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Updated January 14, 2012

The Ottawa Orchid Society (OOS) was founded in 1978 to promote and assist in every way the knowledge, appreciation, culture, study, development, improvement and conservation of orchids. The OOS is affiliated with the Canadian Orchid Congress (COC) and with the American Orchid Society (AOS). Through these affiliations, the Society is able to obtain accredited AOS judges for the annual show in Ottawa and world-class speakers for monthly meetings.

Membership dues ($25.00 per year, Sep 1 to Aug 31) are payable at the membership table at any meeting. Alternatively, the membership application form may be completed and mailed along with a cheque payable to the Ottawa Orchid Society, to the address shown on the form.

We meet the THIRD Sunday of every month, excepting June, July and August, from 1:30 p.m. to about 4:00 p.m., at the Tom Brown Arena, 141 Bayview Ave., Ottawa  - make a note in your calendar. Meetings are open to members, guests and non-members and everyone is welcome.

Programs are varied - click here for the planned program of meetings for this year. Each meeting features a presentation, which can include lectures, demonstrations or hands-on workshops, as well as plants for sale, society library, etc. Refreshments are available at meetings for a nominal charge.

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Our annual Orchid Show is the major event of the year. Each spring, members, visiting societies and participating vendors present magnificent displays of their prized orchid plants for viewing by the general public and for judging by accredited AOS judges. Please click here for advance information on the 2012 show.

Orchid-related artwork, photography, and handicrafts are included, as well as cut flower arrangements. There are educational exhibits as well as guided tours. The large number of vendors that attend the annual show sell a wide variety of superior quality plants as well as everything needed for successful orchid growing.

Please click here for a list of vendors who were at the 2010 Show.

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Spike, the monthly Society newsletter, is available to all members and to affiliated societies across Canada. This provides monthly communication on Society activities and a wide variety of orchid-related topics.  The newsletter is available under the “Society Info” tab, or by clicking here.

Our next meeting will be Sunday, January 15th - Entering the World of Chinese Orchids

This month’s presentation is quite appropriate as this is the Chinese Year of the Dragon and we begin 2012 with an exciting presentation by Marilyn Light. Chinese Cymbidiums, Cypripediums, and other wild Chinese orchids will be discussed in terms of cultural history, conservation, and cultivation.

Marilyn Light was an invited speaker at the First Chinese Cymbidium Conference, Beijing, 2007, where she had an opportunity to meet with 400 growers. She maintains extensive contacts with orchid growers worldwide and her presentation is sure to be informative, relevant, and interesting. Don’t miss this talk!

 

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2011 annual Show  RESULTS

The Society held its 30th annual Orchid Show on Easter weekend (April 22-24) at the Nepean Sportsplex. Once again the Show was very successful with some outstanding plants and other displays, and with a record number of entries in our Art Gallery. We now have listings of the various winning entries including AOS Awards, rosette and trophy winners, and ribbon awards.

Please click here for listings of all the winning entries from the 2011 show.

Show attendance  Total attendance at the 2011 show was about 1900 people - 850 on Saturday and 1,050 on Sunday.  This was almost 400 more than in 2010.

Volunteers A big thank-you to all our volunteers (more than 100 in total) who make the show possible. We couldn’t do it without you!

FEEDBACK  We hope everyone who came to our show was impressed with the flower displays and the art gallery exhibits, as well as the plants and other items on sale. If you would like to give us your comments, please send an email to the Show Chairman.

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