Ottawa Orchid Society September 2025 Meeting

With regrets, the talk with Wenqing Perner on the Orchids of China will be rescheduled.

Join us for our first meeting of the 2025-26 season to hear Jean Hollebone of the American Orchid Society and the Ottawa Orchid Society to speak on the Amazing Orchids of Newfoundland. Newfoundland is a province rich in native orchids, with around three dozen species which mostly bloom in a short three-week window in late June and early July. Jean will describe some of the major habitats and the abundant orchids found in them.

With regrets, the talk with Wenqing Perner on the Orchids of China will be rescheduled

Jean is a long-time member and volunteer with the Ottawa Orchid Society, holding many positions including President and has just retired from the Board as Program Director.  She is an AOS judge and heads the Awards Committee of the American Orchid Society. Jean believes that the more we can understand about how orchids grow in nature, the better we can apply that knowledge to enhance the growing conditions and the blooms of the orchids we love to grow.   We are very grateful to Jean for stepping forward to give her talk to us in September rather than May for which it was planned.

The meeting will be a hybrid meeting. We will have the usual Show Table, raffle and refreshments with a break to chat with our “Ask Me Anything” experts.  Members, please bring your plants to the show table by 1:40 pm to allow time for judging. If you are feeling unwell, please join us via Zoom.