Educational Topics
December 10, 2025 Holiday Party and Awards presentation
November 12, 2025 Pam LaRocco demonstrating mounting of an orchid with our new project plants; revealed identities of our project plants from last year
October 8, 2025 Jim Lardner talking on The Flamingo Botanical Gardens
November 1-2 Central Ohio (Columbus) Orchid Society Show
September, 2025 Tom Harper “AOS Judging”
September 6-8, 2025 Annual KOS Show and Sale
August 23-25 OrchidFest in Kettering, Ohio
August, 2025 Stephen Benjamin “Preparing and Registering Plants for Competitions”
July 9, 2025 Cheryl Erins “All Things Vandaceous”
June 11, 2025 Ray Barkalow “Plant Nutrition”
May 14, 2025. Russ Vernon “Cattleyas and Their Culture”
May 10-11, 2025 Locust Grove Spring Plant Sale–sold orchids
Apr 25-27 Memphis Orchid Show
Apr 25-27 Central Indiana Orchid Show
April 9, 2025 Stephen Benjamin “Cattleyas”
Mar 22-25 Greater Cincinnati Orchid Show
March 12, 2025: March meeting “Bulbophyllums” by Bill Thoms
Feb 28-Mar 2 Louisville Home, Garden and Remodeling Show–KOS sold orchids
February 12, 2025: February meeting “Catasetums”, by Jim France
January 8, 2025: January meeting “The Birds and the Bees and the Orchids” by Doug Martin-AOS recorded presentation
Dec 11, 2024 KOS Holiday Party, election of officers, and presentation of awards
Nov 13, 2024 “Growing in Leca” by Pam Larocco-members also potted their project plant (one of five Oncidium Alliance seedlings in leca)
Oct 9, 2024 Video presentation by AOS on orchid pests and
remedies.
Sept 27-29, 2024 KOS Annual Show and Sale
Sept 11, 2024 “How to Prepare and Register Your Plants for KOS Show”
Sept 5, 2024: KOS presentation on “Phalaenopsis Culture and Care” by Pam LaRocco at Waterfront Botanical Gardens
Aug 14, 2024: Karen Bloom discussed her greenhouse, challenges and successes
July 27, 2024: KOS Annual Picnic and Orchid Auction at Debbie Hanna’s home
July 27, 2024: KOS presentation at Waterfront Botanical Gardens by Deanna Day “Repotting Orchids”
July 10, 2024: Michael Homoya “Select Native Orchids in Common Between Kentucky and Indiana”
June 15, 2024 KOS Presentation at Waterfront Botanical Gardens by Jan Smith “Orchid Beginnings and Beyond”
June 12, 2024: Pam LaRocco shared photos from a recent NOPES (Native Orchid Preservation Society) hike in Ohio to see native orchids in situ; Carla Cates shared photos from her recent hike in Eastern Kentucky to see native orchids
May 17-19, 2024: Memphis Orchid Show–KOS entered exhibit, courtesy of Steve Benjamin
May 10-12, 2024: Locust Grove Spring Garden Sale–KOS sold orchids
April 10, 2024: Dennis Steinbeck talking on the Native Orchids of Columbia and How to Grow Them in the Midwest”
March 22-24, 2024: Greater Cincinnatti Orchid Show–KOS participated and won a blue ribbon on the display
March 13, 2024: Repotting Seminar
February 14, 2024: Mark van der Woerd discussing “Growing Orchids in a Grow Tent”
February 2-4, 2024: Louisville Home, Garden, and Remodeling Show–KOS sold orchids
January 10, 2024: Stephen Benjamin discussing Orchid Media
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December 13: Annual Holiday Party and Awards
Nov 8 : Pam LaRocco demonstrated semi-hydroponic set-up and instructed members in potting their project plant for 2024 (Den. Spotted Poni)
Oct 28-29 Central Ohio Orchid Show and Sale; KOS exhibited
Oct 11 Anne-Marie Blancquaert discussing her greenhouse
Oct 7-8 KOS Annual Show and Sale
Sept 13 Annual Show and Sale preparations
August 9 KOS monthly meeeting; Jan Smith discussing her greenhouse-lessons learned
July 22 KOS annual picnic and raffle at Sal Locasio’s home
June 14 KOS monthly meeting; Pam LaRocco describing her growing space
May 20-21 Memphis Orchid Show; KOS exhibited
May 10, 2023 KOS monthly meeting; Janet Crafts describing her greenhouses
April 22-23, 2023 Central Indiana Orchid Show-KOS exhibited
April 12, 2023 Monthly meeting; Larry Atwood discussing growing at home in an orchid tent and under lights
April 8, 2023 Paristown Spring Show
March 25-26, 2023 Cincinnati Orchid Show-KOS exhibited
March 10-12, 2023 KOS booth at Home and Garden and Remodeling Show–Orchid sales and demos
March 8, 2023 Monthly meeting; Ray Barkalow from First Ray LLC.
