward K. Isbey. Ed was extremely passionate about his orchids and the WNCOS. His contributions to our society are too many to name. Below is an excellent short biography of Ed, written by Leslie Keller for WNCOS newsletter in 2008.

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August Newsletter

The Carolina Judging Center team is coming to town for an American Orchid Society (AOS) sanctioned judging event. This means it’s time to put on your Sunday best and bring out your blooming orchids for the ultimate Show-and-Tell, on Sunday August 13th. 

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July 2023 Newsletter

This month we have an excellent speaker, Art Chadwick of Chadwick and Sons Orchids, from Richmond, Virginia. Art is what we like to call a Rock Star in the orchid world. He is best known for his fabulous Cattleyas, and especially for his Cattleyas named after First Ladies of the United States.

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