General Meeting

Speaker: George Hatfield

“Cymbidium Species and their Contributions
to Modern Day Hybridizing”

George Hatfield has over 25 years of experience in raising award quality Cymbidium orchids. Hatfield Orchids is fortunate enough to be located in Ventura County, California, which has an ideal climate for the propagation of Cymbidium orchids. We are an operation of family and friends and orchids are our passion.

 George is active in both the Cymbidium Society of America and the American Orchid Society, as well as several Southern California regional orchid organizations. George is an orchid judge for both the CSA and AOS, and is currently the Chairman of the Santa Barbara judging region for the CSA.

George is also a past-president of the CSA and was the Chairman of the CSA Cymbidium Congress from 1998-2001 and president of the Santa Barbara International Orchid Show in 2002 & 2003. Currently George is Chair of the Pacific South Judging Region, AOS, and Vice President of the Santa Barbara International Orchid Show. George was the Key Note Speaker at the 2009 Australian National Orchid Conference in Melbourne.

George will also be bringing plants for sale.

Plant Opportunity Table

The plant table for this month will be provided by Hatfield Orchids. We all know he fills our Table with many, many beautiful Cymbidiums. So don’t forget to get your raffle tickets!

How-To Session

The How-To will a talk on Orchid Plant Resting Period.

Late Updated: 01/03/2012