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Malibu Orchid Society
Monthly Meeting
Tuesday, October, 15 at 7:00 pm
at the Pacific Palisades Woman’s Club
901 Haverford Ave., Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
Tim Culbertson will speak on
“Zygos for Southern California”
We are excited once again to host Tim Culbertson who will be sharing his presentation entitled “Zygos for Southern California.” These plants are easy to grow and flower. They are vigorous and have low cultural demands; many will grow easily outdoors in Southern California. Although a number of Zygopetalums look similar, different breeding lines from around the world in recent times have pushed the look of Zygos in radical and wild directions. Tim’s talk will explore these new exciting breeding results.
Many genera contribute to these new hybrids. Tim will identify some of the important parents in the backgrounds of these modern colors and appearances found in this genus. By the end of this presentation, you will gain a new appreciation of what goes into breeding trends for these plants with their beautiful flowers and ease-of-growth habits.
Tim teaches middle school kids for a living, but one of his abiding passions has always been growing plants. He began growing orchids as an offshoot from a job he had after college at Longwood Gardens in Philadephia. He also worked several years at the Smithsonian Institution tending orchids at the United States National Arboretum, collecting rare plants, and documenting cultivated species and hybrids for their herbarium. Tim has been an American Orchid Society judge for nearly 15 years, and has served in various capacities with various orchid societies in California and on the East Coast. He also makes time to do a little hybridizing and finds “growing up my own babies is a blast.”
In brief, Tim loves being involved with plants as much as possible.
Tim will be providing a plant table of the newest, modern, cutting-edge Zygopetalum alliance hybrids, suitable for inside, outside, or both.
Come join us this month to hear this excellent speaker.
Light refreshments will be served and all are welcome!
About us
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.
We meet at 7pm on the third Tuesday of every month (except for December and August when no meetings are held), at the Pacific Palisades Woman's Club, 901 Haverford Ave.
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.
We meet at 7pm on the third Tuesday of every month (except for December and August when no meetings are held), at the Pacific Palisades Woman's Club, 901 Haverford Ave.
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.
