Welcome
to the Oregon Orchid Society!
The OOS Spring Show & Sale is over and done with.
Thanks to everyone who helped make it such a great event.
If you missed the show come back here soon to see some
photos of the display area.
Upcoming
Meetings:
April 15th - Misfits and Unusual Orchids and How to Judge
Them, by David Morris
May 20th - Orchids of the Mediterranean Area, by Rick
Burian
June - Bifoliate Cattleyas and Their Hybrids, by Gene
Crocker of Carter & Holmes
July - Lankaster Gardens in Costa Rica, by Dick Van Ingen
August - Orchids of Appalachia, by Rick
Burian
About the Oregon Orchid Society
The Oregon Orchid Society is a non-profit organization
dedicated to providing educational resources to orchid
enthusiasts. The OOS general meetings are held the third
Tuesday of each month at 7:30 P.M. at the Multnomah Art
Center, 7688 SW Capitol Hwy., Portland, Oregon
(Get directions).
Each meeting features a lecture or other educational
program and a display of blooming plants. Visitors are
always welcome! Membership is open to anyone interested in
orchids.
Becoming a Member of OOS
Application for membership should be made to the membership
chairperson; yearly dues depend on how you select to
receive the Calypso newsletter. For two years of on-line
viewing of the newsletter with lots of color photographs
the dues are $22 and for one year it's $12. If you would
like a printer copy of the newsletter mailed to you your
dues will be $34 for two years and $18 for one year. Please
make checks payable to Oregon Orchid Society, and mail
to
OOS c/o Lori Rheinberger, Membership Chairperson, PO Box
14182, Portland, Oregon 97293
(tel 503.632.4884). You may also join at the monthly
meetings. Membership includes a subscription to Calypso,
the newsletter of the Oregon Orchid Society, a copy of Your
First Orchids and How to Grow them, access to our lending
library and discounted rates for potting supplies. When you
join at a monthly meeting or after you've joined and come
to your first meeting we'll usually have a potted orchid
for you to home. Of course any additional donation you
would like to make beyond the standard membership dues will
be appreciated.
Orchid Shows
The Oregon Orchid Society puts on one orchid show and sale
per year, in the spring. Click the
Spring Show
link at right for the latest news.
Orchid Publications
The Oregon Orchid Society has published three
books:
Your First Orchids And How To
Grow Them
Native Orchids of Oregon
An Orchidist's
Lexicon
Copies are available for purchase at the monthly meetings. For more information on purchasing these books or yourself, your society or for resale please contact Richard Burian at Bur.rick@worldnet.att.net