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

  • 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 2024-2025 Season Schedule

  • Monday, September 9, 2024 – Edgar Stehli – “Habenarias”
  • Louis S. Wolk Jewish Community Center – 6:30 p.m. general meeting in one section of the Auditorium
  • October 7, 2024 – Eric Sauer – “Maxillarias”
  • Louis S. Wolk Jewish Community Center – 6:30 p.m. – general meeting in one section of the Auditorium
  • October 19, 2024 – Saturday – The Auction – Details TBA
  • Louis S. Wolk Jewish Community Center – 9:30 a.m. plant inspection, 10:00 a.m. Auction begins.
  • November 4, 2024 – Dendrobiums – Video & Discussion
  • Louis S. Wolk Jewish Community Center – 6:30 p.m. – general meeting in one section of the Auditorium
  • December 9, 2024 – GROS Holiday Party – Food & Orchid Fun!
  • Louis S. Wolk Jewish Community Center – 6:00 p.m. – meeting in one section of the Auditorium.
  • January 7, 2025 – TUESDAY – Zoom meeting – Ray Barkalow/First Rays LLC – Plant Nutrition
  • February 3, 2025 – MONDAY – Zoom meeting – Tim Culbertson – Modern Japanese-Style Lycaste hybrids
  • March  27 – 30, 2025 – Annual Spring Show
  • Eisenhart Auditorium, Rochester Museum & Science Center
  • April, 2025 – TBA
  • May 5, 2025 – TBA
  • Louis S. Wolk Jewish Community Center – 6:30 p.m. – general meeting in one section of the Auditorium
  • June  2025 – The Picnic –  TBA