Oklahoma Orchid Society

OOS Meeting—June 2025
2025-06-15 13:00 - 15:30 (America/Chicago) | Will Rogers Gardens Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36th Street, Oklahoma City, OK, 73112, United States
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.

Program Presentation

We will be doing our annual repotting clinic. Please bring your plants, newspaper, and pots if you want assistance from our seasoned orchid enthusiasts.

Speaker’s Biography

Current OOS President Mike Friday will be presenting.

WRGC Public Class: Light for Indoor Plants and Interiorscapes
2025-06-14 10:00 - 11:00 | Will Rogers Gardens Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36th Street, Oklahoma City, OK, 73112, United States
As we approach the summer solstice, join OOS Trustee Doug Needham as he discusses the role of light in plant health, light quality and intensity, and light for plants grown indoors in homes, offices, and interiorscapes.

Dr. Needham is retired Vice President, Education, Longwood Gardens, and retired Professor of Horticulture, Oklahoma State University.

This is a public class offered by OKC Parks, and preregistration is required. Oklahoma Orchid Society receives volunteer credit for delivering this class.

OOS Meeting—May 2025 **Canceled**
2025-05-18 13:00 - 15:30 | Will Rogers Gardens Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36th Street, Oklahoma City, OK, 73112, United States
No meeting this month

Galveston Bay 2025 Orchid Show & Sale
2025-05-10 09:00 - 2025-05-11 17:00 | Webster Civic Center, 311 Pennsylvania Ave, Webster, Texas, 77598, United States
Galveston Bay Orchid Society is celebrating its 50th Anniversary and hosting the SWROGA 2025 spring meetings.

Oklahoma Orchid Society’s 75th Anniversary 2025 Show & Sale
2025-05-03 10:00 - 2025-05-04 16:00 | Will Rogers Gardens Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36th Street, Oklahoma City, OK, 73112, United States
See hundreds of orchids on show and for sale at Oklahoma Orchid Society’s annual Show & Sale, the Society’s AOS-sanctioned event of the year. This two-day “Bench and Full Exhibit” show will be held on Saturday and Sunday, May 3 & 4, from 10am to 4pm at Will Rogers Gardens Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36th Street, Oklahoma City, OK. Admission and parking are free, and the event is open to the public.

Orchid plants for ribbon judging must be registered on Friday, May 2, from 10:00 am–5:00 pm in the Gardens’ Exhibition Hall. Registration deadline is 5:00 pm. Ribbon judging at this show will begin at 8:00 am Saturday morning in the Gardens’ Exhibition Hall, immediately followed by AOS judging.

Vendors will have hundreds of beautiful orchids from around the world for sale, and OOS will have growing supplies for sale. Be sure to stop at the Welcome Booth to speak with OOS members about growing and re-blooming orchids, ask questions, purchase raffle tickets, engage your children in an orchid scavenger hunt, and learn how to become a member of the Society. Come, saturate your senses with orchids!

List of Vendors

Ecuagenera Orchids is also offering pre-orders for specific plants through its website. April 18, 2025, is the deadline to order for delivery to the OOS Show & Sale.

MAB’s Orchid Nursery, LLC

Sandstone Orchids & Nursery, LLC

Timbucktoo Orchids is also offering pre-orders for specific plants/divisions from Sarah Pratt’s personal collection. These will not be on her sales table at the show. Email Sarah if you would like to pre-order from these select plants.

See the OOS Shows & Sales webpage for more information.

OOS Meeting—April 2025
2025-04-13 13:00 - 15:30 | Will Rogers Gardens Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36th Street, Oklahoma City, OK, 73112, United States
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.

Program Presentation

Past OOS President Jana Butcher will be going over the inns and outs of the flower judging process for our May flower show.

Tulsa Orchid Society Show & Sale
2025-03-29 10:00 - 2025-03-30 16:00 | The Tulsa Garden Center, 2435 S Peoria Ave, Tulsa, OK, 74114, United States
Tulsa Orchid Society’s “Celebration of Orchids” annual Show & Sale will be held at The Tulsa Garden Center. See SWROGA Web for further details.

Ribbon judging is at 8:00 am Saturday, followed immediately by AOS judging.

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OOS Meeting—March 2025
2025-03-16 13:00 - 15:30 | Will Rogers Gardens Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36th Street, Oklahoma City, OK, 73112, United States
The Business Meeting will take place at 1:00–1:50pm; Program Presentation at 2–3pm; and Show Table, Auction, and Raffle at 3–3:30pm.

Program

Instead of a standard presentation, we will be helping the Flower Show Committee prepare decorations for OOS’ 75th anniversary. Members are strongly encourage to attend the business meeting for an important update.

OOS Meeting—February 2025
2025-02-16 13:00 - 15:30 | Will Rogers Gardens Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36th Street, Oklahoma City, OK, 73112, United States
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.

Program Presentation

Light and Orchids: Illuminating plants in the home.

