Events

Meetings and activities

Upcoming programs of the UOS

Meetings are held in Salt Lake City but we have members from all over the state and the Intermountain region. Meetings are held on the second Monday evening of each month in the Garden Center at the Northeast corner of Sugar House Park, 1610 East, 21st South, Salt Lake City. The Garden Center is open at 7pm for socializing and/or plant sales and the formal program begins at 7.30 pm sharp. In the hot summer months of July and August, special events such as greenhouse tours and a barbeque may be scheduled in lieu of regular meetings.

Our monthly meetings begin with a “show and tell” in which new and experienced members display plants that are currently in bloom. The formal, or not so formal part, of the program consists of a mix of lectures from outside speakers (who frequently bring new and exciting orchids to sell) to educational sessions designed to help the new as well as the more specialized growers in orchid culture. Novices can always count on plenty of help on cultural tips at the meetings.

In the Spring and Fall we organize orchid shows at the Red Butte Garden and Arboretum located in the foothills of the Wasatch mountains. Members and local growers exhibit their plants in displays and commercial vendors sell orchid species and the latest hybrids. These shows are great social events for society members and an opportunity to spread our enthusiasm for these plants to the public. The shows are judged by American Orchid Society Judges from Utah and other Western States.

Events

Meetings and activities
Meetings are held in Salt Lake City but we have members from all over the state and the Intermountain region. Meetings are held on the second Monday evening of each month in the Garden Center at the Northeast corner of Sugar House Park, 1610 East, 21st South, Salt Lake City. The Garden Center is open at 7pm for socializing and/or plant sales and the formal program begins at 7.30 pm sharp. In the hot summer months of July and August, special events such as greenhouse tours and a barbeque may be scheduled in lieu of regular meetings.
Our monthly meetings begin with a “show and tell” in which new and experienced members display plants that are currently in bloom. The formal, or not so formal part, of the program consists of a mix of lectures from outside speakers (who frequently bring new and exciting orchids to sell) to educational sessions designed to help the new as well as the more specialized growers in orchid culture. Novices can always count on plenty of help on cultural tips at the meetings.

In the Spring and Fall we organize orchid shows at the Red Butte Garden and Arboretum located in the foothills of the Wasatch mountains. Members and local growers exhibit their plants in displays and commercial vendors sell orchid species and the latest hybrids. These shows are great social events for society members and an opportunity to spread our enthusiasm for these plants to the public. The shows are judged by American Orchid Society Judges from Utah and other Western States.

Upcoming programs of the UOS

May: “Venezuelan Cattleya species in their natural habitat and some selected clones” by Michael Sinn.

Born in Venezuela to German parents, Michael Sinn became fascinated with orchids when at the age of twelve he took over the care and culture of his mother’s extensive collection of Cattleyas and Oncidiums. He grew up hiking the jungles of South America whenever possible in search of Cattleyas in their natural habitats.

Using his degree in civil engineering from Universidad Metropilitana in Caracas, Michael worked as a contractor for four years in the Venezuelan Amazon State. The work afforded him opportunities to further observe habitats but, more important, he came to understand the urgency for conservation. He spent much personal time teaching local people how to pollinate the orchids, impressing upon them the need to let the plants remain in their natural habitat.

Michael’s instincts drew him toward breeding Cattleyas and Laelias, eventually starting his own nursery. By 2003, Michael and his growing family moved to Florida where he opened and continues to develop his nursery business known as Canaima Orchids. Through his excursions over the years to habitats in Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela, Michael’s vision remains constant: to conserve native species by producing the finest cultivars of Cattleya species possible. Orchid connoisseurs turn to him for superior seedlings and divisions.

Michael Sinn is a widely recognized top-quality breeder, honored with numerous international awards. A writer, popular lecturer, and Student Judge with the American Orchid Society, he serves as Judging Chairman for the Venezuelan Orchid Association (A.V.O.).

June: William and Lynn Gouldner of Woodstream Orchids (Huntingtown, MD) will be talking on "Report from Orchid Heaven...Growing Phragmipediums: A Perspective" This presentation combines Woodstream Orchids’ fifteen years of experience growing Phragmipediums with observations of Phrag. species in their native habitat to form a perspective on how to get the best from species and their hybrids in greenhouse and home growing situations. Containing elements on cultivation, hybridization, and orchid adventure, this presentation has something for everyone.