Title: Semi-hydroponic Orchid Growing. (Culture talk)
February 8, 2023 Monthly meeting Rafaël Govaerts
Title: Is there such a thing as trusted orchid names? (nomenclature)
January 11, 2023 Marni Turkel speaking on Coelogyne, Dendrochilum, and related genera
November 9 2022 Tom Sampliner speaking on “The Orchids of
N. Thailand during the Dry Season”.
October 11 Orchid potting media; Anne-Marie Blanquaert
September 13 meeting: planning for upcoming show
August 9 meeting Eric Sauer spoke on “How to Know What You are Getting When You Purchase an Orchid”
July 12 July meeting: Teresa Huesman spoke on “Pleione Orchids”
June 14 June meeting; Russ Vernon spoke on “Growing Phalaenopsis and Cattleyas”
May 14 KOS presentation on “Repotting Phalaenopsis Orchids” at the Louisville Free Public Library “How To” Day
May 14-15 KOS sold orchids at the Locust Grove Spring Gardener’s Fair
May 9, 2022 Stephen Benjamin and Anne-Marie Blancquaert demonstrating “Mounting Orchids”
April 13, 2022 Clark Riley speaking on “Sixty Five Years of Orchid Growing Mistakes”
March 9, 2002 Maurice Garvey speaking on “Growing Orchids in an Orchidarium”
February 9, 2022 Manuel Aybar – Speaking on Tolumnias
January 12, 2022 Bill Bodie: Orchid Basics for the Aspiring Expert Grower
December 8, 2021. Virtual Holiday Meeting with presentation of awards and election of officers
November 10, 2021 Virtual Meeting Presentation by Eric Sauer on Maxillarias, shared with MVOS
October 13, 2021 Virtual Meeting. Presentation by Edgar Stehli on Tolumnias on 10/12, followed by business meeting on 10/13. Then, members viewed MVOS presentation by Manny Aybar on Orchids of the Dominican Republic
September 8, 2011 Virtual meeting. Stephen Benjamin gave a virtual tour of his greenhouse
August 11, 2021 Virtual meeting-no presentation
July 14, 2021 Hybrid in person and virtual meeting at Immanuel Church of Christ, featuring Brian Spitler speaking on “Japanese Orchid Culture”
June 12, 2021 Hybrid in person and Zoom meeting at Jan Smith’s home, featuring the Hartman Orchid Sale
May 12, 2021 Zoom presentation by Debbie Halliday on “Orchid Care Tips”
April 14, 2021 Zoom presentation by Mary Gerritsen on “Masdevallias, Selected Species and How to Grow Them”
March 24, 2021 Zoom Presentation by Doug Martin on “Growing Hardy Orchids in Your Garden”
February 10, 2021 Zoom meeting; presentation by Pam LaRocco on “We’re Dendrobiums, Please Don’t Grow Us Like Cattleyas!”
January 12, 2021 Zoom meeting; presentation by Jeanne Rinehart of the Native Orchid Preservation Society (NOPES) on the Native Orchids of Kentucky and Surrounding states.
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December 9, 2020 Zoom Holiday Party and Awards Event
November 11, 2020 Zoom meeting Kristin Uthus speaking on miniatures in “Honey I Shrunk the Orchids”
November 3, 2020 Zoom meeting; Kristin Uthus speaking on Miniature Cattleya Relatives (GCOS speaker)
October 14, 2020 Zoom meeting; Fred Clarke spoke on “Becoming an 80th Percentile Grower”
September 16, 2020 KOS Virtual Orchid Auction
September 9, 2020 Zoom meeting; Sam Tsui spoke on Multifloral Paphiopedilums
August 12, 2020 meeting switched to Zoom format. Presentation by Larry Zettler on Cuban Orchids and his research in their conservation
July 8, 2020 KOS meeting switched to Zoom format. Presentation by Stephen Benjamin on mounting orchids on plaques
June 11, 2020 KOS meeting cancelled due to pandemic; business meeting via Zoom; presentation by Peter Lin on Miniature Cattleya’s, via Zoom through the Miami Valley Orchid SOciety
May 13, 2020 KOS meeting cancelled because of pandemic; Zoom presentation by Doug Martin on Birds, Bees and Orchids
April 8, 2020 KOS meeting cancelled due to pandemic
March 11, 2020 KOS meeting. Guest Speaker: Michael Hinshaw, from Indianapolis, speaking on Culture of Phalaenopsis
Feb 28 – Mar 1, 2020 Greater Cincinnati Orchid Society Spring Show & Plant Sale. KOS had a display and members’ orchids won a total of 11 ribbons. Congrats!
Feb 28 – Mar 1, 2020 Kentucky Home Garden & Remodeling Show. KOS had a booth set up selling a wide variety of orchids.
Feb 14-16, 2020 Miami Valley Orchid Society Show. KOS had a display and members’ orchids won a total of 13 ribbons. Congrats!
Feb 12, 2020. KOS meeting. Guest speaker: Pam LaRocco on Preparing Your Plants for Displays and Shows
January 8, 2020. KOS meeting. Guest speaker: Brian Spitler on Dendrobiums
Kentucky Orchid Society 