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Malibu Orchid Society
Monthly Meeting
Tuesday, January 21 at 7:00 pm
at the Pacific Palisades Woman’s Club
901 Haverford Ave., Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
Joe Ambriz will speak on
“Joe Ambriz's Passion for Laelia anceps:
How to grow them and how to bloom them”
Joe Ambriz had been growing Orchids and Tillandsias for well over fifteen years when a friend gave him his first Cymbidium in 2002. Unfortunately he ended up killing it! That led Joe to question “why?” and “how?” He then resolved to try again. A year later Joe started building a structure to house his growing collection of Cymbidiums, Laelias and Tillandsias.
In 2007, he began working as orchid buyer and nurseryman specialist at 7 Day Nursery doing plant and landscape design, home garden consultations, and spreading his passion for plants, especially temperature tolerant orchids, tillandsias, and his big interest in caudiciforms. At 7 Day Nursery Joe created one of the largest tillandsia inventory and collection for a retail store.
By 2016, Joe’s personal plant collection outgrew his home’s backyard and then his grandparent’s backyard. When the opportunity arose, he took it and moved his collection to a greenhouse in Carpenteria, which gave birth to his own company, Ambriz Kingdom of Plants, where he continues to share his passion for plants.
For the past three years, Joe has worked as “Foliage Manager” designing the foliage layout for the Santa Barbara International Orchid Show. The first orchid that he entered in a show, Cymbidium Sarah Jean ‘Ice Cascades,’ won best white cascading Cymbidium at SBIO! He also won the AOS Show Trophy for his displays at the Santa Barbara Show four years in a row along with numerous First Place Ribbons.
Laelia anceps is an orchid species native to Mexico and parts of Guatemala that easily grows under a wide range of extreme temperatures from freezing to the 90s. These plants come in a variety of colors and are especially well suited for our Southern California climate. Joe’s presentation will focus on his passion for Laelia anceps and he will share his cultural tips on how to grow them successfully out doors. Joe will also be providing plants for our opportunity table.
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.
