Oklahoma Orchid Society

OOS July Meeting
2021-07-18 13:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | Will Rogers Gardens Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36th Street, Oklahoma City, OK, 73112, United States
The presentation at the 1:00 Greengrowers meeting will be “Important Lessons I Learned as a Beginner” by Keith Warren. Keith grows orchids in a solarium attached to his home and has been a dedicated member of OOS since joining at the February 2013 meeting.
The 2:00 presentation will be by Eric Sauer on “The Genus Maxillaria”. Eric is the proprietor of River Valley Orchids in Centerville, Ohio. He has been growing orchids for over 30 years and specializes in South American Species. He has received over 85 awards from the American Orchid Society and has three orchids named after him including two species from Ecuador. Eric regularly works with other Maxillaria aficionados around the world to better understand the genus. His real job is as a registered landscape architect and is the planning manager for Five Rivers MetroParks in Dayton, Ohio.

OOS June Meeting
2021-06-20 13:00 - 16:00 | Will Rogers Gardens Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36th Street, Oklahoma City, OK, 73112, United States
Greengrowers Program will be at 1:00, “Growing Orchids Under Lights” by Jana Butcher, Oklahoma Orchid Society President.
The 2:00 Program will be a webinar, “Star Search – Angrecoid Hybrids & Awards” by Beth Martin. Beth is an associate American Orchid Society Judge with the Mid-America Judging Center in Saint Louis, Mo and an avid orchid grower.

OOS May Meeting — In-Person!
2021-05-16 13:00 - 16:00 | Will Rogers Gardens Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36th Street, Oklahoma City, OK, 73112, United States
Greengrower’s Meeting begins at 1:00 p.m. in person with an “Ask it Basket” sent around. Bring all your questions in writing to put in the “Ask it Basket” and each question will be addressed during the session by a panel of three (3) seasoned orchid growers. Bring any orchid plants you may be having problems with or have a question about and bring any other questions you may have related to orchid culture and how to grow and flower your orchids.
Business meeting will begin at 2:00 p.m. in person with a short program by Carolyn McCabe, OOS VP, titled “Miltonia vs Miltoniopsis“.

"Spring into Orchids" OOS Plant & Growing Supplies Sale
2021-05-01 09:00 - 17:00 | Will Rogers Gardens Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36th Street, Oklahoma City, OK, 73112, United States

OOS April Meeting via Zoom
2021-04-18 14:00 - 16:00 | Video Conference
Have you wondered what the numbers on bags, boxes, and bottles of fertilizer mean? Have you wondered how much fertilizer your orchids need and when? You’re not alone! Join OOS for its monthly meeting, where OOS member Dr. Douglas Needham will present “Fertilizer and Plant Nutrition — How and When to Fertilize Orchids.” For a preview of the topic, see his recent orchid culture post, “Fertilizing Orchids.”
Dr. Needham is retired Vice President, Education, Longwood Gardens and former Professor of Floriculture, Oklahoma State University. He grows hundreds of orchids of about 60 different genera in his cool and warm glasshouses in Oklahoma.
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Topic: OOS April 18th Meeting
Time: Apr 18, 2021 01:45 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

Agenda: 2 PM Presentation “Fertilizing Orchids” by Douglas Needham, PhD.
3 PM Business meeting followed by Show and Tell

