Conejo Orchid Society

04/07/2026

Plan ahead for our annual event!

04/06/2026

A central feature of our exhibit was an entry by
Brandon Tam, Associate Curator of the Orchid
Collection at the Huntington and honorary COS
member. Just prior to the show, Brandon’s
Paphiopedilum Shin-Yi’s Dragon ‘Huntington’s Fire’
FCC/AOS, CCE/AOS received an FCC (First Class
Certificate) and CCE (Certificate of Cultural
Excellence) from the American Orchid Society, two
of the highest awards granted by the AOS.

The entry won the Gallup & Stribling Trophy for Best Orchid in Show.

04/06/2026

COS award-winning exhibit at the 2026 Santa Barbara International Orchid Show. The show’s theme was “Orchid Escape”, with the exhibit inviting attendees to “escape” to a luxury hotel’s music room. COS member plants won multiple awards, including the Gallup & Stribling Award for Best Orchid in Show.

05/07/2025

Our 2025 Show and Sale Fundraiser is coming up on May 30 and 31

Note the new location:

Newbury Park Library
2331 Borchard Rd.
Newbury Park (Thousand Oaks)

05/08/2024

02/08/2024

Our next meeting will be Monday, February 12, 7 PM at the Westlake Village Town Hall

Our featured speaker will be our own Gaye Brodie, giving the presentation “THINKING OUTSIDE THE POT”

No happy orchid ever grew on unhappy roots, so this talk is about making happy roots with your potting choices. You will learn why the way we grow orchids is so unnatural, and how to choose the perfect pot to counteract that. You will also learn how to compensate for the frustrating fact that, most of the time, you won’t own that perfect pot!

Gayle Brodie started growing orchids over 20 years ago, and her collection is housed in a 8' x 12' greenhouse and also outdoors. She is an accredited judge with the American Orchid Society, and she has received 24 AOS awards in nine different genera, and she has also received Best Orchid In Show at both the 2017 Santa Barbara International Orchid Show and the 2023 Huntington Botanical Gardens International Orchid Show (second picture). Gayle has been a board member and officer of the Conejo Orchid Society for over fifteen years, and for the past eleven years she has volunteered weekly at The Huntington Botanical Gardens helping to care for their extensive orchid collection.

This will be an In-Person Presentation, but will be available as a Zoom recording FOR MEMBERS.

Join the Conejo Orchid Society--Great Valentine's gift for 20 Bucks!

03/17/2023

Great time at the Santa Barbara International Orchid Show! After a 3-year pandemic hiatus, the show was back in full force. The Conejo Orchid Society went all out, setting up our largest display ever, and received several major awards, including:
Orchid Digest Award for the Best Non-Commercial Display over 30 sq. ft.
Show Trophy for Best Non-Commercial Display over 100 sq. ft.
Ethyl & Buzz Seeburg Trophy for Most Artistic Display
Smith Trophy for Best Specimen other than Cymbidium, Cattleya, or Cypripedium, and Show Trophy for Best Dendrobium in Show - for Dendrobium specio-kingianum ‘Kayley Gunning’; presented by Bill Gunning
Show Trophy for Best Miscellaneous Genera, and Award of Merit from the AOS for Nottara Lucy’s Sassafras ‘Gayle’; Presented by Gayle Brodie
Show Trophy for Best Specimen Blooming Cattleya Showing Excellence in Culture for Rhyncholaeliocattleya Memoria Victoria Cam; Presented by Gayle Brodie
Award of Merit from the AOS for Dendrobium Kayla’s Vista ‘Gayle’; Presented by Gayle Brodie

02/08/2023

Conejo Orchid Society member Leslie Naines-Brown will be teaching an adult education class "Getting Started with Orchids", Thursday, February 16 from 6:30 - 8:00 PM at the Conejo Valley Adult School (1025 Old Farm Rd., Thousand Oaks). The cost is $25.

To register for this class, please contact the Adult School at 805-497-2761 between 8:00am and 5:00pm or follow this link: https://cvae.asapconnected.com/ =267483 “

10/25/2022

The Conejo Orchid Society's exhibit at the 2022 Huntington Botanical Gardens International Orchid Show received the awards for best overall display. These included the American Orchid Society Show Trophy for "Most Outstanding Orchid Exhibit", the Orchid Digest Show Trophy, and the Huntington Award for Best Overall Display. In addition Bill Gunning received the award for Best Pleurothallid Alliance Orchid and COS members received a total of 17 Ribbon Awards for individual plants. Congratulations to the team that contributed to the our success; Karine Adalian, Kathy & Brian Boals, Gayle & Steve Brodie, Debbie Church, Alan Dorfman, Ewa Gago, Bill Gunning, Irene Hirose, Kevin Kiely, Bill & Carleen LeVander, Leslie Naines-Brown, Vicky Price, Brenda and Carl Rule, Bob and Barbara Schoenburg, Ellie Staight, Chiyoko Tanger, and Bobbi and Barry Yablow.

10/25/2022

The Conejo Orchid Society's exhibit at the 2022 Huntington Botanical Gardens International Orchid Show received the awards for best overall display. These included the American Orchid Society Show Trophy for "Most Outstanding Orchid Exhibit", the Orchid Digest Show Trophy, and the Huntington Award for Best Overall Display. In addition Bill Gunning received the award for Best Pleurothallid Alliance Orchid and COS members received a total of 17 Ribbon Awards for individual plants. Congratulations to the team that contributed to the our success; Karine Adalian, Kathy & Brian Boals, Gayle & Steve Brodie, Debbie Church, Alan Dorfman, Ewa Gago, Bill Gunning, Irene Hirose, Kevin Kiely, Bill & Carleen LeVander, Leslie Naines-Brown, Vicky Price, Brenda and Carl Rule, Bob and Barbara Schoenburg, Ellie Staight, Chiyoko Tanger, and Bobbi and Barry Yablow. !!

09/21/2022

Orchids, Epiphyllum Cacti, and Angel-wing Begonias, plus other vendors with a wide variety of unusual and interesting plants, garden and decorator items. Sale runs from 8:00 am to 2:00pm Saturday September 24 at the:

Dudley House in Ventura
197 N. Ashwood Ave.
Ventura, CA 93003
corner of Loma Vista & N. Ashwood Ave