Next Meeting: Thursday 14th  February  7:30pm
 "Orchid Culture" by Alan Koch of Gold Country Orchids 
Specializing in Award Quality Miniatures, Compact Cattleyas and Phalaenopsis

Alan Koch will share his culture secrets and answer the questions that keep you awake at night:

                    Should I pot in bark, charcoal, perlite, moss, broken glass, or old tires? 
                    Is there any dark magic that can save a plant with no roots? 
                    Why would anyone pour hydrogen peroxide, seaweed extract, or Woolite on their plants? 

Get answers to these questions and Alan’s successful recipes for every thing from fertilizer to fungus (remover). And, with any luck, you will go home with some new plants to practice on.

February Raffle Table
Gold Country Orchids.

Alan will deliver PRE-PAID pre-orders to our meeting. Call  (916) 645-8600.  BE SURE to tell him you are with DVOS so he knows where to bring your plants.

Speaker’s Dinner will be at Sichuan Fortune House, 41 Woodsworth Ln. (off Contra Costa Blvd.) in Pleasant Hill at 5:30 pm. Everyone is welcome to attend and meet our speaker. If you plan to attend, please notify Liz Charlton at 925-280-1671 or email  dvosnews@gmail.com