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OOS March Meeting via Zoom: "Slippery Tales - Adventures of Hunting Slipper Orchids in the Wild" by Mary E. Gerritsen, Ph.D.
2021-03-21 14:00 - 17:00 | Video Conference
Mary E. Gerritsen, Ph.D. will be joining us on our March 21 Zoom meeting to tell us about her adventures of hunting slipper orchids in the wild.
Dr. Gerritsen currently works as an independent biotechnology consultant, her “retirement” after a long career in the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry. However, much of her free time now involves orchids in some fashion or another.
She has a large collection of miniature orchids, as well as numerous pleurothallids, paphiopedilum, bulbophyllum, and dendrobium species which she grows in outside, in a cool greenhouse or in an intermediate greenhouse. In addition to growing orchids, Dr. Gerristen enjoys seeing and photographing them in their native habitats, which has led to expeditions to Australia, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Borneo, Sulawesi, China, Europe and various Mediterranean islands, Madagascar, South Africa, Mexico and other parts of Central America, many countries in South America, as well as various parts of the USA and Canada. In addition to her interest in orchids and their habitats, she has written, with co-author and photographer, Ron Parsons, a number of books on orchids including Masdevallias: Gems of the Orchid World; A Compendium of Miniature Orchid Species; A Bay Area Guide to Orchids and Their Culture; and The American Orchid Society Guide to Orchids and their Culture. Dr/ Gerritsen and Mr. Parsons also coauthored a book on a genus of North American Wildflowers: Calochortus; Mariposa Lilies and their Relatives. She is a director and chief financial officer of the Orchid Conservation Alliance, serves on the board of directors of Orchid Digest, and is a past president of the San Francisco and the Peninsula Orchid Societies.
Jana Butcher is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Link below:
Agenda: 2 pm Business Meeting
3 pm “Slippery Tales – Adventures of Hunting Slipper Orchids In the Wild” presented by Mary Gerritsen
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Topic: OOS Meeting
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"After the Thaw — Welcome to Spring!" Garden Club Flower Show
2021-02-27 13:00 - 16:00 | Rubye Atkinson Garden Center, 1441 N Key Blvd, Midwest City, OK, 73110, United States
“After the Thaw – Welcome to Spring!” – A National Garden Clubs Horticulture Specialty Flower Show will take place at the Rubye Atkinson Garden Center, 1441 Key Blvd, Midwest City, Oklahoma 73130 on Saturday, February 27, 2021 from 1:00 p.m – 4:00 p.m. Admission and parking is free and open to the public. For information contact Carolyn McCabe, 405-834-1565.

OOS February Meeting via Zoom
2021-02-21 14:00 - 16:00 | Video Conference
Presentation Title: “The Million Orchid Project” and associated programs by Jason L. Downing, PhD, Orchid Biologist, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

BIO: I am originally from Kansas where I completed my BS in Biology at Univ. of Kansas. I attended graduate school at Univ. of Miami and completed my PhD at Florida International University studying orchid ecology and conservation in south Florida, the Caribbean, and China.

I am currently the Orchid Biologist at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden and lead Fairchild’s citizen science initiative related to orchids, including the Million Orchid Project, National Orchid Garden, and STEMLab, mobile tissue culture laboratory and associated research.

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OOS January Meeting via Zoom
2021-01-17 14:00 - 15:30 | Video Conference
Speaker: Dotty Woodson – “Growing and Blooming Phalaenopsis for Many Years”
Dotty Woodson, Ph. D., is an Orchid Grower, Writer, Photographer and Lecturer. She has B. S. and M.S. degrees in Horticulture from Tarleton State University and a doctoral degree from Texas A&M and Texas Tech Universities. Dr. Woodson is the owner, along with her husband Berry, of D&B Orchids in Fort Worth. Dotty has grown orchids since 1973. Her goal is to share her knowledge and enjoyment about growing orchids. She has presented orchid programs to orchid growers and gardeners in many states, at four International Master Gardener Conference, two International Phalaenopsis Alliance Conferences, California Speakers Day, Texas, New England and New York Speakers Circuits and to international audiences on Norwegian and Holland America Cruise Lines. Woodson is a member of the Fort Worth Orchid Society, Greater North Texas Orchid Society, Southwest Regional Orchid Growers Association and the American Orchid Society. She has also written articles about orchid culture for many newspapers and magazines and appeared on many television and radio shows to discuss growing orchids. In addition, Dotty has produced several orchid videos and contributed orchid material and photographs for several books. Her DVD “Growing Orchids Made Easy with Dotty” is available through the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Bookstore, Before retirement, Dotty taught landscape water conservation by design, plant selection and irrigation efficiency for 32 years at Tarrant County College, TCU, UTA, and for Texas A&M Extension as a County Extension Agent in Tarrant County and Water Resource Extension State Specialist. For 21 years, she wrote a weekly horticulture column for the Fort Worth Star Telegram. Dotty has appeared weekly on NBC News and other television programs for 25 years.
