Hunting Cattleyas in Brazil

Name: Hunting Cattleyas in Brazil
Start: 2025-03-05T18:30:00-06:00
End: 2025-03-05T21:00:00-06:00
Location: San Antonio Garden Center

Schedule

Wed Mar 05 2025 at 06:30 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

San Antonio Garden Center | San Antonio, TX

Stephen is one of our Society members! Thank you Stephen for giving this presentation.
Members bring treats and drinks to share!
Stephen's Bio:
Stephen started growing orchids around 1992 at approximately 12 years of age. He has grown orchids in Canada, Arizona, Hawaii, and now Texas. He been an AOS member for much of that time and is a fully accredited AOS judge at the Alamo Judging Center (San Antonio). He authored Rhyncholaelia digbyana- The Frilled Wonder published in the August 2020 edition of Orchids Magazine. He has served multiple times as the President, Vice President (Speaker Recruiter), and the recently created Vice President (Social Media) position at the Heart of Texas Orchid Society over the years Finally, Stephen has created a YouTube channel in which he discusses tips and tricks for growing Cattleyas, Catasetums, Cyrtopodiums, and a few other genera in central Texas.
Stephen focuses most of his orchid growing energy on Cattleyas and Catasetums, though he also grows Bulbophyllums, Cyrtopodiums, Ansellia, and an expanding Phalaenopsis collection. He enjoys growing his orchids outside underneath the oak trees and recently moved from Dripping Springs to Boerne.