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• Orchid auction at AOS Northeast Judging Center

  • When
    May 03, 2025
  •  
    10:30 AM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    First Parish Church Unitarian Universalist of Northboro, 40 Church St, Northborough MA

  

  On Saturday May 3 the Northeast Judging Center will have an orchid auction prior to AOS judging. 

  Location: First Parish Church Unitarian Universalist of Northboro, 40 Church St.  Northborough, MA
  Auction Time  10:30 AM - noon

  The basic schedule for the day is:

  10 AM - 10:30 AM : Bidder Check-In and Plant Preview
  10:30 AM - Noon : Auction
  Noon - 1 PM : Lunch and Research Plants Brought For AOS Judging (Please bring your own lunch)
  1 PM - 3 PM : AOS Judging

  You can view the auction catalog at https://auctria.events/NEJCMay2025

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• Monthly Meeting - Alan Koch

  • When
    May 10, 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Bedford Old Town Hall, 70 Bedford Center Rd, Bedford NH

  Monthly Meeting - Angraecums and their Relatives for the Home Grower

  Alan Koch from Gold Country Orchids will be our guest speaker. Alan will talk about Angraecums and related orchids that we can grow in the home. This program looks at the many miniature and compact African species and their hybrids that do well in the home. It will include lots of great cultural tips on them also. 

  Alan has supplied a pre-order list which you can view here - Gold Country Orchids pre-order list. Any pre-order of 3 or more plants receives a 10 percent discount and orders over $150 receive a 20 percent discount. All orders receive free freight so please be sure to tell Alan you are ordering for delivery at the New Hampshire Orchid Society meeting. All orders are to be sent to his email at gcorchids@aol.com. He will confirm the order within 3 days and invoice the order by Square for convenient payment.
  

  Please have your plants on the show table by 11 a.m. 

  Lunch is potluck so please consider bringing a dish to share if you can.

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• Monthly Meeting - Tim Culbertson

  • When
    June 14, 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Bedford Old Town Hall, 70 Bedford Center Rd, Bedford NH

  Monthly Meeting - Masdevallias You Can Actually Grow

  Our speaker will be Tim Culbertson of Oceanside Orchids in California. Tim will be talking about Masdevallias and how we can successfully grow them. It’s been such a pity that these absolute gems trace most of their heritage to cold-growing, cloud forest species. Some modern hybridizers are pushing back on those temperature requirements to make new Masdevallia hybrids which are compact, floriferous, colorful, and that grow and bloom in normal intermediate conditions in mixed collections.

  These plants are easy to grow and flower, are vigorous, and have low demands on light and fertilizer, and as such are wonderful plants! Tim will help to identify important species in the backgrounds of historically important and modern Masdevallias, as well as discuss the different directions of breeding warmth tolerance. By the end of this presentation, you will have a new appreciation of what goes into breeding trends for these types of plants, as well as an appreciation of their beautiful flowers and ease-of-growth.

  Please have your plants on the show table by 11 a.m. 

  Lunch is potluck so please consider bringing a dish to share if you are able to.

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• Monthly Meeting - Kristen Uthus

  • When
    July 12, 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Bedford Old Town Hall, 70 Bedford Center Rd, Bedford NH

  Monthly Meeting - Guest speaker Kristen Uthus

  Our guest speaker is Dr. Kristen Uthus, owner of New World Orchids. The topic will be announced soon. 

  Please have your plants on the show table by 11 a.m.

  Lunch is potluck so please bring a dish to share if you are able to.

  Please bring a dish, snack, or drink to share. Thank you!

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• Monthly Meeting - Annual Meeting and Cookout

  • When
    August 09, 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 3:00 PM

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  Our annual picnic 

  August is always the month that we enjoy each other's company while we relax and enjoy our annual picnic. Details will be announced as we get closer to the date

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• Monthly Meeting - Orchid Auction

  • When
    September 13, 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Bedford Old Town Hall, 70 Bedford Center Rd, Bedford NH

  This year our annual member auction will be in September so that we can have a guest speaker at our October meeting.

  We will have a show table. Please have your plants on the show table by 11 a.m.

  Lunch is potluck so please bring a dish to share if you can.

  Please bring a dish, snack, or drink to share. Thank you!

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• Monthly Meeting - Nicholas Rusty

  • When
    October 11, 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Bedford Old Town Hall, 70 Bedford Center Rd, Bedford NH

  Monthly Meeting - Guest speaker Nicholas Rusty

  Nicholas Rusty from Rusty Orchids will be our guest speaker. Topic to be determined.

  Please have your plants on the show table by 11 a.m. 

  Lunch is potluck so please consider bringing a dish to share if you are able to.

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• Monthly Meeting - Thanh Nguyen

  • When
    November 08, 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Bedford Old Town Hall, 70 Bedford Center Rd, Bedford NH

  Monthly Meeting - Guest speaker Thanh Nguyen

  Thanh Nguyen from Springwater Orchids will be our guest speaker. Topic to be determined.

  Please have your plants on the show table by 11 a.m. 

  Lunch is potluck so please consider bringing a dish to share if you are able to.

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• Monthly Meeting - Holiday Party

  • When
    December 13, 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Bedford Old Town Hall, 70 Bedford Center Rd, Bedford NH

  Holiday Party

  Come celebrate orchids with your orchid friends at our holiday party at Bedford Old Town Hall.

  It's potluck so please bring a dish to share.

  Monthly meeting starts at noon. 

  We'd love to see your blooming orchids on our show table. Please bring plants for the show table by 11am so that we have time for judging.

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