Bill Bodei has been growing orchids since 2009. He accumulated more than 1,500 orchids in his collection, growing everything from Angraecum to Zygopetalum. Bill’s volunteering includes serving on AOS Board of Trustees for the past 6 years, as well as the chair of the AOS Membership and Marketing Committee. He is also the current President of Deep Cut Orchid Society in New Jersey. Bill received the AOS President’s award in 2020 and helped the AOS manage through the pandemic with a number of programs and initiatives, including launching orchidmarkeplace.com and The Orchid DealWire. Bill resides in Middletown.

Visitors are welcome to come and enjoy his presentation. Free and open to the public at the JC Raulston Arboretum Education Building.