Speaker at the November 20 Meeting
Cordelia Head

“Growing Miniatures in the Home“

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Cordelia Head is one of three previous owners of J&L Orchids and is proud to be associated with the new owners, the Carreno family. She has been growing orchids for more than forty years. Cordelia is on many international orchid committees involving

orchid conservation and orchid judging. She is an American Orchid Society accredited judge and served on the Awards Committee for several years.

Cordelia has been fortunate to travel extensively throughout Central and South America in search of orchids. She has discovered many new species and has three named for her.

Cordelia has lectured both nationally and internationally including the World Orchid Conferences in Miami, France, Malaysia, Vancouver, Glasgow and many others.

 Calendar 2022

 Meetings are now in person at the First United Methodist Church, 53 McKinley Ave, Endicott, NY.

Enter through front door unless otherwise noted.

All meetings start at 2pm. 

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January 16   General Meeting, Tom Etheridge "Draculas: Whimsical Monsters of the Orchid World." via Zoom

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February 20   General Meeting, Ed Weber: "Hey, I've Grown that Orchid!"  via Zoom

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March 20      In Person Meeting,  Austin Miller
“Bulbophyllum: A Glimpse into the Largest Genus of Orchids”

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April 10         Meeting a week early to avoid Easter Holiday

                      Spring Auction--LIVE

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April 23-24     STOS Orchid Show 

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May 15           General Meeting, Repotting Workshop

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June-July-August   Summer Recess

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Sept 18        Auction wrap up, nominations for officers 

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Oct 16          Speaker, Luis Matienzo, “Latin American Lady Slippers: Historical Aspects, Selected Species and Hybrids“

                      Vote for Officers

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Nov 20         Speaker Cordelia Head, "Growing Miniatures in the Home"

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Dec 18         Holiday Party, Dish to Pass

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President

Carol Bayles

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Vice President

Gail Gunsalus

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Treasurer

Jane Trey

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Secretary

Linda Mittel

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AOS Representative

Bernice Magee

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Members-at-Large

Jean Mint

Colin Dimon

Loi Tran

 Committee Chairs

Newsletter Editor

Carol Bayles

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Web Master

Carol Bayles

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Social Media

Rich Thomas, Renee DePrato

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Librarian

Laurel Shaefer

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Show Chair

Carol Bayles

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Program Coordinator

Jean Mint

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Auction Committee

Pete O'Connell

Jane Trey

"Orchids at the Museum"

Annual  Orchid Show 2023 

The Southern Tier Orchid Society, STOS, will be holding their AOS-judged orchid show:

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Roberson Museum and Science Center, 30 Front Street, Binghamton, NY

Sat - Sun April 22-23, 2023. 

The show is open to the public

12-5 each day. 

Raffle at 3:30 pm on Sunday (need not be present to win)

FREE

The show will feature displays of beautiful and exotic orchids from STOS, the Central New York Orchid Society (CNYOS) The Genesee Region Orchid Society (GROS), the Central Pennsylvania Orchid Society (CPOS) and our vendors:

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Wade’s Orchids (Wade Hollenbach)

Fair Orchids (Kim Fetterson)

J & L Orchids (Ines and Lucas Carreno)

 Vendors will have many orchids for sale on both days. There will also be activities for children and a raffle of orchids in bloom. Society members will be available to answer all your orchid questions. 

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Details subject to change

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 We encourage you to visit the museum while you are there. The orchid show is free, however the museum has admission fees.    

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Information for exhibitors:

Judging will be held starting at 9 am on Saturday.

Setup is from 2-8 pm on Friday April 23.

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Register your Plants

Read List of Classifications

Download Bulk Registration Spreadsheet

(Only for those with 10 or more plants)

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