Meetings
Meetings: Occur the 2nd Tuesday of the month from September to June. Except for June, which is our annual banquet, The doors open at our meeting site at 7 PM. Over the next 30 minutes members bring in Orchids from their collections and set them up on tables at the side of the hall. From 7:30-8:00, while these orchids are being judged by a team of judges, there are soft drinks, coffee, snacks and plenty of socializing. It is a great time to ask members about any specific questions you might have about orchid culture or review materials from our extensive library. At 8:00, we have a short business meeting and by 8:10 we introduce our speaker. The speaker talks for about 45-50 minutes and then we have a short question and answer session. From 9:00 to 9:20 we review the show table, announce our raffle winners as well as hand out any door prizes. We almost always have great door prizes!! Please come and join us (new members go home with a free plant!!)
We meet at Emmanuel Presbyterian Church located at 1006 Wilson Road, Wilmington
(Abbreviated directions: Take exit 9 from Route 95 in Delaware. Travel north on Marsh Rd for 1.4 miles, turn left on Wilson Road. Travel 0.5 miles and Emmanuel Presbyterian Church will be on your left).
Up Coming Events:
June 12th: DOS annual Banquet (by reservation) at the Greeenville CountryClub. David Off (Waldor Orchids): ” The Orchid History of New Jersey” will be speaking. Great food, free plants for all and Waldor’s will be selling plants at special prices!! . Would you like to come? – more info see/email Scott Cunningham.
July & August: DOS summer break
Sept 10th: Alan Koch, Owner: Gold Country Orchids; Topic: Mini-Cats
Sept 15th: ORCHID SEMINAR AND REPOTTING CLINIC, 10 am- Noon, Delaware Seed and Garden Supply, LLC 3624 Kirkwood Highway Wilmington, De 19808. Phone 302-999-1616. Join Delaware Orchid Society members as they present a seminar on orchid care and answer questions you have about your orchids. Bring your orchids with you and for a nominal fee, you can get your orchids repotted. The seminar is FREE
October 9th: DOS Meeting: Steven Beckendorf, Professor Emeritus of Genetics, Genomics and Development UC Berkley. Topic: Lost and Found: searching for rare Odontoglossums in Colombia
November 13th: DOS Meeting (watch this space as our meeting location may change for election day!!):
Dec 1st: ORCHID SEMINAR AND REPOTTING CLINIC, 10 am- Noon, Delaware Seed and Garden Supply, LLC 3624 Kirkwood Highway Wilmington, De 19808. Phone 302-999-1616. Join Delaware Orchid Society members as they present a seminar on orchid care and answer questions you have about your orchids. Bring your orchids with you and for a nominal fee, you can get your orchids repotted. The seminar is FREE
December 11th: DOS Meeting: Francisco Mirenda: Cattleyas/Laelias of Brazil
January 8th, 2013: DOS Meeting: Ty Triplett, AOS Student Judge, Landscape Architect, Aerangis
