Please join us for the holiday party on December 13th from 4 – 7:30 pm. Angela & Dennis Dycus are hosting the party at their home in Franklin, TN 37069. Please bring a side dish or dessert to share. OSMT will provide the ham, barbecue and drinks. Please also bring a plant(s) to donate to […]

OSMT Meeting, Tuesday, October 21, 2014 Time: 7:00 pm (refreshments at 6:30 pm) Location: Cheekwood Botanical Gardens Speaker: Steve Arthur of Steve Arthur Orchids “Collecting in Central and South America” Steve will present a program about orchid collecting in Central and South America. It will include photography of plants growing in the wild as well as at […]

OSMT Meeting, Tuesday, September 16, 2014 Time: 7:00 pm (refreshments at 6:30 pm) Location: Cheekwood Botanical Gardens Speaker: Geraldine A. Powell of The Orchid Gallery “Bigger Is Better” Geraldine Powell, co-owner of The Orchid Gallery in Chattanooga, TN, has been growing orchids for more than 30 years and her plants have won numerous AOS awards. Her talk, […]

OSMT Meeting, Tuesday, August 19, 2014 Time: 7:00 pm (refreshments at 6:30 pm) Location: Cheekwood Botanical Gardens Speaker: Mark Reinke of Marble Branch Farms “Honey, I Shrunk the Or-Kids!” Our next Orchid Society meeting is August 19th at 7 pm. Mark’s program is entitled “Honey, I Shrunk the Or-Kids!” and is a study in the history […]

OSMT Meeting, Tuesday, July 15, 2014 Time: 7:00 pm (refreshments at 6:30 pm) Location: Cheekwood Botanical Gardens Our next Orchid Society meeting is July 15th at 7 pm. We will be watching an American Orchid Society program on Dendrobiums presented by Ron McHatton.

OSMT Meeting, Tuesday, June 17, 2014 Time: 7:00 pm (refreshments at 6:30 pm) Location: Cheekwood Botanical Gardens Parvi and Their Culture Presentation by Sam Tsui – Orchid Inn, Ltd. Sam started growing orchids in the early 1980’s and it has always been our passion! He started breeding/hybridizing in the early 1990’s and eventually started “Orchid Inn” […]