Our Meetings

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 (2 tickets for $1), and a Show Table where members can display their flowering plants for everyone to see. For more information, please contact any of our officers.

Meeting Agenda

  • Beginners’ Meeting starts at 5:30 p.m. – all are welcome!
  • Social “Hour” (free-form schmoozing) 6:00 – 6:30 p.m.
  • Main meeting begins at 6:30 p.m.

Map to Louis S. Wolk Jewish Community Center:

GROS 2026-2027 Season Schedule

  • Monday, September 8, 2026 – “Cattleya Culture from Flask to Finished Product ” – Matthias Seelis
  • Meeting over Zoom
  • Meeting starts at 6:00 p.m.
  • October 5, 2026 – Edgar Stehli – Windswept in Time Orchids – “Angraecoids”
  • Louis S. Wolk Jewish Community Center – Doors open at 6:00 p.m. – general meeting in one section of the Auditorium
  • There will be a Beginners Meeting hosted by Bill Renick starting at 5:30 p.m. in the JCC Library.
  • November 2026 –  TBA
  • Louis S. Wolk Jewish Community Center – 6:30 p.m. – general meeting in one section of the Auditorium
  • December 2026 – GROS Holiday Party – Food & Orchid Fun! – TBA
  • Louis S. Wolk Jewish Community Center – 6:00 p.m. – meeting in one section of the Auditorium.
  • January, 2027 –  Zoom meeting – TBA
  • February, 2027 – TBA
  • March, 2027 – Pre-Show Preparation Meeting – TBA
  • Louis S. Wolk Jewish Community Center – 6:00 p.m. – meeting in one section of the Auditorium.
  • No beginners’ meeting this evening.
  • April,  2027 – TBA
  • Louis S. Wolk Jewish Community Center – 6:00 p.m. – meeting in one section of the Auditorium.
  • April, 2027 – Annual Spring Show – April 8-11, 2027
  • Eisenhart Auditorium, Rochester Museum & Science Center
  • May, 2027 – TBA
  • Louis S. Wolk Jewish Community Center – 6:30 p.m. – general meeting in one section of the Auditorium
  • June, 2027 – The Picnic – Mendon Ponds Park – Hopkins Point Lodge – TBA
    It starts at 12:00, lunch at 1:00, stay until 4:00.