A small group of people with a big love of growing orchids
SUMMERTIME!
This beautiful Cypripedium Gisela 'Island View' was grown by our President, Andy Coghill-Behrends and received the highest cultural award at May Chicago AOS judging (Certificate of Cultural Excellence) 92 points. This time of year many of our orchids love to grow outside and store up energy for blooming to come.
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What is happening at our next meeting?
OUR FIELD TRIP TO FIND NATIVE IOWA ORCHIDS in early June was fun and we found some Putty Root a bit past its prime. We don't usually meet in the summer but will have our first fall meeting Sept. 9th at the Shueyville Methodist Church. We plan an orchid 'swap-sale' and encourage members to bring plants they have extras of and share them with the club. An opportunity to get new and different orchids. We also plan 'Orchid Questions Answered' by a committee of the whole.