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Adequate humidity is absolutely vital to the health
of orchids. Warm air holds more water than cooler
air, so when temperatures rise you must add more
moisture to the air to keep the plants from being injured by
heat buildup and drying out. A range of 40-60%
relative humidity is considered adequate for a mixed
orchid collection, and is easy to create and maintain
with humidifiers. |
Meeting Gallery
Attending MOS meetings is one sure way to get an orchid "fix" every month. At our meetings you not only meet your fellow members but also their plants. Our members include some of the most skilled orchid growers in the NY area, and they are happy to share with you their secrets of success. The Show TableEvery month people bring their blooming successes to our Show Table, and our guest speaker provides commentary and Speaker's Choice Show Table awards. You get to see (and sniff) the flowers your fellow members are managing to grow—many of them in conditions not very different from yours. See our Show Table Treasures page for some examples! The speakers at our meetings, who include growers and experts from all over the world, are consistently amazed at the range and quality of the plants on our Show Table. They can't believe people are actually growing such incredible orchids in their homes in the city, proving once again you don't need a greenhouse to enjoy these flowers. We get to see everything from aerangises through zygopetalums, and plenty inbetween. Our members include specialists in disas, Asian variegated cymbidiums, miniature species, catasetums, phragmipediums, terrestrials...not to mention plain old phalaenopsis and paphiopedilums. Several of our members have won AOS flower-quality awards. We can't promise you'll get results like these unless you work hard to achieve them. But knowing "it can be done" has helped many people overcome initially poor conditions and become good growers.
SpeakersWe try to arrange programs and speakers that will be of interest to a majority of our members, as well as educate on a broad range of topics. Workshops are also scheduled periodically. The Supply TableNOTE: Because we lost our storage space, we can no longer offer supplies regularly It can be difficult to find reasonably priced orchid supplies for retail in the city or suburbs, and mail-order isn't always convenient. For the convenience of our members, we order many kinds of supplies and offer them for sale at the meetings: mixes in "hobby bag" sizes, special pots and baskets, potting clips, hooks and stakes, fertilizers, and other materials that might be useful. We try to maintain sufficient quantities to satisfy demand. The RaffleThe raffle table is a fun way to exchange unwanted plants, or those you haven't had any luck with, or of which you have extra divisions (healthy plants only, please). Many of the blooming plants on our Show Table were once on the Raffle Table. So look around and see if that plant you are no longer enamored of is in good shape to be raffled—and maybe for a dollar's worth of tickets you could take home the orchid of your dreams! Home
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