Maryland Orchid Society
Welcome
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 cancelled. Snow emergencies lifted before noon will not cancel 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 cancellation as soon as it is known. Information may also be posted on the MOS website.
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.
The Maryland Orchid Society Calendar is Online (just a click away)!
In something like April of 1957, Clark’s mother’s friend sent him her spent orchid corsage because she knew the six-year-old was intensely interested in nature. Clark enthusiastically dissected it, remembering over half a century later that it was a lavender Cattleya. He acquired his first orchid shortly thereafter, a Cypripedium pubescens from a wildflower nursery. It went into a small clay pot with field dirt and took a short residence in a west window. It perished (mistake #1 – 3), but not before blooming and cementing a love of orchids that would endure and grow from that point forward.
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! 