Speaker’s Biography

Jana Butcher is a former OOS President and flower show exhibitor extraordinaire.

WRGC Public Class: Preparing and Planting a New Garden
2025-02-15 10:00 - 11:00 | Will Rogers Gardens Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36th Street, Oklahoma City, OK, 73112, United States
Are you contemplating a new garden or wanting to revitalize an existing garden? OOS Trustee Doug Needham will take you through the steps of site selection, soil preparation, composting, planting, and maintenance.

Dr. Needham is retired Vice President, Education, Longwood Gardens, and retired Professor of Horticulture, Oklahoma State University.

This is a public class offered by OKC Parks, and preregistration is required. Oklahoma Orchid Society receives volunteer credit for delivering this class.

OOS Meeting—January 2025
2025-01-19 13:00 - 15:30 | Online
Due to forecasted low temperatures, the meeting will be Zoom-only:

https://se-edu.zoom.us/j/91391513757

Program Presentation

What’s Up and Growing: Emerging trends in Orchid breeding

Speaker’s Biography

Bridget Uzar is in charge of the breeding collection at Carter and Holmes Orchids of South Carolina (https://www.carterandholmes.com/).

World Slipper Orchid Conference
2025-01-17 08:00 - 2025-01-19 17:00 | OK
The Paphiopedilum Guild invites you to the World Slipper Orchid Conference #3 January 17–19, 2025, at the Grand Naniloa Hotel in Hilo, Hawaii. See Orchid Digest website for details.

OSGKC Fall Orchid Show
2024-10-25 15:00 - 2024-10-26 16:00 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, Kansas, 66202, United States
The Orchid Society of Greater Kansas City is holding its Fall Orchid Show & Sale “Bewitched by Orchids” on October 25 at 3–8pm & 26 at 9am–4pm.

OOS October 2024 Meeting
2024-10-20 13:00 - 15:30 | Will Rogers Gardens Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36th Street, Oklahoma City, OK, 73112, United States
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

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Speaker’s Biography

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GPJC October Judging — CANCELED
2024-10-19 10:00 - 15:00 | Southwestern College, Beech Science Center, 100 N College Street, Winfield, KS, 67156, United States
All orchid enthusiasts are encouraged to submit orchids for judging by taking them to the GPJC the morning before judging begins or by making arrangements with one of OOS’s AOS judges to take the orchids to judging. Members should download and complete the “Judging Entry Form” for each orchid submitted. Orchid plants and cut flowers submitted at a monthly GPJC judging event or AOS-sanctioned show are candidates for an award.

OOS September 2024 Meeting
2024-09-15 13:00 - 15:30 | Will Rogers Gardens Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36th Street, Oklahoma City, OK, 73112, United States
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.

Program Presentation

Destination Asia: Orchids in Taiwan

Speaker’s Biography

Dr. Doug Needham is a former Professor in the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture at OSU and the immediate past president of the Oklahoma Orchid Society.

OOS August 2024 Meeting
2024-08-18 13:00 - 15:30 | Will Rogers Gardens Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36th Street, Oklahoma City, OK, 73112, United States
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.

Zoom meeting link: https://se-edu.zoom.us/j/91396897036

Program Presentation

“The War on Terror: Pest control for Orchids in the home”

Speaker’s Biography

Dr. Raymond Cloyd is a professor in the Department of Entomology at Kansas State University with a specialty in pest management.

OOS July 2024 Member-exclusive fieldtrip to Color Orchids Texas
2024-07-13 07:30 - 15:30 | Will Rogers Gardens Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36th Street, Oklahoma City, OK, 73112, United States
Color Orchids Texas

1354 Grayson StNocona TX 76255

WRGC Public Class: Orchids101
2024-06-22 10:00 - 11:30 | Will Rogers Gardens Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36th Street, Oklahoma City, OK, 73112, United States
Mike Friday, President of Oklahoma Orchid Society, has been growing orchids for 54 years, and grows in his greenhouse and under lights in his home. He will cover: what is an orchid, common orchids, Oklahoma Native Orchids, orchid culture and propagation, and repotting.

Will Rogers Gardens charges $5.00 per person for this class. Registration is required through Oklahoma City Parks.

Register for the Class

OOS June 2024 Meeting
2024-06-16 13:00 - 15:30 | Will Rogers Gardens Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36th Street, Oklahoma City, OK, 73112, United States
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

Annual orchid repotting clinic, please come witness a repotting demonstration and be assisted by an experienced grower to repot your orchid.

GPJC May Judging
2024-05-18 10:00 - 15:00 | Southwestern College, Beech Science Center, 100 N College Street, Winfield, KS, 67156, United States

Oklahoma Orchid Society 2024 Show & Sale
2024-05-04 10:00 - 2024-05-05 16:00 | Will Rogers Gardens Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36th Street, Oklahoma City, OK, 73112, United States
See hundreds of orchids on show and for sale at Oklahoma Orchid Society’s Spring 2024 Show & Sale, the Society’s AOS-sanctioned event of the year. This two-day “Bench and Full Exhibit” show will be held on Saturday and Sunday, May 4 & 5, from 10am to 4pm at Will Rogers Gardens Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36th Street, Oklahoma City, OK. Admission and parking are free, and the event is open to the public. See the OOS Shows & Sales webpage for more information.Ribbon judging begins at 8:00 am on Saturday, followed immediately by AOS judging.

