Orchid society of Minnesota

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    • Orchid Society of Minnesota Executive Board
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  • Monthly Orchid Show & Tell Table
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    • Monthly Meeting
    • Ask The Expert
    • State Fair Orchid Show
    • Annual Orchid Sale
    • 2025 “Orchids in Bloom: Celebrating 50 Years of Winter Carnival Magic”
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Ask The Expert

Ask the Expert – These presentations are informal opportunities to learn from your fellow members about various topics, generally from 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. 

The Education Committee will be offering “Ask the Expert” presentations.  These are mini lectures offered by our members. You are welcome to attend any and all sessions that are of interest to you. All sessions are recorded and available for members. Want to see a past session? Be sure your membership is up to date or become a member today.

Upcoming 2024 – 2025 sessions include:

August 17, 2024 Windowsill Growing – Linda Smith

October 19, 2024 DIY IKEA Orchid Case – Megan Beckman

November 16, 2024 Creating an Exhibit for the Winter Carnival Orchid Show – Bob Gilpin

January 18, 2025: Preparing and Safely Transporting Your Orchids to the Show – Katherine Weitz

February 15, 2025: Orchid Basics – Practical Growing Advice – Julie Hella

March 15, 2025: Orchid Tags – A Primer on Botanical Latin – Claire Geistfeld

April 26, 2025: Online Orchid Identification Apps and the Apple Orchid Album – Elaine Galick, Stephen Galick, Steven Ukasick

May 17, 2025: Selecting and Preparing Your Plants for AOS Judging – Minnesota’s AOS Judges 

June 21, 2025: Chicago AOS Judging Center – Outreach Judging

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Welcome To The OSM

This society is organized and operated for educational purposes. The Society seeks to increase and disseminate knowledge, appreciation and improvement of orchids; to conduct or cause to be conducted the development and improvement of orchid growing; to disseminate information concerning the culture, hybridization and appreciation of orchids to members of the Society and the public at large by means of public exhibition, publications and other appropriate means.

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