organization

The Orchid Society of Southern California is the oldest orchid society in Southern California, founded in 1940. It is affiliated with the American Orchid Society, as well as Orchid Digest magazine, and the California Garden Clubs.

Affiliated Organization Logos

Members of OSSC come from all over the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area. Current members reside in the following cities:

Burbank, CA	Covina, CA	Gardena, CA	Glendale, CA
La Canada, CA	La Crescenta, CA	Los Angeles, CA	Mission Hills, CA
Monterey Park, CA	Montrose, CA	North Hills, CA	North Hollywood, CA
Pahoa, HI	Pasadena, CA	Pasadena, California	Pearblossom, CA
Santa Monica, CA	Shadow Hills, CA	Stevenson Ranch, CA	Studio City, CA
Sunland, CA	Temple City, CA	Thousand Oaks, CA

our mission

According to the Society's bylaws, "The purpose of the Society shall be to foster and encourage the education of its members with respect to the culture, growing, hybridization, preservation, and perpetuation of native and hybrid orchids of every variety." And we just happen to have a lot of fun doing it! The complete by-laws of the society were last revised in November 2017, and can be found here in Adobe PDF format.

The Orchid Society of Southern California is a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code.

2022 officers & chairmanships

President	James Roberts
1st Vice President	Carol Beule
2nd Vice President	Ryan Langton
Recording Secretary	Miranda Romano
Treasurer	Wendy Fisher
Membership Secretary	Anzhela Timiryan
Publicity Chair	Ted Augustyn
Librarian	David Dassey
Newsletter Editor	David Dassey
Newsletter Publisher	David Dassey
Hospitality Chair	TBD
Webmaster	Ted Augustyn
Social Media Chairperson	Erin Maxick / Wendy Fisher
AOS Contact	David Dassey

board of directors

Past President: Ryan Langton

2019 - 2021	2020 - 2022	2021 - 2023
David Dassey	Jack Zhu	Erin Maxick
Ty Nguyen		Kristine Chaparro

golden circle honorary board

Ted Augustyn
Steve Gollis
Lumi Guy

Alfred Hockenmaier
Alberto Ossa
Carol Beule

past ossc presidents

Southern California Chapter of The Orchid Society of California

Mr. W. E. Severence	1940	Dr. Gustav Mehlquist	[Left in fall] 1944
Mr. Howard I. Stites	1941	Mr. Robert B. Dugger	1945
Mr. Glenn Hiatt	1942 & 1943	Mr. J. Henry Orme	1946

Orchid Society of Southern California

Mr. Frank B. Cobb	1947	Mrs. Robert F. Metzler	1978
Mr. Robert B. Dugger	1948	Mr. John Christie	1979
Mr. D. N. Maccone	1949	Mr. Jim Rassmann	1980
Mr. Howard I. Stites	1950	Dr. Carl Eyerick	1981
Mr. J. A. Muller	1951	Dr. Arnold N. Oldre	1982
Mr. Morris Holmquist	1952	Mr. Ron J. Hall	1983
Mr. Howard A. Anderson	1953	Mr. Fordyce "Red" Marsh	1984
Mr. J. A. Muller	1954	Mr. Robert Spangenberg	1985 & 1986
Mr. Ernest E. Hetherington	1955	Mr. Bill Paylen	1987 & 1988
Mr. Joseph Hampton	1956	Mrs. Elizabeth Pellett	1989
Mr. George D. Field	1957	Mrs. Fordyce S. (Trudi) Marsh	1990 & 1991
Mr. J. Howard Carrington	1958	Mr. Steve Gollis	1992, 1993 & 1994
Mr. Frank J. Manahan	1959	Mr. Robert Lauri	1995 & 1996
Mr. John W. Hanes	1960	Mr. Alfred Hockenmaier	1997 & 1998
Dr. William S. McEwan	1961	Mr. Leonard Dean	1999 & 2000
Mr. Philip lsley	1962	Mr. Dan Dickey	2001 & 2002
Mr. Wilbur G. Wood	1963	Mr. Ted Augustyn	2003 & 2004
Mr. Leo Holguin	1964 & 1965	Mr. Michael Scarbrock	2005 & 2006
Mr. Gene Boyd	1966 & 1967	Mrs. Krystine Chaparro	2007 & 2008
Mr. John W. Hanes	1968	Mrs. Lucille Banks	2009 & 2010
Mr. Ralph W. Spencer	1969	Mr. Ted Augustyn	2011 & 2012
Mr. Carl F. Keyes	1970	Ms. Linda Bailey	2013
Mr. Donald E. Herman	1971	Mrs. Krystine Chaparro	2014 - 2016
Mrs. Marie R. Morgan	1972	Mrs. Erin Maxick	2017 & 2018
Mr. Mike Mayo	1973	Rotating Presidency	2019
Mr. Merle Nelson	1974	Mrs. Erin Maxick	2020
Mr. Robert F. Metzler	1975 & 1976	Mr. Ryan Langton	2021
Mr. F. C. Herman	1977