OOS April 2024 Meeting
2024-04-21 12:00 - 16:00 | Island Park, 200 Main St, Winfield, Kansas, 67156, United States
The Kansas Orchid Society (KOS) has invited our membership to attend their picnic; therefore, we will not be holding a standard meeting at the Will Rogers Garden Center. Instead, we will journey somewhere over the rainbow and explore the orchids we find there. Munchkins, scarecrows, tinmen, and lions are welcome to attend.

12:00 Picnic at Island Park, Winfield, KS

KOS is providing all food and beverage options, water, tea and maybe coffee or lemonade.1:15 – 1:45 Progress to Greenhouse at Southwestern College for viewing/self tour and and purchases

2:00 KOS Meeting & Greenhouse tourGreenhouse remains open until 4 for final purchases.

OOS March 2024 Meeting
2024-03-17 13:00 - 15:30 | Will Rogers Gardens Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36th Street, Oklahoma City, OK, 73112, United States
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

May flower show procedures and elements of AOS-sanctioned flower judging.

OOS February 2024 Meeting
2024-02-18 13:00 - 15:30 | Will Rogers Gardens Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36th Street, Oklahoma City, OK, 73112, United States
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

OOS’ own Jana Butcher will present “The Sweet Scent of Orchids: An Anthology.”

WRGC Public Class: Greenhouse Inspiration, Design, & Construction for Energy Efficiency
2024-02-17 10:00 - 11:00 | Will Rogers Gardens Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36th Street, Oklahoma City, OK, 73112, United States
Douglas Needham, Ph.D., V.M.M., will present “Greenhouse Inspiration, Design, & Construction for Energy Efficiency.” His presentation will explore key design elements of Victorian, neoclassical, geodesic dome, and industrial modern greenhouse design styles from around the world, and, then, focus on greenhouse design, materials, and construction for energy efficiency.

Dr. Needham was Vice President, Education, at Longwood Gardens (2007–2017) and Professor of Floriculture at Oklahoma State University (1989–2007). He was recognized as Distinguished Agriculture Alumnus by Purdue University in 2017, and he was awarded the Veitch Memorial Medal by The Royal Horticultural Society, London, England, UK, in 2018. 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.

Registration for this public class is through Oklahoma City Parks.

Myriad Botanical Gardens Orchid Show: "The Curious World of Orchids"
2024-02-16 09:00 - 2024-03-17 17:00 | Myriad Botanical Gardens Crystal Bridge, 301 W Reno, Oklahoma City, OK, 73102, United States
Prepare to be transfixed as you step foot into the Curious World of Orchids. The Orchid Show returns to the Inasmuch Foundation Crystal Bridge Conservatory after its extensive renovation. This show will display hundreds of peculiar orchids with fascinating, unique, and wildly beautiful shapes. You’ll learn more about these exquisite flowers and what makes them such a unique and diverse plant family, which is the second largest. Make this show a stop to brighten up your winter.

Hours are Monday-Saturday, 9am-5pm and Sunday, 11am-5pm. Admission is FREE for Gardens members. Adult – $10.50; Senior 62+ – $9; Military/Veterans – $9; Student (with ID) – $7; Youth (5-17 years) – $5.50; and ages 4 & under FREE.

OOS January 2024 Meeting
2024-01-21 13:00 - 15:30 | Will Rogers Gardens Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36th Street, Oklahoma City, OK, 73112, United States
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.

https://se-edu.zoom.us/j/93076046522

Program Presentation

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Speaker’s Biography

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OOS Volunteer Activity: Remove Holiday Lights at Will Rogers Gardens
2024-01-06 09:00 - 12:00 | Will Rogers Gardens Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36th Street, Oklahoma City, OK, 73112, United States
OOS members are encouraged to volunteer to help remove, detangle, test, wrap, and store Will Rogers Gardens’ holiday lights. This is an OOS-exclusive volunteer activity. Every volunteer’s service hours will be recorded for Oklahoma Orchid Society, helping to offset the Society’s rental of facilities at the Exhibition Center. Work is available outdoors and inside the Conservatory. Meet in the Headhouse of the Conservatory, down the stairs from the Exhibition Center. Follow CDC guidelines with respect to COVID-19 precautions. We look forward to seeing you!

Friends of WRG "Tree Lighting Event"
2023-11-26 16:00 - 19:00 | Will Rogers Gardens Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36th Street, Oklahoma City, OK, 73112, United States
Free horse drawn carriage rides, visits with Santa and Rumble the Bison from the OKC Thunder. Also, children’s choirs, crafts and food trucks. The event is free and open to the public.
