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 18 2010 Canceled
October 16, 2010 Meeting Room, Olbrich Gardens Vanilla Orchids Natural History & Cultivation
Ken Cameron, PhD, Director of the Wisconsin
State Herbarium, University of Madison, WI.
November 20, 2010 Orchids Garden Centre Deflasking orchids and their aftercare.
Chuck Acker
December 18, 2009 Meeting Room, Olbrich Gardens Ovation Orchids
Luis Torres and Barry Lubin
January 15, 2011 Meeting Room, Olbrich Gardens Preparing plants for Orchid Quest
Judy Stevenson & Heidi Maenner
February 19, 2012 Meeting Room, Olbrich Gardens Orchid Quest Debriefing
OGG
March 18, 2012 Meeting Room, Olbrich Gardens Rare and other Native Orchids of Wisconsin
Ryan O 'Connor of the DNR
April 15, 2012 Meeting Room, Olbrich Gardens Obrich Gardens
John Wirth, Obrich Gardens Curator of the Bolz Conservancy
May 20, 2012 Meeting Room, Olbich Gardens “To grow or not to grow: Vanda is the question”
Heidi Whetmore
May 27 2012 Kettle Moraine Orchid Field trip to Paint Brush Prairie
June 2011 TBA Summer Picnic