October 28, 2025 - Meeting
Collectors Series ~ Part 2
Paph Ezekial Koplan
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Portland Orchid Society
Welcome, to The Portland Orchid Society website, home to the fastest growing orchid group in Oregon. We hope that you find our website informative. Please feel free to join us at our next meeting.
Upcoming Meetings & Location
THE PORTLAND ORCHID SOCIETY
INVITES YOU TO ATTEND
OUR MONTHLY MEETING
at St. Luke Lutheran Church
(around back in the Fellowship Hall)
4595 SW California St.
Portland, OR 97219
Doors Open at 6:00 pm
Meeting starts at 7:00 pm
October 28, 2025 - Meeting
Collectors Series ~ Part 2
We’re thrilled to announce Part II of our new quarterly Collector’s Series, and this month is especially exciting for our members! Our featured orchid will be~
Paphiopedilum Ezekial Koplan
(In-Charm Topaz × henryanum)
Donated by: Theresa Hill,
Hillsview Gardens & Kevin Wescott
During this special session, we’ll take a deep dive into the world of this rare and beautiful Paphiopedilum hybrid. We’ll explore:
✅ Its origin and parentage
✅ Key characteristics & unique traits
✅ Habitat insights
✅ Culture tips for successful growing
✅ Potting techniques – with hands-on opportunities!
As part of our Collector’s Series experience, each membership attending will receive a Paphiopedilum Ezekial Koplan plant to pot or mount during the meeting!
This is a rare chance to add a truly special orchid to your personal collection.
Don’t Miss This Meeting!
Whether you’re a long-time Paph lover or just beginning to explore slipper orchids, this is an opportunity to learn, grow, and collect together.
We can’t wait to share this beautiful journey into Part II of the series with you—and send you home with a stunning new treasure for your collection!
November 25, 2025 - Meeting
Cymbidium's and their Culture
Presented by: Bob Burkey
Bob’s orchid career has spanned four decades at three distinct growing areas: Southern California (8 years), the Big Island of Hawaii (25 years), and Oregon (the past 9 years). He is a senior judge with the American Orchid Society and former accredited judge with the Cymbidium Society of America. He has
authored many articles about growing and hybridizing cymbidiums and odontoglossums in various orchid publications, and has lectured on many orchid subjects at conferences, society meetings, and judge’s forums throughout the U.S., New Zealand,
Japan, and the U.K. Bob has extensive experience in hybridizing specific lines of orchids and has managed several large
tissue culture laboratories. He and
his wife Cassandra moved to the
Portland area in 2015 and they currently
grow orchids of choice in Mulino.
December 9, 2025 - Meeting
Holiday Potluck & Auction
Don’t miss the opportunity to socialize and enjoy great food with your fellow POS members and their families. Bring your favorite dish to share.
(Please make sure to list the ingredients of items made for the potluck for people with dietary restrictions and allergies.) Be ready to bid.
There will be quality plants (many in bud) that will make great additions to your collection.
6:30 PM Social Time & Potluck
7:15 PM Auction Starts –
Contact Us
Mailing Address
Portland Orchid Society
12533 SW 55th Place
Portland, OR 97219
Meeting Location
St. Luke Lutheran Church
(around back in the Fellowship Hall)
4595 SW California St.
Portland, OR 97219
Upcoming Events
Benefits of Membership:
Thank you for your interest in joining the Portland Orchid Society. Membership is open to anyone interested in orchids.
As a member, you will enjoy the following benefits
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Monthly meetings
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Networking with other orchid enthusiasts and speakers
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Discount on orchid bark and other supplies
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Group order discounts
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Monthly newsletter
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Membership Directory
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Invite to sell orchids or divisions at our Summer Sale
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Free Challenge Orchid Plant each year
MEMBERSHIP DUES
Individual $20.00
Student $15.00
Family $25.00
Lifetime $200.00
Individual and Family Memberships shall be valid from January 1st to December 31st.
Each new member will be provided with a Society Membership Directory and may purchase a Membership Badge from the Membership Chair for $10.00
Join the Portland Orchid Society
The Orchid Digest Cattleya Symposium
November 8, 2025
10:00 am to 7:00 pm
Can't join us in person, no problem!
Join virtually or watch the recording whenever it
works for you!
Speakers
Art Chadwick, Chadwick Orchids
Fred Clarke, Sunset Valley Orchids
Pepe Portilla, Ecuagenera
David Toyoshima
Virtual: $40.00
Problems registering? Call Jeff at 323.864.2673
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https://www.orchiddigest.org/2025-Cattleya-Symposium
AOS Corner
October Issue of ORCHIDS
This month, Jim Cootes continues his series on the genus Dendrobium with a survey of the species that comprise section Densiflora (now called section Callista). These popular dendrobiums are easy to grow and produce stunningly beautiful specimens. Gisela Utz discusses general orchid culture in her article called "Caring for Orchids in the Greenhouse." For those without greenhouses, don't let the titlTe scare you off. The article is chock-full of valuable information to all growers. Sexual dimorphism (remarkably different male and female flowers) is rare in orchids, commonly only in the Catasetinae. Günter Gerlach discusses the sex lives of these plants in his article "The True Sex Life of Catasetum and Cycnoches and rounding out our October issue, Tim Culbertson presents a beautiful article on breeding miniature lycastes.
This Year's Orchids Magazine Supplement on the Slipper Orchids - Included with the October issue of Orchids
This year’s annual supplement
features a group of Orchids that have been steadily gaining in popularity for several years. The slipper orchids comprise five genera, Paphiopedilum, Phragmipedium, Mexipedium, Cypripedium and Selenipedium. The first two are the largest genera and the most popular in our collections. Still, the single species Mexipedium xerophyticum is becoming increasingly easier to find and turns out not to be that hard to grow.
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