Southern Ontario Orchid Society

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Promotion for encouraging youth to enter orchid agriculture ☞ ✧✧✧✧✧ One year membership $10 for growers 25 years old and younger . . . Join Now

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Join our next In-Person meeting or virtual meeting on at 1:00 pm.

( Check your SOOS membership newsletter to obtain the up-to-date upcoming access code for the virtual meeting. )

Send your cultural and repotting questions to the ORCHID DOCTOR at ☞ orchiddoctor@soos.ca

Cultural Snapshots (on the stage at 12:15 pm) – Alexsi Antanaitis

About the Cultural Snapshots . . . more details

June Speaker: John Alexander, SOOS Conservation Committee Chair

Topic : Ethical orchid societies: Exploring the IUCN guide.

( Photos for the Virtual Show Table Competition have to be received during the period May 28 ^th to Jun. 3 ^rd. )

Vendor Sales at the TBG:	start at Noon.
Member Sales at the TBG:	Noon to 1:00 pm.

SOOS Display Team

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SOOS Display: Designed by David Bryan, Don Wyatt, John Vermeer & Clare Wei at the show of the Ottawa Orchid Society on May 2 ^nd & 3 ^rd. Photo by: Jing Ling.

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SOOS Display: Designed by Cathy Dunn, David Bryan, Don Wyatt, Maria Zhukova, John Vermeer & Clare Wei at the show of the Toronto Artistic Orchid Association on Apr 18 ^th & 19 ^th. Photo by: Cathy Dunn.

SOOS Display: Designed by David Bryan, John Vermeer, Rick Rempel & Clare Wei at the show of the Les Orchidophilesde Montréal on March 21 ^st & 22 ^nd. Photo by: Jing Ling.

Orchid Fair in Edmonton Alberta

Photos by: Andrew Geimar

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☞ ✧✧✧✧✧ New for the Conservation

• IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature) . . . more details
• Bill 5 may affect Ontario's Native Orchids . . . more details
• Conservation Corner . . . more details
• Conservation Efforts . . . more details
• Giving – Conservation in Ontario . . . more details
• Native Orchid Conference 2026 . . . more details
• Orchid Conservation Chelsea 2024 and Outlook 2025 . . . more details
• Orchid Rescue . . . more details
• Projects in 2024 . . . more details
• Projects in 2025 . . . more details
• Supporting the next Generation . . . more details

☞ ✧✧✧✧✧ AOS Handbook on Judging 2026 . . . more details

☞ ✧✧✧✧✧ Past Presidents of SOOS 1965-2023 . . . more details

☞ ✧✧✧✧✧ A new form for the monthly show table has been updated . . . more details

☞ ✧✧✧✧✧ A resource about pronunciation guide for orchid names on the Vallarta Orchid Society’s . . . more details

SOOS has donated $20,000 to help the NCC protect more of the Saugeen Bruce Peninsula through this initiative.

☞ The NCC is still looking for additional funding. Any amount helps. DONATE

☞ Go to Sturgeon Bay Project Sheet for more information

SOOS has donated $20,000 to help the NCC protect more of the Saugeen Bruce Peninsula through this initiative.

☞ ✧✧✧✧✧ Scattershot Pictures of the Annual Show 2026 . . . more details

☞ ✧✧✧✧✧ Trophies of the Annual Show 2026 . . . more details