Our next meeting will be Wednesday, June 4, 2005.  The doors will open at 6:00 pm.  The meeting will start at 7:00 pm.  I hope to see you all there. 

We are very pleased to announce that George Hatfield will be speaking to us on Cymbidiums.  George is a premier hybridizer of pendulous Cymbidiums and is known around the world.  He has been working on heat tolerant Cymbidiums that can grow in our climate with out special environments.  He has earned many awards from the American Orchid Society and from the Cymbidium Society of America when it was granting awards.  Many customers have purchased orchids and receive awards.  He has spoken around the world and currently is the President of the World Orchid Congress.  In addition, he has served on numerous Boards of Directors of orchid related organizations.  He has supported our society with donations that have helped to fund our Societies programs.  He has written numerous articles for various orchid magazines and periodicals and spoken at many societies and conferences around the world.  He has served as the president of the American Orchid Society, the Chairman of the Pacific South Judging Center and been an Judge at several certified levels since 2000.

George has been growing orchids for over 30 years.  He started Hatfield Orchids in 2005.  We are very fortunate to have such a distinguished orchid grower, Judge and speaker come to share his passion with us.