We help our members grow better orchids.

Five Cities Orchid Society is located on the Central California Coast, mid-way between Los Angeles and San Francisco. We enjoy a temperate Mediterranean climate allowing us to grow many types of orchids outdoors. We serve not only our local orchid community of FCOS members but through our monthly Zoom meetings and monthly newsletter we now reach a global audience.

We combine monthly Zoom presentations with regular Zoom business meetings, twice per year social gatherings, on-line and in person orchid auctions, field trips and garden center talks to provide a wide range of opportunities for our members to interact and share the joy of growing and blooming orchids. We are very proud of our 33 year history of sponsoring an annual “Orchid Fest” orchid show and sale. Please visit our Events page to view upcoming events and plan on joining us, either in-person or through Zoom.

Monthly Meetings on Zoom

FCOS holds monthly meetings on Zoom at 7 PM the second Thursday of each month. To receive Zoom log-in instructions and passwords, please subscribe to the FCOS newsletter on this website or use the “Contact Us” option to send an email requesting Zoom information. We continue to attract a global audience for our Zoom presentations and welcome you to join us.

Vanda Pachong Blue grown by one of our members. Tolerates temperatures in the low 40’s in winter and high 90’s in summer

Vanda Pachong Blue grown by one of our members. Tolerates temperatures in the low 40’s in winter and high 90’s in summer

GARDEN TALKS… are presented by Members of the Five Cities Orchid Society to local garden clubs, plant nurseries and other social organizations. CLICK HERE for Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3 of our recent presentations. These talks introduce orchids to a wide range of local gardeners, plant growers and even those who think they can’t grow orchids. The emphasis is on growing Phalaenopsis (moth) orchids and getting them to re-bloom (Part 1)and follows with a discussion of the wide range of orchids which can be grown outdoors in frost free locations on the Central California Coast (Parts 2 & 3). If you are interested in having someone from FCOS make a presentation to your group, please use the “contact us” page to send us a request.

Laella perrini

Zoom Monthly Meetings - The second Thursday of each montH AT 7:00PM(CLICK FOR MORE INFORMATION)

MONTHLY MEETINGS ON ZOOM

Please click here to sign up for our monthly newsletter and the form can also be used to become a member.

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Entertaining and informative speakers at our meetings and help from our more experienced members means everyone’s thumb can turn a little greener with membership in Five Cities Orchid Society

Click Here for a discussion of orchids requiring a dry winter rest. Orchid Digest Vol 83-1, pp 46-52.

Please click on (map) to see our monthly meeting location.

You can also view events on our “Calendar” page in the “More” section of this website