Calendar 2007-8
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| May 5, 2008 | Regular meeting: Jim Marlow, Growing Award Winning Orchids |
| June 7, 2008 | GROS Picnic |
 The Genesee Region Orchid Society (GROS) is an organization of orchid enthusiasts located in Rochester, NY, but with members from all over the Upstate NY region. We have over 200 members and meet once a month from September through June. GROS is affiliated with the American Orchid Society and The Orchid Digest Corporation. Membership is open to all. |
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Membership
Membership in the GROS offers many benefits:
- Nine monthly newsletters containing a variety of orchid related topics and details of society function events.
- Voting privileges for officers and constitutional changes. Family memberships add voting privileges for one other family member. Click here to see our Bylaws.
- Access to our extensive library. See the library page for details.
- Your name and address on our membership list. This list is not shared with anyone outside the GROS. It is published once a year in our newsletter. (You may opt-out of this listing if you wish.)
- Discounts on special functions such as the dinner party for the spring show and the summer picnic.
- The dues for single membership are $20. Family membership dues are $25. Membership applications are available here.
Next Meeting: Monday, May 5, 2008
The orchid season is winding down, as summer is drawing near and everything outside seems to be greening up almost overnight. We’ve had a wonderful Spring show, and finally, we’ve all got a moment to sit back and relax. Join us at our last “formal” meeting before the GROS picnic in June, as our own Program Vice President Jim Marlow presents “Growing Award Winning Orchids.” Jim’s talk will focus on an overview of three distinctly different orchid groups: mini Cymbidiums, Paphiopedilum parvisepalum hybrids, and Lycastes - with many expert tips on culture.
Jim is the proprietor of Marlow Orchids in Scottsville, NY - one of New York State's leading commercial orchid growers. Anyone who has visited Marlow’s is well aware of the diversity and quality of the plants in the greenhouse.
We will be taking Jim to dinner at 5:15 p.m. (before the meeting) at Mamasan’s Noodle Caboodle, 2800 Monroe Avenue; if you'd like to join us, (everyone pays for his or her own dinner) please call our Program VP - it’s Jim! - at 585-889-7983 to make sure that there will be enough space.
The Show Table will be back, so please remember to bring your flowering plants. We’ll see you there!
Regular Meeting Details
Our regular meeting night is the first Monday following the first Sunday of each month. We occasionally change the meeting date as our schedule requires, but we always list the correct date well in advance both on this website and in our monthly newsletter. Our meetings are open to everyone without charge - feel free to attend and find out what our Society is all about!
Meetings typically consist of a brief business meeting to conduct our club's routine activities, a special presentation on an orchid subject, an orchid raffle, and a show table where members display their flowering plants for everyone to see. For more information, call our President, Jeff Snyder at at 585-377-5895.
Meeting Location:
Adult Senior Lounge, Jewish Community Center, 1200 Edgewood Avenue, Rochester, NY. Map to JCC- Beginners Meeting 6:30 p.m.
- Social "Hour" (free-form schmoozing) 7:00 - 7:15 p.m.
- Main meeting begins at 7:15 p.m.