Welcome to the Oregon Orchid Society Website!

For over 65 years the Oregon Orchid Society has represented the Portland and Vancouver area with a strong tradition of celebrating the propogation and conservation of the orchid, nature's most diverse and largest plant family. We are made up of a wide spectrum of enthusiastic orchid hobbyists, judges and vendors. For over half a century we have been providing the Portland area and the greater Northwest with quality speakers, educational materials and fantastic orchid shows. We have formally published three books that are used across the country and our annual spring show is the largest orchid event in the Pacific Northwest.

The Oregon Orchid Society is a non-profit organization and would love your participation! Our general meetings are held the third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 P.M. at the Multnomah Art Center, 7688 SW Capitol Hwy., Portland, Oregon. Each meeting features a lecture or other educational program and a display of blooming plants. Visitors are always welcome! Membership is open to anyone interested in orchids.

We welcome you to peruse our website.  We hope you find it an enjoyable, educational and inspirational experience!

(directions to the Multnomah Arts Center)

Ellen Covey

The owner and founder of Olympic Orchids, Dr. Ellen Covey specializes in growing interesting orchids from seedling or flask. We all have experienced the thrill of getting a good price on a seedling orchid, but if we don't have the skills to bring it to orchid-adulthood we find out that it wasn't a very good deal at all. Ellen will be presenting a detailed discussion on how to grow your orchids from seedling to maturity - a skill that should benefit us all!

Her family-owned business is based in the Seattle area and sells many hard-to-find orchids. In fact her service Orchid Finders will help you find "any orchid plant" at the best price possible. Ellen will be bringing plants to sell, so be sure to plan on finding some very interesting orchids!

 
Theresa's Paphiopedilums and Miltoniopsis in bloom!

Theresa Hill has been a long time Oregon Orchid Society member and has contributed to many of our shows and events with her award-winning orchids. October is the beginning of Paph-season and Theresa is one of the best Paphiopedilum growers in the country. She holds many quality and cultural awards for her Pahps, Masdevallias and Miltoniopsis.

Beyond her talk in October, we are priveledged to be going on a "field trip" to Theresa's greenhouse in November, so let this presentation whet your appetite for that upcoming event!

Dr. Norito Hasegawa has been collecting and growing orchids for over 30 years. Partnering with Harold Koopowitz he founded Paphanatics, Unlimited, which has specialized in Phaphiopedilums since 1975. Norito's involvement in the orchid world has been as a hobbyist, author, and commercial grower. He even had an entire genus (Hasegawara) named after him!

Norito is co-author, with Harold Koopowitz, of the book "Novelty Slipper Orchids". He is also a former trustee of The American Orchid Society and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Orchid Digest Corporation.