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  • Monthly Meeting
  • Membership Options
  • Shop
  • Events
    • Orchid in The Park 2025
    • Pacific Orchid Expo 2025
  • AOS Judging
  • Orchid doctor
  • Bay Area Orchid Societies
  • Other orchid resources
  • Conservation
  • Our Board
  • Slate of 2025 SFOS Officers
  • Ways to contribute
    • Advertise at POE 2025
    • Volunteer
    • Make a Donation
    • Other ways to help
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  • Contact Us
  • Related Events
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San Francisco Orchid Society
  • Home
  • Monthly Meeting
  • Membership Options
  • Shop
  • Events
    • Orchid in The Park 2025
    • Pacific Orchid Expo 2025
  • AOS Judging
  • Orchid doctor
  • Bay Area Orchid Societies
  • Other orchid resources
  • Conservation
  • Our Board
  • Slate of 2025 SFOS Officers
  • Ways to contribute
    • Advertise at POE 2025
    • Volunteer
    • Make a Donation
    • Other ways to help
  • Email list signup form
  • Contact Us
  • Related Events
  • SFOS Grants and Donations Timeline
  • Membership Management

Orchid Resources and Education

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San Francisco Orchid Society (SFOS) Social Network
  • SFOS on Facebook
  • SFOS on Instagram
  • SFOS on Twitter
  • Pacific Orchid Exposition (POE) on Facebook
SOCIETY OR SHOW INFORMATION
  • [email protected]
ORCHID ORGANIZATIONS
  • American Orchid Society
  • AOS Webinars
  • California Sierra Nevada Judging Center
  • Cymbidium Society of America
  • International Odontoglossum Alliance
  • International Phalaenopsis Alliance
  • Native Orchid Conference
  • North American Orchid Conservation  Center
  • Orchid Conservation Alliance
  • Orchid Conservation Coalition
  • Orchid Digest
  • Pacific Central Judging Center
  • Royal Horticultural Society(
  • Swiss Orchid Foundation
  • World Checklist of Selected Plant Families to determine the current genus classification
ORCHID RESOURCES
  • AOS Culture Sheets
  • Beginner’s Guide to Orchids
  • Blue Cattleyas by Carson E. Whitlow
  • Bibliorchidea
  • Bibliorchidea
  • FTD Compendium
  • Gawler's
  • Huntington Gardens
    • Have you read Brandon Tam's 2018 Orchid Digest article on Paphiopedilum Culture at the Huntington?
  • Jay Pfahl’s Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia
  • Kevin Holcomb’s Orchidarium
  • Marni Turkel's Mostly Species Flasks
  • The Orchid Column (Fuqua Orchid Center in Atlanta, GA)
  • Orchid Mall
  • Orchid Culture, Pest control and other great advice by Sue Bottom - St Augustine Orchid Society
  • Orchid Roots
  • OrchidWire Blogs
  • SF Conservatory of Flowers
  • Slipper Orchids
  • Sobralia Pages
  • SoCal Orchid Species
  • Stanhopea Pages
  • Tarzane Group - Micro, Miniature and Small Orchids
  • Troy Meyers' Flasks
ORCHID PHOTOGRAPHERS
  • Gary Yong Gee
  • Eric Hunt
  • Chien C. Lee
  • Ron Parsons
  • Jim Fowler
  • Kevin Holcomb

SFOS EVENT ORCHID & PLANT VENDORS
Afri Orchids
Botanico
Brookside Orchids

Cactus & Exotica
Cal-Orchid
City College of San Francisco - EH&F
D and D Flowers
Ecuagenera

Emerald City Orchids
EQUAFLOR-A
FLORI-CULTURE
Gold Country Orchids
Golden Gate Orchids

Kitchai Yarungsee
Las Selvas
Mundiflora
Orchid Conservation Alliance
Orchid Design
Orchids and Gardens
Orchids of Los Osos
Orquideas Amazonicas
New Earth Orchids
Paph Paradise
Peruflora
Seed Engei
Seed Studio SF

SFOS Member Sales
Sunset Valley Orchids
Ten Shin Orchids
The Plant Lady SF
Tropical Exotique
Tropicals Plants From South America

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How to Repot, Divide, and Mount Orchids Master Class - FREE AOS Webinar

As a taste for all - including non-AOS members, the first module presented on How to Repot, Divide, and Mount Orchids will be shown on Tuesday, July 16.  There will be a live Q&A session following this broadcast. This should make for a vibrant introduction into series. Registration for this webinar should be up on the website in the next week or two:  Webinars - American Orchid Society (aos.org). Then, for AOS members only, all other modules will be made available via the AOS website.

Six modules were created and presented by AOS members in the fall of 2023:                        

  • “Introduction to Orchids” – Barb Schmidt
  • “The Most Popular Orchids and How to Identify Them” – Janeil Payne and David Vandenbroek
  • “How to Repot, Divide, and Mount Orchids” – Jay Balchan and Eron Borne
  • “General Orchid Care” – Russ Vernon
  • “Pests, Diseases, and Troubleshooting Problems” – Ron McHatton
  • “Pennsylvania and Mid-Atlantic Native Orchids” – Bob Sprague”

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Interested in building an orchid carousel to better grow and display your orchids?
Check out our SFOS YouTube Channel including:
Dexter's video on Building Orchid Carousels

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How do you track your orchid / plant collection?  Try Airtable
Works on all platforms. Free version
Here's a link to Jeff's orchid collection template to try it out:
https://airtable.com/invite/r/MNzzN8nV
All fields searchable and customizable in each entry: Name (Genus species / grex, awards); Have / Died / Want - Location / Division /
Donated?; Purchase date, source, price?; Plant & flower description, potted / mounted; Fragrance? Growing conditions?
Pictures of plant & flower; Last bloom date / month?; Virus test date and results? Free text field for other notes & reference
websites

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NEED ORCHIATA BARK?
Plant'd
is taking pre-orders (with full payment of $40), via email now until July 15th - expected delivery date will be ~August 15th & will notify buyers when the shipment has arrived.
More details on bark sizes in photos & tables below


 **Delivery available (for a fee), and we can set up delivery dates/times individually.   
Pick up available at the greenhouse in Half Moon Bay, in-store at Plant'd in Four Embarcadero Center, or in San Jose, by appointment only.**



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