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Malibu Orchid Society Monthly Meeting





TUESDAY, February 17   at  7:00 pm



​VIA Zoom


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Fred Clarke


WILL BE SPEAK ON
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Becoming an 80% Orchid Grower



 
We are delighted to welcome back Fred Clarke as our speaker for this month.


Ever wonder what the most important requirements are for growing the best orchids?

Learn about the underlying reasons of how and why orchids grow as they do, then explore

the fundamentals and advanced growing techniques to best grow them. Orchid plant

culture is explained as you have never heard it before. Learn how to become an 80

percentile grower, expect to be wowed by this talk! 


We all are familiar with Fred Clarke. He has been growing orchids for over 34 years as a

professional grower, hybridizer and manager in the horticulture industry. Fred applies these

skills at his nursery Sunset Valley Orchids in Vista California. 


Fred is a passionate grower whose curiosity in orchids is broad and varied. Although

developing Cattleya hybrids is his sustaining interest, Fred is actively creating new

Paphiopedilum and Aussie Dendrobium hybrids plus others to be named if they work out!

His pioneering work in Catasetum intergeneric hybrids led to the development of several

notable hybrids. Most recently the grex, Fredclarkeara After Dark, which produced "the

blackest flower ever witnessed." This grex has received over 100 awards worldwide with

nine FCC's and thirty AM's from AOS judges. Fred is also an Accredited Judge in the

Pacific South region. 


Fred has always been a generous supporter of the Malibu Orchid Society. Sunset Valley

Orchids continues to provide quality orchids to the hobbyist through mail order. If there is

an orchid you would like to add to your collection, this is the first source to check. 

​Click Here to Go to Sunset Valley Orchids Website


​We look forward to seeing you on Zoom for this presentation. 

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.  Although we have lost our meeting place as a result of the Palisades Fire in 2025, we continue to meet on Zoom.  At each meeting 
members benefit from expert speakers who present illustrated talks on various orchid genera and their culture.