Welcome to the North Eastern New York Orchid Society (NENYOS)!
On Saturday, November 2nd, Fred Clarke will be our speaker. Fred is a wonderful speaker, so don't miss this meeting!
Fred has been growing orchids since 1977 and has been hybridizing for 35 of those years. With over 38 years as a professional grower and manager in the horticultural industry, Fred applies these skills at his orchid nursery; Sunset Valley Orchids, located in San Diego, California. He is a passionate orchid grower whose curiosity in orchids is broad and varied. Although developing Cattleya hybrids has been his sustaining interest, he is also actively creating new Catasetinae, Paphiopedilum and Australian Dendrobium hybrids.
His pioneering work in Catasetum intergeneric breeding has 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 eight FCC’s, six AM’s and the coveted ‘Award of Distinction’ on the first flowers shown for judging!
Speaking of judging, Fred is also an accredited American Orchid Society Judge in the Pacific South Judging Region.
Members may pre-order from SVO Orchids and Fred will deliver your pre-paid order at the meeting. Use the discount code SOCIETYORDERS so the cart does not add standard shipping. Fred will also be bringing plants to sell.
New!! Check us out on Instagram: For those with an Instagram account, it can be found @nenyos, and for those without an account: www.instagram.com/nenyos. Without an account you can still view the photos, but you can’t ‘like’ or comment on them.
Meetings are held the first Saturday of each month except January, July and August. In September, we avoid Labor Day weekend. We meet at the William Sanford Library in Colonie starting at 1:00 p.m. Please see the Meetings section of the website for more details.
On Saturday, November 2nd, Fred Clarke will be our speaker. Fred is a wonderful speaker, so don't miss this meeting!
Fred has been growing orchids since 1977 and has been hybridizing for 35 of those years. With over 38 years as a professional grower and manager in the horticultural industry, Fred applies these skills at his orchid nursery; Sunset Valley Orchids, located in San Diego, California. He is a passionate orchid grower whose curiosity in orchids is broad and varied. Although developing Cattleya hybrids has been his sustaining interest, he is also actively creating new Catasetinae, Paphiopedilum and Australian Dendrobium hybrids.
His pioneering work in Catasetum intergeneric breeding has 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 eight FCC’s, six AM’s and the coveted ‘Award of Distinction’ on the first flowers shown for judging!
Speaking of judging, Fred is also an accredited American Orchid Society Judge in the Pacific South Judging Region.
Members may pre-order from SVO Orchids and Fred will deliver your pre-paid order at the meeting. Use the discount code SOCIETYORDERS so the cart does not add standard shipping. Fred will also be bringing plants to sell.
New!! Check us out on Instagram: For those with an Instagram account, it can be found @nenyos, and for those without an account: www.instagram.com/nenyos. Without an account you can still view the photos, but you can’t ‘like’ or comment on them.
Meetings are held the first Saturday of each month except January, July and August. In September, we avoid Labor Day weekend. We meet at the William Sanford Library in Colonie starting at 1:00 p.m. Please see the Meetings section of the website for more details.