Culture Classes
Our Culture Classes are held the 2nd Tuesday of every month in the Cedar Room at Van Dusen Botanical Gardens, except for January, July, August, and December. Each Culture Class focuses on a single horticulture topic designed to hone your growing skills.
Attendance is for members only; however, we invite guests to join us for one free class by registering at secretary@vancouverorchidscociety.ca. If you want to attend more, we invite you to become a member.
Classes start at 7:00 pm, and doors open at 6:30pm at the Cedar Room. Use the set up time to chat, bring questions, and trade plants! Please e-mail secretary@vancouverorchidsociety.ca for details on how to join.
2026 Presenters
| January 2026 |
No classes in January |
| February 10, 2026 | Speaker: Wesley Jellknight Topic: “Mounted, Tropical Orchids… in a Dark, YVR Apartment” |
| March 10, 2026 | Speaker: Stanley & Ingrid Topic: “Your Best Orchid Show: How to Prepare & Set Up Your Best Display”
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| April 14, 2026 | Speaker: Conor Preston Topic: “Deflasking: Taking Orchids Babies from ‘Flask’ to ‘Let’s Get Growing'” |
| May 12, 2026 | Speaker: Topic: |
| June 9, 2026 | Speaker: Topic: |
| July 2025 | Summer Break, no classes |
| August 2025 | Summer Break, no classes |
| September 9, 2025 | Speaker: Topic: |
| October 14, 2025 | Speaker: Topic: |
| November 11, 2025 | Speaker: Topic: |
| December 2025 |
Winter Break, no classes
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Previous Culture Classes:
| January 2025 | No classes in January |
| February 11, 2025 | Speaker: Collis Wilson & Maureen Burke Topic: “Capturing the Best of Your Orchids: A Journey on Photography”
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| March 11, 2025 | Speaker: Israel Olmos Topic: “Beautiful Bulbophyllums & Yes, Mine Are Now Famous!” |
| April 8, 2025 | Speaker: Robyn Gaebel Topic: “Divide & Conquer: How to Divide a Mammoth Cymbidium (& Other Orchids)” |
| May 13, 2025 | Speaker:Conor Preston Topic: “Deflasking: Taking Orchids Babies from ‘Flask’ to ‘Let’s Get Growing'” |
| June 10, 2025 |
Speaker: Stanley
Topic: Fukuran: Aspects of Wind Orchid Culture, also known as Vanda falcata and Neofinitia falcata”
Postponed for now: Margaret Prat on “Orchid Viruses”
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| July 2025 | Summer Break, no classes |
| August 2025 | Summer Break, no classes |
November 2024: Ingrid Pike will present “Your Best Orchid Show: How to Prepare & Set Up Your Best Display”
October 2024: Daniel Kwok will present “My Exploration in Mounting Orchids” Part 2/2 of a VOS mounting series
September 2024: Conor Preston will present “Mounting your Orchids” Part 1/2 of a VOS orchid mounting series
June 2024: Daniel Testar will present “Growing Orchids in a Grow Tent”
May 2024: Lori Barrington will present “Sharing How I Grow Paphiopedilums”
April 2024: Conor Preston will present “Deflasking Your New Orchid Babies: Growing Them On Mounted & Potted”
March 2024: Wayne Riggs will present “Importing Orchids into Canada: Trials & Tribulations”
February 2024: Adam Ludlow will present “Beginner’s Culture Class: A Friend Gave You an Orchid – Now What?”
May 2023: Adam Ludlow will present “Pot Culture and Media: Impacting Your Orchid Success”
June 2023: Neil Yates will present “Orchids Surviving Shipping”
September 2023: Conor Preston will present “Orchid Mounting”
October 2023: Chris Vanderkooi will present “Transitioning Orchids Outdoors and Back Indoors, Hardiness Zone 8b”
November 2023: Eugene Banzinger will present “What to Do with Bare-root Orchids and Some Potting”