The meeting begins at 1pm with Grower Tips, where OOS members address a specific orchid growing challenge, e.g. a specific pest, repotting, mounting, humidity, or fertilization, and answer questions from the audience. Come with questions, and they’ll provide answers! The Business Meeting will follow at 1:20–1:50pm; Program Presentation at 2–3pm; and Show Table, Auction, and Raffle at 3–3:30pm. Follow CDC guidelines with respect to COVID-19 precautions.

Program Presentation

“Winterizing Your Orchid Collection” by OOS President, Dr. Douglas Needham

Doug will discuss light, temperature, watering, humidity, fertilization, and pest management to ensure your orchids thrive through winter.

Speaker’s Biography

Dr. Douglas Needham is retired Vice President, Education, Longwood Gardens, and former Professor of Floriculture, Oklahoma State University. He earned his B.S. in Biological Sciences and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Horticultural Plant Breeding and Genetics from Purdue University. He was recognized as Distinguished Agriculture Alumnus by Purdue in 2017, and he was awarded the Veitch Memorial Medal by The Royal Horticultural Society in 2018. He has enjoyed growing flowering plants since he was a child, and that passion continues throughout retirement. He grows hundreds of orchids in cool and warm glasshouses, he designs and cultivates English-inspired perennial borders, and he is restoring a native prairie. Dr. Needham enjoys sharing his passion for growing plants with others through workshops, presentations, tours, and consulting.