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7th Meeting of the Cymbidium Season
March 22, 2023
Wednesday, 7 pm



Doug Martin speaks to us on
“The Birds, The Bees, and the Orchids”



We will be watching Doug Martin’s hosted American Orchid Society Members only Webinar, entitled “The Birds, the Bees and the Orchids"/


So how DO these flowers reproduce...what pollinates them? ”

This video is NEW having been only just produced in 2022.


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Text or email your cymbidium photos to Audrey at GoldenGateCymbidium
Society@ yahoo.com, or 408.316.0677.
At least 24 hours before the meeting, please.



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Zoom Video Conferencing on Your Computer





How to Join a Zoom Meeting For the First Time, On Your Laptop, A Step By Step Guide. Watch this 2-Minute YouTube Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brYy_0FI4wo

(On the bottom right hand side, click on the Box that says “in 5 seconds, Skip Ad”, then follow the instructions).


Set up Your Cell Phone for Zoom Meetings? Learn in 2 minutes! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOJkfflN8O4.

However, it is a full tutorial, and within 10 minutes, can teach you how to host a meeting, and more.



Plant Show and Tell





You may not have cymbidiums opening up yet, but what about lalias, odontoglossums, phalenopsis, and your other orchids? We'd be happy to see them!


Take photos with your cell phone and then text them (or email) with their names to Audrey at (408) 316.0677 24 HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING, to give me time to upload them. Email to me at

GoldenGateCymbidiumSociety@yahoo.com.



DOOR PRIZES: GOLDEN GATE'S MOTTO: "GO BIG, OR GO HOME"





We are Giving Away Three (3) $30 Gift Certificates to

Members, and at this time you can buy from any Orchid Vendor you wish.


Or maybe from one of our Local Member CYMBIDIUM Orchid Vendors - Jim Donoso (415.342.1075), D&D Orchids, Dennis Olivos (925.683.3609), or www.OrchiDesign.com, Angelique Nguyen (408.947.0486) ! For more rules and regulations, see the monthly newsletter. (See an Example of the Gift Certificate Designed by our Vice President Diane Winters that Ed Mc Lean won in November.)


To Qualify for this drawing:

1) You must show up on the Zoom meeting Photo by 7:30 pm, and stay until the drawing.

2) Have Paid Up your 2022-2023 Membership up BY 11/15/2022, be a Paid Life Member or Honorary Life Member.


To Pay Up your Membership Fee for this Year, go to the Membership Page and download the Membership form to update your info, and mail it in with your check within time before the meeting.


But what if it is just a few days before the meeting? TAKE A PHOTO OF YOUR CHECK and send your personal info, and text it to Ed Mc Lean, Membership Chair at (510) 406.1807, or Audrey Young-Tarter, Treasurer at (408) 316-0677, or email it to GoldenGateCymbidiumSociety@yahoo.com.

​Then you print, fill out & update the application on our website, and include that in the envelope when you mail us your check, real quick.


Text us: 408.316.0677



When COVID-19 subsides, we hope to meet again at the
Lakeside Garden Center
666 Bellevude Avenue
Lake Merritt, Oakland, CA 94610



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