Upcoming Nature Coast Orchid Society meetings and events
- Monthly meetings are now at our new location,
- St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church on Spring Hill Drive, on the 4th Sat. of the month
2025 meetings
July 26 - Jim Roberts owns Fl Suncoast Orchids located in Myakka City. Jim has been growing & breeding orchids for over 30 yrs. He makes learning about orchids fun so come & learn how to grow Encyclias.
Jim won a “hybridizer award for Encyclias & others in the Cattelya Alliance” from the AOS in 2019 so he will know how to teach us to be successful growing & flowering them. He will be bringing orchids for sale.
August 23 - Our annual orchid auction! Stay tuned for more information!
Sept. 27- Melana & Jim Davidson will teach us how to grow & bloom the Catasetum orchids. They own Jim-N-I orchids in Homestead where they grow Cattleyas, Bulbophyllums, Phalaenopsis & Dendrobiums. Between the 2 of them they have 30 years experience & both are accredited AOS judges. They will be bringing plants for us to buy.
Oct. 25 - Annual picnic at Crews Lake Park in Shady Hills area of Pasco County. More info to come.
Nov. 22 - Keith Emig of Winter Haven Orchids, will talk about Vandaceous Orchids other than Vandas. He will teach us about the unusual orchids in that genus; Aerides, Angraecoid, Neofinetia, Renanthetas & Rhynchostylis.
He will be bringing orchids to sell.
December- Our annual Holiday party.