Blooming Orchid Judging

Ribbon Judging Policy


Meetings are held the third Sunday of each month, September through May. In June we have a picnic at a member's home and in August there is usually a trip to a Chicago area commercial grower. Meetings start at 1:30 p.m. and are normally held at Olbrich Botanical Gardens, 3330 Atwood Avenue, Madison. Meetings include a brief business session, an educational presentation, ribbon judging of blooming orchids, refreshments and socialization.

Meeting Schedule
Date Location Presentation Presentor
September 27 2009 Meeting Room, Olbich Gardens New frontiers in the study of orchid evolution
Thomas Givnish, Ph.D
October 18, 2009 MiddletonMeeting Room, Olbich Gardens Happy Birthday Charles! Darwin’s Legacy as a 200 Year Old Orchid Enthusiast
Ken Cameron, Director Wisconsin State Herbarium, Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison
November 15, 2009 Orchids Garden Centre, Orchid Diseases and Plant Hygiene
Chuck Acker
December 20, 2009 Meeting Room, Olbich Gardens TBA
Ernie Gemeinhart
January 17, 2010 Meeting Room, Olbich Gardens Overview of Orchid Quest
Judith Rapacz and Judy Stevenson
February 21, 2010 Meeting Room, Olbich Gardens Orchidarium Orchid Growing
Steven Thimling
March 21, 2010 Meeting Room, Olbich Gardens Orchid Auction
OGG Members
April 3, 2010 Olbich Gardens Spring Orchid Sale
April 19, 2010 Meeting Room, Olbich Gardens Cypridedium parviflorum
Scott Weber
May 16, 2010 Meeting Room, Olbich Gardens TBA
June 2010 TBA Picnic
July 2010 TBA Field Trip in search of the Yellow Lady Slipper “Orchids”