​​MOS  Monthly Meeting 





TUESDAY, January 17 at  7:00 pm



Will be held in-person at our new venue at the


Community Methodist Church, Hart Lounge,


801 Via De La Paz, Pacific Palisades, 90272






​Carol Helen Beule
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will speak on 



"The Essence of Japan and Fuukiran 

(Vanda Falcata) i.e., Neofinetia: A Country

of Gardeners,Perfectionists & Tradition"
  

   
We are delighted to welcome Carol Helen Beule as our guest speaker this month.  Her

presentation will take us on a virtual tour of Japan, a country she has visited multiple times

to study her beloved Neofinetias and the elegant pottery that these plants are grown in.

Her talk will provide an overview of the various types within this genus and give us tips on

how to care for them.



Carol is an EMMY award-winning Costume Designer.  Based in New York City for the first

15 years of her career, she was a professional Costume Designer from 1974 until she 

retired in 2017.  In 1992, she moved to Southern California and that's when she started 

growing orchids outside her home in Studio City.  In her search for orchids that would grow

in her somewhat problematic growing area, with temperature ranging from 28 to 118 

Fahrenheit and humidity as low as 7%, she discovered the Japanese orchid Neofinetia

falcata (or called Fuukiran in Japan) that thrived outdoors.  After she retired she

embarked on making ceramic pots for these orchids that are traditionally grown in

such decorative pots, which are as important as the plants themselves.

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Carol is a Fully Accredited American Orchid Society Judge, the 1st VP of the Orchid 

Society of Southern California, and is the Co-founder of the Fukiran Society of America

that meets annually at Cal Orchid every July during the prime flowering season of these

​fragrant flowers.  Carol has authored a 3 part series of articles on the cultural

heritage of these plants and the pots used to display them for Orchids magazine.  The

first part was published in February 2022 with parts 2 & 3 continued throughout last year.

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For our meeting, Carol will bring some of her blooming plants along with several of her

pottery creations.
 


Please join us at our new venue for this informative presentation.  There is plenty of free

​parking behind the church.  Light refreshments will be served.

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  About us
​Come join us this fall  at our new location in the Pacific Palisades.  
We are an ​award winning, volunteer run, 501(c) (3) non-profit organization formed in the spring of 1963 to develop interest in orchids; to aid and assist members with orchid growing and culture; and to provide educational information, which shall benefit its members and the community.

​At each meeting members benefit from expert speakers who present illustrated talks on various orchid genera and their culture.  Members display orchids for ribbon judging each month and share tips on how their plants are grown.  The Society also holds a silent plant auction as well as a raffle table for orchids.  Upcoming events are announced and fellow orchid enthusiasts consult with each other on the culture of various orchid species. 
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