January 2 Meeting
Chris Satch To Speak on ‘Blooming Orchids’
At our next monthly meeting on Thursday, January 2, 2025, Chris Satch will present the second part of a two-part series for the Houston Orchid Society with a presentation on “Blooming Orchids.”
Chris Satch is a professor at the New York Botanical Gardens as well as the CEO and founder of NYC Plant Help, a horticultural consultancy for indoor and outdoor growers in the greater New York area. Having been featured on NPR, the Wall Street Journal, Architectural Digest, and more, Christopher breaks down the science behind growing plants and explains how plants grow in human-understandable terms. Having specialized in plant physiology and pathology, you can ask him any orchid growth, flowering, or culture question, and he will know the answer.
Chris is a member of the AOS Education and Tech committees, has participated in the rewrite of the care and culture sheets for AOS, and grows more than 200 plants on windowsills, in terrariums, and more in his tiny Manhattan apartment. His favorite orchids are Cattleya species, Catasetinae, Miltoniopsis, Lepanthes, and anything else that’s either odd or fragrant. And he loves warm-climate plants, even living in New York!
Please bring your blooming plants for the show-and-tell table. The meeting begins at 7:30pm at First Christian Church, 1601 Sunset Boulevard, Houston.
If you haven’t already ordered your official Houston Orchid Society name badge, you can now order yours online.