Maryland Orchid Society

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The Maryland Orchid Society meets the third Thursday of the month beginning at 7 p.m. See the Meetings page for a full timetable.

The next MOS board meeting will be October 30, 2008 (7:30 p.m. -- food at 6:30 p.m.) at Anne Minkowski's. Please RSVP if you plan to attend.

Last month's and previous newsletters is available in PDF (acrobat) format (about 1 megabyte) online. CLICK HERE! You should receive a link to the current newsletter in your email if you are a paid up member.

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December 18, 2008, 7 p.m. -- Don't miss this year's holiday party!

     Eric Wiles will be cat juggling again this year and Laura and Hilda will do their world-famous latke dance. Margaret Smith will be handing out free raffles tickets for the sleigh (reindeer not included).
     If you would like to help, get rid of a fruitcake and we're not talking about one of your relatives, or bring something else to the party, please contact Barbara Buck at barbarabuck@comcast.net or 410-551-9374.
     The speakers will be the members talking to each other. You'll be impress how much you'll learn! We will have a fabulous show table and auction!

What a show! 2008 Show special newsletter

This special Show issue of the newsletter brings you pictures of judging, exhibits, the sales area and some of our wonderful volunteers as well as results of the AOS judging and a brief list of major award winners. It was a strenuous week on a hard floor with cold, windy conditions for a few days and rain the day the Show opened but, in the end, we all survived and had a good time. The vendors enjoyed the show (and the food we brought in Friday and Saturday night), the public was awed by the beautiful displays and all of the orchids for sale - and (although our total sales were down from last year) we were pleased with the results.
Sunday night our set-up crew, plus a few more helpers, took down all of the backdrops for the displays, removed the plastic from the tables, put away the sales area equipment and supplies and then took everything to the storage shed before heading home. To these staunch men and women (yes!) with pickup trucks and/or strong backs who worked late to quickly get everything put away until next year, we owe a heartfelt round of applause! And to all of our members who worked at the Show, set up displays and bought orchids (!) and helped to make it a terrific Show

Click here to download -- be patient please 3.3 MB!

Show Table Entry Forms are now available online! Visit the Show Table page and download your PDF or JPG copy today. You can even fill out the PDF form on your computer at home and print really nice forms so Tom doesn't go blind!

The MOS brings together people interested in orchids to promote and encourage orchid culture, preservation, education propagation, hybridization, and all other orchid-related activities of interest to its members. Benefits of membership include a subscription to the Newsletter (email and web), voting rights, borrowing privileges from the MOS Library, monthly guest speakers, local judging, valuable door prizes, and much, much, more!

Click here to download a copy of the Maryland Orchid Society Membership Flyer, a beautiful full color poster to place wherever there are people needing the benefits of our fellowship!

If you are interested in orchid culture and would like to meet others with similar interests, we cordially invite you to join the ranks of Marylanders already enjoying the benefits of membership in the Maryland Orchid Society.

To join, mail an application form.

We invite articles, notices, etc. for inclusion in our monthly newsletter, deadline for inclusion is first Sunday of the month.

The official MOS official address is P.O. Box 5651, Baltimore, Maryland 21210

The next MOS board meeting will be October 30, 2008 (7:30 p.m. -- food at 6:30 p.m.) at Anne Minkowski's. Please RSVP if you plan to attend.