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2024 Hilo Orchid Show Theme and Artwork Contest. HOS President Ellen Train has announced that the theme of the 2024 Hilo Orchid Show will be Orchid Hula. The show will be held July 26-28, 2024.
Ellen also announced a competition for the show artwork that will end on Jan. 30, 2024. The winner will be announced at the February meeting. Anyone may submit an entry. The winning entry will be used on the 2024 tee shirt design, posters, and elsewhere. The artwork for the show does not have to reflect the theme as it has done in the last few years. It may be as serious or whimsical as you wish. The prize for the chosen artwork is: a 70th Annual Hilo Orchid Show tee shirt, a booth at the show for you to sell your art or orchids, and HOS recognition in various places. To enter please send an image of your artwork to pecetrain@gmail.com by Jan. 30, 2024. Good luck! 2024 Board members sworn in. Board members for 2024 were sworn in at the December holiday party. From left: Julie Goettch administering the oath, Karl Mendonca, Greg Luetticke-Archbell, Kathryn Duvall, Rick Kelley, Kathy Gollaher, Larry Kuekes, Lise Dowd, Ellen Train, Sandra Dixon.
New Board members. Board of Trustees members for 2024 were elected at the November meeting, including Kathy Gollaher (left) as President-Elect and Cyndi Helton (center) as as a Trustee. In addition, Kevin Evans recently resigned from the Board. His position was not up for election this year, so the Board of Trustees appointed Greg Luetticke-Archbell (right) to fill the remainder of Kevin's term. We welcome all the new Board members.
The 69th Hilo Orchid Show, Waves of Orchids, was a success. Above, HOS member Shelby Smith surfs under a wave of orchids at the Jungle Mist Orchids exhibit built by Caleb Houck and Tim Brown. For more photos from the show, click on the photo above.
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Video of November 2022 meeting. Karen Kimmerle, owner of Island Sun Orchids, talked about how to grow Vandas. If you missed the meeting, you can see Karen's talk by clicking on the photo above.
Video of July 2022 Meeting. Larry Kuekes talked about orchid show mini displays. If you missed our July meeting, you can see Larry's talk by clicking on the photo above.
Video of May 2022 Meeting. If you missed our May meeting, you can see it by clicking on the photo above. Larry Kuekes gave a presentation "Help" – Where to get orchid help and answer your questions." Larry's talk starts about 23 min. 30 sec. into the video.
Video of April 2022 Meeting. If you missed our April combined in-person and Zoom meeting, you can see it by clicking on the photo above. David Toyoshima talked about classic Cattleyas. His talk starts at about 31 minutes into the video.
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