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Diablo View Orchid Society
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Nonprofit organization 501(c)(3). DVOS promotes and stimulates interest in orchids; to provide for the exchange and dissemination of information relating to the culture of orchids.

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Diablo View Orchid Society @dvorchidsociety.bsky.social · 25d
SAT, FEB 7, 2026
10am-4pm
• Displays of beautiful orchids
• Orchids & native plants for sale
• Educational talk on orchid care & culture

Cal State East Bay
Corcord Campus
4700 Ygnacio Valley Rd, Concord, CA

Admission $7
$5 if you show this digital card at the door.
Children 12 and under free
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Ricardo Pastor brings in this Cymbidium No ID to our last Show and Tell meeting in January. It received 3rd place in the Intermediate category.

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January 20, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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Marcia hart brought in this lovely Maxillaria variabilis to our last meeting in January’s Show and Tell. She received 1st place in the Advanced category.

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January 19, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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Miki Ichiyangi brings in this Barkeria melanocaulon to our January Show and Tell. She received 3rd place in the Advanced category.

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January 15, 2026 at 2:14 PM
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Ricardo Pastor brings in this Phalaenopsis No ID to our January Show and Tell. This particular show a peloric mutation where the petals mimic the lip. It does create an interesting effect when it blooms.

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January 14, 2026 at 9:06 PM
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Jim Wert bring in this Ornithophora radicans (formerly Gomesa radicans) to our January Show and Tell. He won 1st place in the Lancer Smith award for orchids under 6 inches.

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January 12, 2026 at 2:23 PM
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Ricardo Pastor brings in the Cymbidium No ID to our January meeting. He received 2nd place in the Intermediate category for Show and Tell.

#orchid #orchids #photography #nature #flower #bluesky #houseplants #gardening
January 11, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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SAT, FEB 7, 2026
10am-4pm
• Displays of beautiful orchids
• Orchids & native plants for sale
• Educational talk on orchid care & culture

Cal State East Bay
Corcord Campus
4700 Ygnacio Valley Rd, Concord, CA

Admission $7
$5 if you show this digital card at the door.
Children 12 and under free
January 11, 2026 at 12:50 AM
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Carol Bassett brings in the Bulbophyllum Elizabeth Ann. It’s a cross between Bulbophyllum longissimum x Bulbophyllum rothschildianum.

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January 10, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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Henry Shaw shares his Dendrobium aratriferum. He says it smells like cucumber!

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December 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Dendrochilum glumaceum

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November 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Mara Strom brings in this tiny Barbosella dusenii. It received our Lancer Smith award. It’s for tiny orchids. A recent Barbosella dusenii was presented at the CSNJC which had over 400 flowers.

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November 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Henry Shaw brings in this Rhyncholaeliocattleya Unconditional Love ‘Volcano Queen’ (Rhyncholaeliocattleya Beverly Blietz x Rhyncholaeliocattleya Kristi Yamaguchi). He received 1st place in the intermediate category.

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November 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Kaitlyn Strom brings in the No ID Phalaenopsis to our November meeting. She won 3rd place in the Intermediate category.

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November 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Coelogyne Jannine Banks
(Coelogyne mooreana x Coelogyne flaccida)

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November 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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We had several interesting orchids presented at our November meeting, like this unnamed Catasetum hybrid between Ctsm. gladiatorum ‘SVO 35’ x Ctsm. semicirculatum ‘The best of the Best’.

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November 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Cattlianthe Busy Bev ‘Blue Jewel’
(Cattleya Dinard x Cattlianthe Purple Secret)

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November 11, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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Rhyncholaeliocattleya Heaven's Gate ‘Crystelle' FCC/AOS
(Rhyncholaeliocattleya Leonard Smith × Rhyncholaeliocattleya Carolina Splendor)

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November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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This Chiloschista exuperei is a small leafless orchid native to Thailand.

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November 7, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Paphiopedilum henryanym
Shared by Liz Charlton

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November 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Diane Bond shares her award winning Phragmipedium Hanna Popow AM/AOS. It’s a primary cross between Phragmipedium besseae x Phragmipedium schlimii.

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November 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Cattleya harrissoniana
Shared by Yunor Peralta

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October 31, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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C. peckhaviensis - amazing scent

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October 30, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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@suaraorchids.bsky.social shares this wonderful Rhyncholaeliocattleya Amazing Thailand. It’s a cross between Rhyncholaeliocattleya Haadyai Delight x Cattleya Brazilian Treasure.

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October 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Cattleya harrisoniana

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October 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Tony Well from the Tiny Jungle shares this Brassidium Kenneth Bivin ‘Santa Barbara’ AM/AOS

It’s a cross between Oncidium cariniferum × Brassia arcuigera.

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October 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM