08/16/2026
What a fabulous July meeting at Memphis Botanic Garden! Packed house for show-and-tell, plant auction, and an outstanding guest speaker and growing: Art Chadwick of Chadwick Orchids (Richmond, VA).
→ "Cattleya Wheel" — mapping species like C. labiata, C. schroederae, C. percivaliana, and C. maxima across the calendar to predict bloom windows
→ A look at award-winning cattleyas from his own breeding program, including C. dowiana 'Kathleen' AM/AOS (tell us you don't want one!!)
→ His new book with Arthur E. Chadwick, "First Ladies and Their Orchids: A Century of Namesake Cattleyas" — now available, and yes, we're all obsessed.
Thank you to everyone who came out, and a huge thanks to Art for making the trip up from Richmond!
