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Malibu Orchid Society Monthly Meeting
TUESDAY, July 16 at 7:00 pm
Community Methodist Church, Hart Lounge,
801 Via De La Paz, Pacific Palisades, 90272
Donna Ballard
WILL BE SPEAK ON
"A Culture Session: Orchids 101"
We are delighted to welcome back Donna Ballard as our speaker
for this month. Tonight’s presentation will be on Orchids 101 for
Beginning and Intermediate Level Orchid Growers. Orchids have
four basic cultural needs: appropriate light levels, appropriate
temperature levels, basic watering needs, and humidity
requirements. Understanding these needs, growers will achieve
success in growing and blooming orchids. Additionally, Donna will
share expert growing tips and demonstrate repotting techniques for
various orchid genera.
Donna was born, raised and attended school in the San Fernando
Valley. She spent over forty years loving and studying plants.
Eventually she went on to work as a professional interior plant
technician, a position from which she has recently retired..
For the past seven years she served as a volunteer at the
Huntington Botanical Gardens Thornton Estate Orchid
Conservatory in San Marino where she has worked alongside Doug
Overstreet who oversees the vast Thornton orchid collection.
Donna is an active member of the Orchid Society of Southern
California (OSSC). She is an Accredited American Orchid Society
Judge of the AOS Pacific South Judging Region. She also serves
on the AOS Board of Education and is currently the 1st Vice
President of the San Fernando Valley Orchid Society with whom
she frequently exhibits at both the Santa Barbara and Huntington
Orchids Shows.
Her personal orchid collection currently numbers over 1400
that she grows in an area of 485 sq. feet encompassing her
greenhouse, shade house, as well interior growing areas. Donna
grows Cattleyas, Paphiopedilums, Cymbidiums, Dendrobiums,
Sarcochilus, miniature Vandas and Phalaenopsis orchids as well as
several other miscellaneous genera.
Light refreshments will be served. All are welcome to attend; attendance is free.
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.
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.