NCOS Blog

We are really excited to have a great line-up of orchid vendors coming to this year’s show at Homestead Gardens in Davidsonville, MD next weekend (Feb 15-17)…some are old favorites and some are new to our show this year. Starting in no particular order is:  Orchid...

Here’s the flyer for our big orchid show.  Please share the information with all of your friends who are orchid enthusiasts!

  This Saturday, one of my favorite events of the year will take place – the NCOS Paph Forum!  The event will be held at the US National Arboretum’s Visitor Center in Washington DC on Saturday January 25, 2020 from 8 AM to 5 PM.   The Paph Forum is a rare...

We are very fortunate to have Dr. Harold Koopowitz to be the featured speaker at the January NCOS meeting! Dr. Koopowitz is currently a Professor of Ecology at the University of California at Irvine.  He has written extensively on the taxonomy and hybridization of...

Fred Clarke of Sunset Valley Orchids Fred Clarke will be the featured speaker for the November 2019 meeting on Monday November 18th, 2019.  Fred is perhaps best known for hybridizing with Catasetums, Cycnoches and Mormodes.  He is also active in breeding Paphs,...

Our show table judge, Sarah, has a real knack for growing amazing orchids.  In particular, Sarah is known for her Habenarias.  Here are a few hybrid Habenarias that were on the show table at the September NCOS meeting.  We don’t have names for these plants at this...

Here were some of the lovely flowers on display at the September NCOS meeting.  The show table makes the trip to the National Arboretum in Washington DC worth the effort! Dendrobium Enobi ‘Splash’ Multifloral paph Yellow hybrid Cycnoches Bulbophyllum A-Dorible ‘Candy...

The excitement builds! Paph Lady Isabel (Paph rothschildianum x P. stonei) by Jason Gebbia Paph Lady Isabel is a classic old cross that combines two fantastic multi-floral Paph species, and it usually get the best of both parents! Can hardly wait any longer! Jason...

Phrag QF Kamakailo Tyler   (Peruflora’s flora spririt x Longiflorium) by Suzette Agans The moment of truth – the bud starts to open! Blooming orchids is our favorite topic, and there is a lot of anticipation when one of our plants shows that it is ready to bloom.  It...