Vancouver Orchid Society

You have got to check out Disa uniflora currently being exhibited at Bloedel Conservatory This brilliantly coloured terrestrial orchid can only be found by rivers and waterfalls in 🇿🇦 South Africa. They need a constant supply of fresh, low mineral, water year round, and they must never dry out 💦 . They like temperatures 4-30 degrees Celcius, and our members often grow them outside during the spring and summer through late fall.

☀️ they don’t like direct sun on their sensitive leaves. Dappled light or bright indirect light will keep them from burning.

Follow us and come to our Summer Sale this month to buy amazing orchids! Write “Send me!” Below and we can send you the online catalogue link of our visiting vendors!

Grower: Daniel Kwok

If you’re visiting Vancouver you absolutely have to check out our amazing orchid display at Bloedel Conservatory. There are literally thousands of orchid species 🌼 and they are the pinnacle of nature’s evolution. The orchids exhibited by Bloedel and members of the Vancouver Orchid Society come from all over the world. From Africa to South America and beyond, these international blooms show us nature’s true beauty.

If you want to grow these exotic orchids, take a class with the Vancouver Orchid Society growing club. They meet monthly and have the best local experts to improve your orchid growing.

Tonight’s meetup features guest speaker, , discussing Masdevallia and Dracula orchids. These cool-intermediate growing mountain orchids of South America are an absolute delight. We’ll cover the growing care and basics to succeed with these spectacular orchids. Space is limited so only 3 more guest visitors allowed! DM us to Sign up quickly.

This is the second to last meetup before summer break! Don’t forget to pic up your name tags and T-Shirts. There will be our monthly floral display table, orchid raffles, fun judging, food, exchanges, and socializing. Come make new plant friends and join us :)!

Ps remember to bring a mug, name tag, or bring a plant for the raffle to earn a free 🎟️ raffle ticket.

📆 May 27th, 2026
⏰ 7-9pm
📍 VanDusen Garden - Floral Hall (besides parking lot)

Plant in video: Masdevallia decumana
Grower: Daniel Kwok

It is a privilege to see a specimen sized orchid like this. Dendrobium lindleyi is a beautiful honey scented orchid native to southeast Asia. In the wild, it grows as a lithophyte or epiphyte and can take very bright indirect light as seen high up in the trees.

This orchid grow best when mounted so that it’s roots can dry off quickly after watering.

It also requires a sharp winter rest to bloom, so limit watering to just light spritzes over the winter.

Grower: Daniel Kwok

Cypripedium ‘Frosch’s Cutie’ is a gorgeous cold-hardy terrestrial orchid with twisting petals and a bright yellow lip. It blooms in fall after a long winter rest where it loses its leaves! It can survive temperature down to -25 degrees Celcius outdoors and can be planted directly into your garden bed or pot. You must provide it bright shade and never much direct light.

The lime yellow leaves are equally as splendid as the flower! Keep in mind that many Cypripediums (cold tolerating slipper orchids)cannot handle direct fresh manure as the nitrogen rich compost can damage the rhizome and roots. Instead, you can opt for slow release pellets! This is a cool tip from !

Keep the substrate moist, open, and airy year round. They don’t want to dry out or get water logged. Add perlite to humus to open it up and make the soil fluffy!

Message “Teach Me” below if you’d like to join our classes and receive our live teaching schedule!

Grower and 🎥: (Sam LB)