January 2026 Meeting

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Hello OSWP Members and Friends,

 

Below is the information regarding our upcoming meeting on Sunday, January 18th, at Spartan Event Center: 134 E. Elizabeth Street, 15207. (Off Second Avenue in Hazelwood)

 

Parking in the lot at the door, street parking, or in the overflow lot across the street.

 

12:30 Spartan Center opens

 

12:45

Dave Miller will have orchids for sale. Members may not sell their orchids at this meeting. Come and shop! 

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PLEASE NOTE: Our agreement with the Spartan Center requires us to cover the tables. Please wait until the tables get covered before putting anything on them.

 

1PM Mini-Class in upstairs classroom

Topic: Culture and Repotting of Catasetinae

Speaker: Carol Panza

 

1:45 Break

 

2:00 OSWP Business Meeting, Show and Tell, Raffle

Lots of information about the OSWP to be discussed, see our members beautiful orchids in bloom and learn about them and buy a ticket and win something from our raffle table.

 

2:45 Break

 

3:00 Speaker

Topic: AOS Judging Criteria, Scoring, and Exhibits

Speaker: Dave Miller, AOS Judge

Weather permitting, our speaker for the January meeting at Spartan Center will be Dave Miller. He has been a member of our orchid society for many years and belongs to a few other societies in Ohio. At our shows Dave was our registration Guru, and our judging chair with Taylor Slaughter. At our meeting he will talk about how AOS judges look at, critique and score the exhibits at our spring show and other shows, including what they look for with tips on how to create those effects. If the weather is questionable, we may have Dave’s presentation over Zoom.

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Members may not sell their orchids at this meeting.

 

4:00 Meeting Over and Clean-up

 

4:30 Spartan Center closes

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We hope to see you there to hear great growing information and learn more about orchid plants and orchid people.  

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Happy Growing and Think Orchids,

Gary and Demetria