May 27, 2025 - Meeting
Draculas, Whimsical Monster
of The Orchid World
Presented by - Tom Etheridge

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Tom will join us to share his secrets behind successfully growing and cultivating
Dracula Orchids in the Northwest.
Tom began growing orchids more than 40 years ago while growing up in Northwest Florida. His parents supported his hobby and, understanding the value of education above all else, bought him a membership in the AOS. After graduate school he settled
in Oregon where he and his wife built a greenhouse designed for cool-growing genera, Odontoglossums, Masdevallias, and Draculas, that thrive in the US Pacific Northwest.  Tom has been a member of the American Orchid Society since 1977, has been
involved in AOS judging since 2000 and been an AOS accredited judge since 2007.  He served as AOS Trustee 2010-2013, AOS Vice-President 2013-2014, again as a Trustee until 2017. He has received more than 120 AOS awards, including 33 awards to Draculas, as well as the Dugger, Jesup, and Carpenter Special Awards of the AOS.

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