Gold Coast Cymbidium Society, Inc.



George Hatfield speaks about
"New things going on at Hatfield Orchids"



We look forward to welcoming George Hatfield to our meeting this month. The doors will open an hour early, at 6PM, for a George Hatfield plant sale (he’s bringing a van full of plants and some 50 lbs of Florican Nutricote). Anything not sold at the meeting will be available for sale at Pierre Pujol's place in Redwood City starting 9:00am the next morning.


It’s been many years since George last spoke to GCCS, and we look forward to his presentation “New things going on at Hatfield Orchids”.

George is the current president of World Orchid Conference Trust (WOTC). He graduated with honors from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona with a Bachelor of Science in Plant and Soil Science. George is the founder of Hatfield Orchids, established in 1999. George served as President of the American Orchid Society 2016 – 2018, and he received the Hudlow Trophy from the Cymbidium Society of America recognizing his achievements in Cymbidium hybridizing.

OPPORTUNITY TABLE: George is providing seedlings of his crosses for this month’s table.



NOVEMBER is the month to start preparing your plants for our Collector's Auction in January!





Time to start working on entries for the club's annual fund-raising Cymbidium Collector's Auction on January 31!

- Plant entry opens on Nov 15, ends on Dec 19, 2025.

- Catalog will be sent to membership and posted on our Auction page on about Jan 17.

- See the Auction page for Plant Entry Form and Rules. These were also sent to members with the November Newsletter.


Membership Renewal: If you still haven't renewed for the 2025-2026 Year, you can still do so! Contact the Membership Director Tom Waugh.





MEETING Schedule





6:00 pm ....Doors open early for George Hatfield plant sale from 6-7:30pm. He is bringing a van full of plants and some 50 lb bags of Nutricote fertilizer. Cash & credit cards accepted!

6:00 - 7:30 Shop at Speaker sales table, and

........ member sales table (if any).

7:30 - 7:50 Announcements. Show & Tell (bring your ...................blooming plants to the meeting to show, ...................or show them via Zoom - see below *).

7:50 - 8:50 Speaker presentation

8:50 - 9:30 Snacks & shop & Opportunity Table.



REFRESHMENTS


- Members are welcome to bring snacks to share. If you bring a snack to share, you will receive one ticket to a special drawing for the first Opportunity Table plant!



Zoom Link Meeting Instructions



Members will receive the Zoom Link via email on Wednesday before the meeting.



Guests are welcome to attend in person or on Zoom. If you are not presently a member and want to attend the meeting via Zoom, email to janwar.gccs@gmail.com by the Thursday before the meeting to request the Zoom link.




MEETING LOCATION
SAN MATEO GARDEN CENTER





605 PARKSIDE WAY
SAN MATEO, CA 94403



MEETING LOCATION
SAN MATEO GARDEN CENTER





605 PARKSIDE WAY
SAN MATEO, CA 94403



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