October 2026 Meeting

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Hello OSWP Members and Friends,

 

Below is the information regarding our upcoming meeting on Sunday, October 18th, at Spartan Community Center of Hazelwood: 134 E. Elizabeth Street, 15207. (Off Second Avenue in Hazelwood)

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Parking: In the lot by the door, on the street, or in the overflow lot across the street.

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12:30 Spartan Center opens

 

12:45

Edgar Stehli of Windswept in Time Orchids will have orchids for sale. Members may not sell their orchids at this meeting. Come and shop!

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PLEASE NOTE: Our agreement with the Spartan Center requires us to cover the tables. Please wait until the tables get covered before putting anything on them.

 

1PM Mini-Class in upstairs classroom

Topic: Dendrobium Phalaenopsis

Speaker: Kathy Arria

 

1:45 Break

 

2:00 OSWP Business Meeting, Show and Tell, Raffle

Lots of information about the OSWP to be discussed, see our members beautiful orchids in bloom and learn about them and buy a ticket and win something from our raffle table.

 

2:45 Break

 

3:00 Speaker: 

Edgar Stehli of Windswept in Time Orchids will be speaking on “The Business of Orchids.”​

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Edgar Stehli of Windswept in Time Orchids

Edgar’s interest in orchids began when he was just six or seven years old. As he recounts, “I found a plant growing in the roadside ditch near our house in North East Ohio. When my father got home from work, I dragged him over to see my discovery. He said “Oh! That’s an orchid.” My first orchid find was a Spiranthes (probably cernua). A few years later my family drove to Alaska and back. On that trip, I found a Calypso bulbosa in Wyoming and several other orchids in Alaska and Canada.”

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While he was high school, Edgar began growing tropical orchids, and soon had a small collection. He studied at Case Western Reserve University and met Kim Sante who was working at the Cleveland Garden Center, now known as the Cleveland Botanical Garden. Eventually Kim and Edgar were married in Kenya Africa. Shortly after they built a sun room on the corner of their house which allowed their orchid collection “to get a little out of hand.”  Finally in 1999 they began selling plants to area florists, through the orchid shows and arrived at the business name, Windswept in Time Orchids. They currently attend close to fifteen shows a year, where their plants and exhibits have won many awards to include the Fred Hillerman Award, “given once a year for the best Angraecum orchid seen by AOS judges all year.”  They currently tend to over 8,000 orchids in conjunction with their business.

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Edgars October 18th topic, The Business of Orchids will focus on:

• Why he got started

• Challenges of the business

• Opportunities in this area

• The future of the Orchid Business

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Edgar will bring orchids for sale, no member sales are allowed.

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4:00 Meeting Over and Clean-up

 

4:30 Spartan Center closes