Schedule of Events for 2013
- Speakers and Activities
04/28/12 - Orchid Conservation Project
TBA - date as yet unconfirmed
05/18/12 - Redland International Orchid Festival
9:00AM - 5:00PM,Fruit & Spice Park,24801 SW 187th Ave.,Homestead, Florida; Featuring over 50 vendors from all over the World and The U.S This is an AOS-judged event!Entries will be received at the Show Tent in the park onThursday May 17th between Noon and 3:00 p.m.Judging begins at 3:00 p.m.
05/21/12 - Alfredo Manrique - Peruvian Orchids
Peruvian Orchids, Phag. Kovachii; Garden Room, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden 7:30 pm
05/26/12 - Annual Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Tour
Annual Fairchild Garden Insiders' Tour for COS members and friends
06/02/12 - COS Bus Trip to Florida Orchid Nurseries
Detail provided at prior meetings - reservations required.
06/18/12 - Claude Hamilton, Hamilton Orchids, Jamaica - Broughtonias
Broughtonias; In the Garden Room at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens at 7:30 p.m.
06/24/12 - COS Annual Species Symposium
All day at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden; reservations required.
07/01/12 - Summerfest
07/16/12 - Paul Wetter MD - Five Heritage Cattleyas
'Five Cattleyas for a Heritage Collection";In the Garden Room at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens at 7:30 p.m.
08/20/12 - Orchid Digest Presentation
In the Garden Room at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens at 7:30 p.m.
09/17/12 - Annual COS Anniversary Party and Open House
Festivities to celebrate COS's birthday! Graduation of the Newcomers' Class
09/17/12 - Edwin De Jesus - Miniature Orchids
Miniature Orchids: Secrets and Culture; In the Garden Room at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens at 7:30 p.m.
10/06/12 - South Florida Orchid Society Show
10/15/12 - COS Annual Species Auction!
In the Garden Room at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens at 7:30 p.m.; Preview of plants 6:30 p.m.
10/19/12 - East Everglades Orchid Society Show and Sale
COS will participate by setting up a display table.
11/18/12 - Picnic and Bingo at R. F. Orchids (Sunday)
Time TBA; At R.F. Orchids, Homestead FL
12/13/12 - Holiday Party
In the Garden Room at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens at 7:30 p.m.
01/21/13 - Jim Davison - Mexican Species that grow in South Florida
7:30 p.m.
Jim will be speaking to us about the Mexican orchids that can be successfully grown here in South Florida
01/26/13 - Tamiami Orchid Show
COS will set up an orchid display; provide information and recruiting table. Raffle to benefit The Bert Pressman Scholarship Program. Orchid Hotel
02/18/13 - Peter Von Scholl - Cattleya species and their culture
Peter has received many AOS awards on his cattleya species including 2 FCCs. Don't miss this lecture.
03/08/13 - Orchid Society of Coral Gables Show and Sales at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
COS will prepare a table-top display
03/18/13 - Lou Lodyga- Repotting your Orchids
Lou will be teaching us how to repot orchids. Something that we sometimes neglect but needs to be done as part of our yearly routine
04/15/13 - Guillermo Arturo Salazar - The Orchids of El Salvador
Guillermo will be doing a presentation on the orchids of his native El Salvador.