Monthly Meetings
Effective January, 2005 we resumed meeting at the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe.
We began a scrapbook of pictures from our meetings in 2003. We invite you to peruse our Meeting Scrapbook.
We try to meet on the 2nd Sunday of each month, but occasionally that date is not available. Members and interested parties are advised to check the newsletter and/or this website page to be sure of the meeting date. Exceptions to the regular meeting site or schedule include a picnic in August, a Christmas party in December, two shows, spring and fall, and, every few years, a drive-around to members' homes, a field trip to a nursery, or a field trip to a native orchid conservation site.
Members displaying plants should have them registered and in place by 12:30 PM. Here are printable plant entry tags.
The Mentors (Newcomers) Early Meeting begins at 11:30 AM. The workshop, of particular interest to newbies, begins at 12:30 PM. It is followed by a short business meeting and then the lecture by a guest speaker.
Members are encouraged to bring fruit and homemade pastries for the social hour that follows the lecture. Especially chocolate mousse pies .... mmmmm. Coffee is served.
January 10, 2010 ... Dr. Lawrence Zettler of Illinois College will be speaking on the topic: Chasing the Scent of a Ghost (and other tales from the swamps of South Florida). Workshop: The IOS' Web Presence by Lois Cinert.
February 14, 2010 ... Tom Mirenda of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History will be speaking on The Mysteries of Orchid Pollination. Incidentally, Tom will be bringing sales plants from Woodstream Orchids. If Woodstream has plants in which you are particularly interested, you can contact Woodstream and ask to have them packed for Tom to bring along. Luis Torres will present a workshop on the formulation and benefits of the new bark mix.
March 20-21, 2010 ... Our Spring Show
April 11, 2010 ... Ernie Gemeinhardt of EnLightened Orchids will be our featured speaker. Ernie is an accredited AOS judge. His topic, Why All the Name Changes? covers the science behind all these recent orchid name changes. Workshop: Luis Torres will discuss using Aluminet shade cloth to construct a shade structure for over-summering an orchid collection.
May 16, 2010 ... Francisco Miranda of Miranda Orchids will be talking about Rupicolous Laelias.
Rebecca Luce
will conduct the workshop and her topic is Semi-Hydroponic Growing Revisited.
This is the meeting at which we hold elections for officers and
directors for the coming year (July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2011).
June 13, 2010 ... Mario
Ferrusi of Marsh Hollow Orchids will be speaking on our
favorite topic: TBA. Workshop: Lois Cinert will tell us
all about Plants I Haven’t Killed Yet ... Because I've Never Heard
of Them.
This is the meeting at which at which the winners of the annual growers
contest are announced.
July 11, 2010 ... Our speaker is Steve Beckendorf from UC Berkeley. Steve's topic is Warmer-Growing Odontoglossums. Workshop: Allison Tribble surveys Orchid Fun, Fun, Fun!.
(Saturday) August 21, 2010 ... Our annual picnic at Oak Hill Gardens hosted, as always, by Dorothy and Hermann Pigors, Liese Pigors-Butler and Greg Butler. Topic TBA. Doors open at 10:00 AM. (A few snapshots from last year's picnic are posted here).
September 12, 2010 ... Karen Muir, AOS judge and noted grower from California will be speaking on our favorite topic: TBA. Workshop: Victor Lentini will discuss Orchid Growing Under Lights.
October 9-10, 2010 ... Our Fall Mini-Show.
November 14, 2010 ... Speaker TBA. Workshop: Joe Dixler will present a Travelogue and Slideshow on Orchid Growing in China.
December TBA, 2010 ... Once again, our annual holiday extravaganza, held at Hausermann's. Doors are open at 11 a.m. Your admission ticket is a hot or cold dish sufficient to feed five or six or a dozen. Bring a designated driver so you can enjoy the punch! Here are some snapshots from the 2009 party.
