Orchid Links - Orchid Society Resources

Putting in an Orchid Show Display

Prepping Your Plants for Display, Sue Bottom
Installing a Display, Phil Watt

Scheduling Speakers for Your Orchid Society

Here are some tips for booking speakers to talk to your club, geared toward the hard working Program Chair in Your Orchid Society:
Care and Feeding of Orchid Society Speakers
Sample SAOS Invitation Letter
Sample SAOS Confirmation Letter for Shared Speaker
Sample SAOS Meeting Details Letter

Orchid Society Show Table

How to Take Orchid Show Table Pictures, Terry Bottom, SAOS

American Orchid Society and Orchid Digest

The American Orchid Society website has lots of valuable information, some of which is available only to members. The AOS issues the monthly publication Orchids. There is also the Orchid Digest, a quarterly publication not to be missed. The St. Augustine Orchid Society is an affiliated society with both the AOS and Orchid Digest.

AOS Judging

If you have a beautiful orchid you think is worthy of an AOS award, you should consider taking it to the Florida North Central Judging Center in Clermont. On the second Saturday of each month, AOS judges convene at the Clermont Garden Club to evaluate any orchids brought to them before 10 am, 849 West Avenue in Clermont 34711.

Florida Orchid Societies

Florida Orchid Society web pages often have lots of cultural and general information of interest to local growers, here are the links:

Boca Raton Orchid Society Brevard County Orchid Society Central Florida Orchid Society Coalition for Orchid Species	Nature Coast Orchid Society North Dade Orchid Club Greater Orlando Orchid Society Orchid Society of the Palm Beaches
Orchid Society of Coral Gables Coral Springs Orchid Society Deerfield Beach Orchid Society Delray Beach Orchid Society East Everglades Orchid Society	Pan American Orchid Society Greater Pensacola Area Orchid Society Plantation Orchid Society Platinum Coast Orchid Society
Englewood Area Orchid Society Flamingo Gardens Orchid Society Florida West Coast Orchid Society Fort Lauderdale Orchid Society Fort Pierce Orchid Society	Port St Lucie Orchid Society Sarasota Orchid Society South Broward Orchid Society (Davie & Miramar merged) South Florida Orchid Society
Gainesville Orchid Society Gulf Coast Orchid Alliance Orchid Society of Highlands County Jacksonville Orchid Society Jupiter/Tequesta Orchid Society Key West Orchid Society	Southwest Florida Orchid Society Orchid Lovers of Spring Hill (syn. Nature Coast) St. Augustine Orchid Society Tampa Bay Orchid Society Tampa Orchid Club
Manatee Orchid Society Martin County Orchid Society Mid-Lakes Orchid Society Naples Orchid Society Nature Coast Orchid Society (syn. Spring Hill)	Tropical Orchid Society Venice Area Orchid Society Vero Beach Orchid Society Volusia County Orchid Society

Societies Around the World

There are some really great websites published by societies in other states, countries and continents.  Here are some links:

In North America: American Orchid Society Canadian Orchid Congress Houston Orchid Society	In Australia: Australian Native Orchid Society Orchid Societies Council of Victoria
In Central and South America: Brazilian Orchids	In Europe: Royal Horticultural Society