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Dedicated to Orchid Conservation and Research
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WELCOME We are so glad you decided to stop by for a visit. The Houston Orchid Society has been in existence in Houston since 1945. Through the years we have become a vibrant family of orchid lovers dedicated to the preservation of orchids in their natural habitats and the education of the public.
The annual HOS show was held in April at the Houston Museum of Natural Science and was a tremendous success. Many other events are planned for this year and the speaker lineup for this year is exceptional. If you want to learn about orchid culture or add plants to your collection, the HOS monthly meetings are sure to please. The Houston Orchid Society offers special programs to fit your level of orchid growing. The Newcomers Group offers basic growing tips and the Intermediate Group selects topics of interest to the group for more in depth studies. Accept this invitation to come partake in the enjoyment of the beautiful, the odd, fragrant, and varied world of orchids. Welcome to the Houston Orchid Society web site and the orchid community.
You can now purchase shirts, hats, mugs and other items with the official HOS Logo. We have set up a shop with many items bearing the HOS Logo and you can choose your style and color and pay with your credit card.
HOS members can now join the Yahoo
Group email list by entering your email in the box below and
clicking on the Yahoo button.
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May 3, 2012 Meeting John Stubbings Presentation from WOC 2011 and Orchids in Asia John Stubbings is a retired chemical/environmental engineer formerly working in specialty chemical plants. Clown Alley Orchids is the family business started in 1986 near Chicago. In September 2005 he re-opened the orchid business with a full time retail shop in Pasadena, Texas where the greenhouse space is much larger. John is the chief grower and hybridizer. Clown Alley Orchids attends many shows and fairs each year exhibiting and selling orchids suitable for the south. John has been growing orchids starting indoors under lights and in windowsills in 1979. John concentrates his orchid hybridizing work in Cattleyas, Phalaenopsis and Galeandra. John has registered over 15 Galeandra hybrids, 30 Phalaenopsis hybrids and two Cattleya hybrids. He was President of The International Phalaenopsis Alliance with members from about twenty countries and nearly every state. Previously he was Regional Director and First Vice-President with the IPA. John is a fully accredited American Orchid Society (AOS) judge (since 1991). He has attended and judged shows all over the US and international shows in Canada, Scotland, Taiwan, Korea and Singapore. He previously served five years as Chairman of the AOS Chicago Judging Center. John was President of the Illinois Orchid Society for three years. He was a director or officer of the Illinois Orchid Society for over 20 consecutive years. He was President of the Houston Orchid Society for 2010 after serving two years as Vice-President. John has won many AOS awards for flower quality as well as cultural excellence. John gives lectures or presentations throughout the world to various orchid and botanical or garden groups. This includes courses given for the Chicago Botanic Garden and lectures at SWROGA meetings. These talks are usually about growing orchids more effectively or about Phalaenopsis or other orchid genera. He lectured at the 2006 Taiwan International Orchid Symposium in Taiwan, R. O. C. and spent over a week in Taiwan visiting nurseries. He also has lectured in Edmonton and Calgary, Canada; Peterborough, England and many cities throughout the U.S.
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