The Tallahassee Orchid Society - Meetings

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You are cordially invited to attend our next meeting...

Meetings are typically held the second Thursday of each month at 7:00 PM.
Visitors are always welcome!

Leon County Extension Office, 
615 Paul Russell Road (2 blocks east of the Fairgrounds) 
Tallahassee, Florida 

Get a map to the meeting location.

E-mail Chris Sedlacek or Linda Sedlacek for more information. 

Next Meeting: Thursday, July 8th, 2010, 7:00 PM

The July meeting will feature an AOS presentation on Orchids from Mexico.

    Previous Meetings
  • Jun 2010: Tom Aaron of Green Earth Nurseries (Jacksonville Florida) gave a presentation on Orchid Culture for North Florida.
  • May 2010: Orchid Conservation.
  • Apr 2010: AOS slide presentation "What Are Orchids?" prepared by Moises Behar.
  • Mar 2010: Wild Orchids of Florida Presented by Prem Subrahmanyam.
  • Feb 2010: Practical orchid growing under lights presented by T.O.S.' Jo Ann Cleveland.
  • Jan 2010: Election of TOS Officers for 2010. Orchid Mounting presentation by Carlos Fernandez.
  • Dec 2009: TOS annual Christmas party. See December 2009 newsletter for pictures and party highlights.
  • Nov 2009: Silent orchid auction.
  • Oct 2009: Silent orchid auction.
  • Jul 2009: TOS' Mike Clark gave a presentation on 12 helpful hints for the beginning orchid grower.
  • Jun 2009: TOS'Walt Wager gave a talk on Phalaenopsis species orchids and their primary hybrids.
  • May 2009:
  • Apr 2009: Prepared for 2009 TOS Annual Orchid Show. The show was held at the Doyle Conner Agricultural Center on April 18 and 19 2009.
  • Mar 2009: The TOS program for Mar. 5th was a presentation by TOS' Mike Clark on Brassias and Brassia Hybrids.
  • Feb 2009: The TOS program for Feb. 5th was a Fred Hillerman slide presentation entitled The Best of Madagascar presented by Mary Ann Skalany.
  • Jan 2009: We elected a new society President, Vice President and Program Chair. Chris Sedlacek gave an informative presentation on miniature orchids.
  • Dec 2008: The Annual Christmas Dinner was held at Pam Reed's house.
  • Nov 2008: Society book sale and election of 2009 Society officers.
  • Oct 2008: Mike Heinz from Jacksonville was our guest speaker. His talk covered Bulbophyllums. Mike also brought Bulbophyllums to sell. 
  • Jan 2008: Colombian-type Miltonias. A slide presentation about one of the hardest orchids to grow in Tallahassee!
  • Dec 2007: A wonderful holiday party! Thanks to Pam Reed and her husband for opening their beautiful home to the society.
  • Nov 2007: David Horton & John McKinnon, members of TOS, presented a slide show of a trip they took in the 1980s on Orchid Collecting in Jamaica.
  • Oct 2007: TOS's own Becky Lyons gave an informative lecture on what needs to be done for orchid judging at our show and how some orchids get those strange names.
  • Sep 2007: Ed Bugbee from Featherstone Orchids gave a slide presentation from his and Lynn's trip to Mexico.
  • Aug 2007: David McCoy will present all he has learned about orchid photography. So come and find out how to take the best pictures possible of your orchids!
  • Jul 2007: Mary Ann Skalany presented "A Plant With Smarts".
  • Jun 2007: Greg Skalany gave the AOS slide program "Saving Orchids Starts At Home".
  • May 2007: Don Perusse and Greg Skalany gave the program "Orchid Mechanics Toolbox". It was interesting to learn about all the different tools our members use on a daily basis.
  • Apr 2007: There was a discussion and preparation for our annual orchid show.

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