Their nursery was established in 1990 at first specializing in flasks and seedling paphiopedilums and phragmipediums They also purchased significant portions of the elite Paphiopedilum species and hybrid breeding stock from Emerson 'Doc' Charles' famous collection and Dr. Jack Vickery's Orchid Thoroughbreds. Woodstream Orchids is now one of the largest breeders of these in the eastern USA.

July: Summer pot luck and auction

August: Summer break

September speaker: Roy Tokunaga. Topic to be announced.
Roy Tokunaga earned a Bachelors in Education from the University of Hawaii in 1973, with a major in high school biology. He never used that teaching certificate as he was immediately recruited by Ernest Iwanaga to set up an orchid lab, where he spent the next seven years primarily honing his skills at cloning and germinating orchids. At about the same the time, Harry Akagi was growing bromeliads, and in 1981, together Harry and Roy established an orchid lab in Waimanalo, giving birth to H&R Nurseries. Today, Roy is credited with 27 years of experience in hybridization with several thousand hybrids delivered. Most of his work has been in the Dendrobium and Cattleya alliances. He is a long time member of the Honolulu Orchid Society and an accredited American Orchid Society judge since 1990. Roy confesses to having one vice, the game of golf. Nora and Roy Tokunaga have two children, Lori and Kevin.

October….to be announced

November: Fred Clarke of Sunset valley Orchids, CA

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May: “Venezuelan Cattleya species in their natural habitat and some selected clones” by Michael Sinn.

Born in Venezuela to German parents, Michael Sinn became fascinated with orchids when at the age of twelve he took over the care and culture of his mother’s extensive collection of Cattleyas and Oncidiums. He grew up hiking the jungles of South America whenever possible in search of Cattleyas in their natural habitats.

Using his degree in civil engineering from Universidad Metropilitana in Caracas, Michael worked as a contractor for four years in the Venezuelan Amazon State. The work afforded him opportunities to further observe habitats but, more important, he came to understand the urgency for conservation. He spent much personal time teaching local people how to pollinate the orchids, impressing upon them the need to let the plants remain in their natural habitat.

Michael’s instincts drew him toward breeding Cattleyas and Laelias, eventually starting his own nursery. By 2003, Michael and his growing family moved to Florida where he opened and continues to develop his nursery business known as Canaima Orchids. Through his excursions over the years to habitats in Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela, Michael’s vision remains constant: to conserve native species by producing the finest cultivars of Cattleya species possible. Orchid connoisseurs turn to him for superior seedlings and divisions.

Michael Sinn is a widely recognized top-quality breeder, honored with numerous international awards. A writer, popular lecturer, and Student Judge with the American Orchid Society, he serves as Judging Chairman for the Venezuelan Orchid Association (A.V.O.).

June: William and Lynn Gouldner of Woodstream Orchids (Huntingtown, MD) will be talking on "Report from Orchid Heaven...Growing Phragmipediums: A Perspective" This presentation combines Woodstream Orchids’ fifteen years of experience growing Phragmipediums with observations of Phrag. species in their native habitat to form a perspective on how to get the best from species and their hybrids in greenhouse and home growing situations. Containing elements on cultivation, hybridization, and orchid adventure, this presentation has something for everyone.

Their nursery was established in 1990 at first specializing in flasks and seedling paphiopedilums and phragmipediums They also purchased significant portions of the elite Paphiopedilum species and hybrid breeding stock from Emerson 'Doc' Charles' famous collection and Dr. Jack Vickery's Orchid Thoroughbreds. Woodstream Orchids is now one of the largest breeders of these in the eastern USA.

July: Summer pot luck and auction

August: Summer break

September speaker: Roy Tokunaga. Topic to be announced.
Roy Tokunaga earned a Bachelors in Education from the University of Hawaii in 1973, with a major in high school biology. He never used that teaching certificate as he was immediately recruited by Ernest Iwanaga to set up an orchid lab, where he spent the next seven years primarily honing his skills at cloning and germinating orchids. At about the same the time, Harry Akagi was growing bromeliads, and in 1981, together Harry and Roy established an orchid lab in Waimanalo, giving birth to H&R Nurseries. Today, Roy is credited with 27 years of experience in hybridization with several thousand hybrids delivered. Most of his work has been in the Dendrobium and Cattleya alliances. He is a long time member of the Honolulu Orchid Society and an accredited American Orchid Society judge since 1990. Roy confesses to having one vice, the game of golf. Nora and Roy Tokunaga have two children, Lori and Kevin.

October….to be announced

November: Fred Clarke of Sunset valley Orchids, CA