Fort Lauderdale Orchid Society
Orchid Renaissance: Orchid Show and Sale January 10, 11, & 12, 2025
Jason Fischer’s life-long passion for orchids started at age 5 when he began working in his father Jerry’s business, Orchids Limited in Plymouth, MN. He began breeding at age 14, first with Phals. and later other varieties. He now helps manage the business and is heavily involved in breeding and marketing. He studied the Japanese …
Dr. Needham’s professional objective has been “to educate and foster the professional development of others.” After earning his PhD in Horticultural Plant Breeding and Genetics in 1989, Dr. Needham served as Professor of Floriculture at Oklahoma State University. Dr. Needham joined Longwood Gardens in July 2007, serving as Vice President of Education until he retired …
Our annual auction is a fun fundraiser for FLOS. We alway have a great selection of plants from our favorite orchid vendors and donations from FLOS members. This year our auction will be held via ZOOM. It will require prior registration. When you register, you will be sent a login link that is unique to …
Mary Gerritsen currently works an independent biotechnology consultant, her “retirement” after a long career in the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry. However, much of her free time now involves orchids in some fashion or another. Mary has a large collection of miniature orchids, as well as numerous pleurothallids, paphiopedilum, bulbophyllum, and dendrobium species which she grows outside in …
Our January speaker will be Harry A. Gallis, MD, from North Carolina. As always, the Zoom link will be on our homepage @ FLOS.org. Dr. Harry Gallis is an American Orchid Society judge in North Carolina and a long-time grower of Antelope style Dendrobiums. His talk should give you a good overview of the various …
Linden Burzell has been growing orchids for nearly sixty years. He began collecting as a young man in Vista, California, buying his first plants from some of the famous Southern California growers of the late 50’s and 60’s. After graduating from UCLA, he went on to receive his Ph.D. in Marine Microbiology from the University …
Our March speaker will be Patricia Harding, a world traveler, observer, photographer, and writer who also grows orchids at her Oregon home, where she has been “stuck” for more than a year. She will talk about testing orchid DNA and developing a family tree, how it is done and why it works. Sounds downright scary, …
Our April Speaker, Glen Decker, has been growing fabulous Paphiopedilums and Phragmipediums for more than 40 years, earning numerous AOS awards, including the Butterworth Prize, Nax Trophy, W.W. Wilson Award, and the Carlyle A. Luer Award. He spoke at a FLOS meeting several years ago about his fabulous orchids, but his presentation this time will …
The Keiki Club is for new members of FLOS. We meet to socialize and to learn about the basics of growing orchids.
Join us for a visit to the Stunson Nature Trail, also known as the "Parade of Orchids". The City of Oakland Park, the Urban Farm Institute, Florida Master Gardener Volunteers, the Equality Garden Club, and the Fort Lauderdale Orchid Society all collaborated to install around 1,500 native orchids along a beautify 1/4 mile trail planted …
