Meetings take place at Mt. Carmel Lutheran Church,
8424 West Center Street, Milwaukee.

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Our regular meetings are usually held on the first Sunday of each month. The room is available at 12:30. Plant judging begins at 1:00, and the business meeting is at 1:30, followed by the program. Library materials are available before and after the meeting.

The meetings generally offer a program, such as a guest speaker, judging and showing of members’ plants, and a social hour with refreshments. Other activities have included a holiday party, two “members’ plants” auctions (a great opportunity to obtain plants at reasonable prices), and a day-long bus trip to Illinois greenhouses.

Selections from our library of books, periodicals, videos, and tapes is available at most meetings. We also have a monthly newsletter with events, articles, orchid news from the Internet, and much more.

February 12, 2012 Dr. Leonid Averynov's recent lecture "New Discoveries about Vietnamese Paphiopedilums" This lecture was presented at the Mid-America Orchid Congress in Milwaukee on September 17, 2011. Dr. Averyanov is a distinguished botanist who has studied the orchids of Vietnam and Eurasia for more than 30 years. He has discovered 22 slipper orchids in Vietnam in the past 10 years. This Senior Researcher and Professor at the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, Russia, is recognized internationally as an authority on Paphiopedilums. (courtesy of MAOC and Dr. Averyanov)

Meeting Dates
March 11, 2012 April 1, 2012: Members' Auction May 6, 2012: Marni Turkel - Coelogyne, Dendrochilum and Related Genera June 3, 2012 July 1, 2012	August 5, 2012: Show Meeting September 9, 2012 October 7, 2012 November 4, 2012: Members' Auction December 2, 2012; Holiday Party

Members can bring their plants for ribbon judging at each meeting.
The following are from our May meeting, courtesy of Katy Grahn.

Bulbophyllum Jan Ragan

Cattleya nobilior

Laelia purpurata var alba

Laeliocattleya Seagulls Fireworks

Paphiopedilum William Ambler