The Maryland
Orchid Society
Page Contents:
- Joining the Maryland Orchid Society
- Monthly Meeting Information
- Annual Spring Show: March 7-9, 2003
- Annual Fall Auction: Nov. 30, 2002
- Other Interesting Links
Joining the Maryland Orchid Society
If you are interested in orchid culture and would like to meet others with similar interests, we cordially invite you to join the ranks of Marylanders already enjoying the benefits of membership in the Maryland Orchid Society.
The MOS brings together people interested in orchids to promote and encourage orchid culture, preservation, education propagation, hybridization, and all other orchid-related activities of interest to its members. Benefits of membership include a mailed subscription to the Newsletter, voting rights, borrowing priviledges from the MOS Library, monthly guest speakers, local judging, valuable door prizes, and much, much, more!
To join mail an application form to the Membership Chairman or come to a monthly meeting.
Meetings are held at: First Christian Church Hall, 5802 Roland Avenue, Baltimore, MD. This is just three blocks north of Northern Parkway on the west side of Roland Ave. For directions click here.
Except in special circumstances they are held on the third Thursday of every month from September through June. The April meeting will be held a week late on April 24th, 2003. No meeting is held during July and August because of heat and vacations.
Inclement Weather Policy: If the snow emergency plan is in effect in Baltimore City or County as of noon on the day of our meeting, the scheduled meeting will be cancelled. (Call your radio station or state police to determine this.) If you have any questions about a meeting being cancelled, contact Cyrus Swett at (410)-750-8821. Information may also be available on this web site.
The schedule of each meeting is:
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7:15 |
Show Table set-up begins, library opens, Beginner's Corner starts. |
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7:45 |
Judging begins. Past show table results. |
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8:15 |
Library closes, judging ends, meeting begins. |
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8:30 |
Program begins. Speaker schedule. |
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9:15 |
Door Prize awarded, plant auction begins. |
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9:30 |
Show Table awards presented. |
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9:45 |
Adjournment |
This year the annual Spring Show is being moved to a new location. It will be held in the Horticultural Hall at the Timonium Fairgrounds in conjunction with the Home and Flower Show (formally Home & Garden Show). Expect a much bigger and more exciting show with vendors from as far away as Hawaii. The show will take place on the second weekend of the Home and Flower Show from Friday March 7 to Sunday March 9th. Sales and displays will be open to the public from 10AM to 9PM on Friday and Saturday and 10AM to 6PM on Sunday. Setup of most displays will take place on Wednesday March 5 from 10AM to 8PM.
The show includes many sizes and types of exhibit, such as individual plants, artistic arrangements of plants, photographs, and other artwork with orchid themes. AOS judging of individual plants will begin at 9AM on Thursday March 6. A Mid-Atlantic regional meeting of the International Phalaenopsis Alliance will be held on Saturday from 12 to 5PM.
There will be an expanded sales area featuring the finest seedlings and flowering plants from hardy terrestrial orchids, to rare species, to the latest hybrids. Our current list of vendors includes Arbec Orchids, Asiatica, Brennan’s Orchids, Fishing Creek Orchids, Main Street Orchids, Orchids For You, Orchid Station, RKS Orchids, The Little Greenhouse and Woodstream Orchids. You will also find an exhibit by Hydrofarm on high intensity lighting, and Peters Fertilizer will be on hand to answer fertilizer questions, give out samples and provide door prizes.
The Timonium fairgrounds are on York Road in Timonium (Take Rte 695 to Rte 83 North. You can exit at the Timonium East exit, turn left at York Rd (second light) and look for the fairgrounds on your left. You can also take the next exit and turn right on York Rd. The Horticultural Hall will be in the first building on the right, which is also known as the 4H building.
.Stay tuned for further details.
The Maryland Orchid Society holds an auction each year on the weekend after Thanksgiving. This year the auction was on Saturday November 30, 2002 and next year’s date will probably be the Saturday after Thanksgiving. The location is the Ellicott City Armory and the auction will run from 12 to 5 PM. Come and bid on all types of plants, including the finest divisions from our members' collections and plants from vendors such as Arbec Orchids, Andy's Orchids, Carmela Orchids, Kensington Orchids, and Little Greenhouse.
The Armory is on Rte. 103. Take Rte. 29 to Rte. 100 East. Take the first exit (1A) on to Long Gate Parkway. The parkway deadends after 2 lights at Rte. 103. Go left on 103 about 0.2 miles and the Armory will be on your left. For more information contact Cyrus Swett at (410)-750-8821.
You may also be interested in the American Orchid Society's home page or the societies and vendors at the Orchid Mall. For recent information on National Capitol Regional Judging check out Arbec Orchid's home page.