Southern Ontario Orchid Society

Hey Orchidists!! SOOS is moving ONLINE for the next little while. Monthly meetings will be held "virtually" and are for current members of the society. Me...mbership is $30. If you join now, your membership will run until Dec 2021! We have a line-up of international speakers ready to educate you with their expertise and dazzle you with photos of their wonders. The link to these meetings will be in the monthly newsletter, and you can find more membership info below!

Today’s virtual meeting features Taras Kowalczuk speaking on Japanese Orchids, Neofinetias and beyond. We start at 1:00 pm. Details in the newsletter. If you missed the time change, you will be an hour early.

Part of the "Orchid Oasis" display at the Zoo in 2019

A helpful guide for all of us orchid enthusiasts practicing #socialdistancing during this time! (original creator unknown)

A big congrats to Sue Loftus for winning our March 2020 Plant of the Month This is Sue with her LaeliocatantheTzeng-Wan Love (Laeliocattleya Puppy Love x Guarianthe aurantiaca) which charmed us with its two tall heads of four and five respectively, perky pink flowers

COVID-19 Announcement After careful consideration by the Southern Ontario Orchid Society (SOOS) Executives, we have decided to cancel our regular monthly meeting scheduled for April 12 due to Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) concerns. After the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic, the Canadian Federal government and the Ontario Health Minister recommended cancelling large gatherings, and suggested that we all practice social distancing. We will decide... on a course of action regarding future meetings, as the situation develops. We will inform you via e-mail, and through notifications on the SOOS website- www.soos.ca, and on this Facebook page. Your orchids will continue to grow and bloom, so we encourage you to take photos of your flowers and post them on our Southern Ontario Orchid Society Group, where you can share your growing successes and experiences. We understand that this cancellation creates difficulties for our members and vendors. We deeply apologize for any inconvenience caused due to this difficult decision Stay safe and healthy. We will get over this in time, however our daily habits are going to be drastically changed in the interim as we attempt to blunt the curve of COVID-19 infections so that that our health system does not get overwhelmed. Thank you. John Vermeer President Southern Ontario Orchid Society