MONDAY, April 15, 2024
OSMT Meeting in person at Cheekwood Botanic Gardens (Zoom/Online will be available)

7 pm CST: “AOS Judging & Awards” — Tom Harper —

We are welcoming back Tom Harper back as our distinguished speaker during our April Meeting meeting. Tom will be talking to us at this upcoming meeting about “AOS Judging & Awards” which will be a good segway into our first show as a society in a while at the Memphis Show in May (May 17-19). If you are interested in picking up some more plants to add to your collection, Tom will also be bringing several of his crosses for sale to the meeting.

Tom has been an accredited American Orchid Society judge since 1984 and is based in the Atlanta Judging Center. In the fall of 2014, he moved to Senior Judge after 30 years as an active judge.

Tom is also a founding member of the International Phalaenopsis Alliance (IPA) in 1989. He was featured in an June 2015 article of Orchids magazine and conducted the September 2015 AOS (American Orchid Society) webinar “Growing Phalaenopsis,” drawing over 200 Global attendees.

He has been an active member in the OSMT (Orchid Society of Middle Tennessee) since 1967 serving as President, Vice President, and Trustee. He was the Show Chair of Mid America Orchid Congress and Tennessee Capital Orchid Show in Franklin, TN held in March of 2015.