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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.

Inclement Weather Policy:

If a snow emergency is declared or in effect in either Baltimore City or Baltimore County as of noon or later on the day of our meeting, the scheduled meeting will be Zoom-only. Snow emergencies lifted before noon will not change a meeting. Refer to the Maryland Coordinated Highway Action Response Team (CHART) website for the latest snow emergency information.
We will distribute an email message to members confirming a change to Zoom-only as soon as it is known. Information may also be posted on the MOS website.

The next MOS board meeting will be Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 7 p.m., by Zoom. Any member of the Maryland Orchid Society is welcome to attend the board meetings.

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Bill Goldner of Woodstream Orchids (with Terri Root) Thursday, November 19, 2026 Maryland Orchid Society
Bill Goldner with Terri Root, February 14, 2009

Thursday, November 19, 2026
Bill Goldner
‘Twenty Years of Phragmipedium kovachii Hybrids: Think Pink!’
Virtual Show Table 7:00 p.m.

Virtual Show Table by Zoom and in person, Show Table in person only

     Woodstream Orchids will bring plants to sell!
     Dr. Bill Goldner is best known in the orchid world as the owner of Woodstream Orchids with his wife Lynn Evans-Goldner.
     A life-long outdoorsman, Bill’s current mid-life crisis is fly fishing for trout, steelhead, smallmouth bass, and salmon, a passion he shares with his son Zane. Many of the hybrid and cultivar names registered and used by Woodstream Orchids are names of the many places they have fished.
     Now Zane (age 16) is part of the pack which includes golden retrievers Luna and Luca. In fact, at age four Zane and Bill started a jungle cactus and succulent business for Zane. Zane’s Orchid Companion Plants now grows over 100 species of epiphytic cacti (or soft cactus as Zane call’s them). He propagates the cacti from seed and cuttings. Zane and Bill are now the largest provider of epiphytic cacti east of the Mississippi (including Florida).
     Woodstream Orchids (WSO) is a leading hybridizer and producer of Phragmipediums, Paphiopedilum species, and Epidendrums. They are well known for their innovative miniature Phrag hybrids. They are currently upping their game to include white, yellow and kovachii Phrag hybrids.
     Bill is an accredited American Orchid Society Judge.
     NEWS FLASH!!! The American Orchid Society awarded Bill the prestigious 2024 Norito Hasagawa Award for Hybridizing Excellence (sort of hybridizer of the year). The award recognizes a career-long effort in orchid breeding (in Bill’s case the genus Phragmipedium). Honestly it was a big surprise (Bill didn’t know it was a thing). He was thrilled and humbled to join many of his orchid mentors and friends who have received the award including Dr. Rob Griesbach, John Dunkelberger, Dr. William W. Wilson, Norito Hasegawa, Gene Crocker, HP Norton, Hadley Cash, Theresa Hill, Frank Smith, Terry Root, and Graham Wood.
     ALSO! Bill and Woodstream Orchids are retiring from the orchid show circuit as a commercial exhibitor and vendor. The 2026 SEPOS Show was Bill’s last show in this role. Woodstream will continue to show and sell at the Paphiopedilum Forum. The WSO Huntingtown, Maryland nursery remains open by appointment. The WSO nursery remains one of the few orchid greenhouses in the country, located 45 minutes southeast of Washington, DC and an hour south of Baltimore. Pre-Orders Due by Nov 12 Please email Bill Woodstream3@verizon.net for the updated two Phrag lists, and Paph, Non-Slipper Genera, and Flask lists.

Photos for the Virtual Show Table must be submitted by Wednesday, November 18, to Mai Conaway conawaymai@yahoo.com.

MOS membership forms 2026-2027

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Maryland Orchid Society Membership Flyer 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.

We invite articles, notices, etc. for inclusion in our monthly newsletter. The Newsletter submission date is the 26^th of the month for inclusion in the next newsletter.

The Missions Statement of The Maryland Orchid Society

Mission Statement of the Maryland Orchid Society

Maryland Orchid Society ByLaws available ☞ HERE ☜!

Officers
President		Marc Kiriou
Vice President		Jill Allen
Treasurer		Courtney Bounds
Secretary		Joy Marlowe
Past President		Robert Travers
Directors
Robin Neukam
Todd Jackson

Committee Chairs
Activities		John Heinbokel
Auction		Aaron Webb
Away Shows		Valerie Lowe
Education/Activities		Chris Zajac
Hospitality		Open
House		Clark Riley
Library		Robin Neukam
Membership		Jill Allen
Newsletter		Susan Travers
Program		Fay Citerone
Refreshments		Kathi Jackson
Show		Marc Kiriou
Show Table		Joel Graham
Sunshine		Pat Schiavi
Website		Clark Riley
Representatives
AOS/ODC Rep.		Valerie Lowe
Social Media		Joel Graham

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MNLGA Maryland Nursery Landscape and Greenhouse Association

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