Society News - What You Need to Know About our Thursday, August 20, 2026 Meeting
- TBOS Notices
- Aug 15
- 6 min read
Tampa Bay Orchid Society
is Celebrating FORTY-FIVE Years
of Bringing Orchid Growers Together
Tampa Bay Orchid Society was organized out of a need for orchid friends to come together one evening a month to share their love for orchids. At that time Tampa Orchid Club was well established. Many of our founding members were employed during the day and could not make a daytime meeting.
Times have changed and work schedules are more flexible. Today we happy to share members that can make both meetings. Tampa Orchid Club members are invited to install a display in our show, and all TBOS members are invited to enter plants in their EXPO.
From Our program Chair - Cheryl Crilly
Topic - To Be Announced
Our Guest Speaker for August is Pam Waters from Orchids In Bloom.
Pam Waters is the owner of Orchids in Bloom, a well‑known orchid nursery in Apopka, Florida, located at 2001 Rock Springs Rd, Apopka, FL 32712. The nursery is open Monday through Sunday,
9 AM – 5 PM and is known for its vast
selection of orchids from various species, hybrids, and rare varieties.
She will be bringing a selection of plants for sale.
REMINDER
Bring in your blooming orchids
for show and tell. You are welcome
to share the way you grow yours
or let our Bloom Table Chair highlight
your plant for the those in attendance.
From Our Membership Chair - Heather Ferrill
If you are an annual dues paying member and have not renewed your membership dues for the 2026-2027 term, it's time to do that! If you have paid a lifetime membership - we thank you!
Clink on the following links and enter your payment information.
Online orders include credit card processing fees.
Single Annual membership $30.90
Joint Annual Membership $41.20
If you are renewing online, please update any new membership information with our Committee Chair.
Checks are still accepted if you prefer to pay at the meeting or mail to the Treasurer with your application. Please Print Membership Information Legibly.
From The Treasurer - Julio Hector
Recently, the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee met to prepare an operating budget for the society. Please review the attached budget. Members are required to vote on the proposed budget each year.
If there are any questions about the line items on the budget, you may send them to the Treasurer j.hector@verizon.net or discuss them at the meeting.
August DRAWING TABLE PLANTS
from MIRANDA ORCHIDS
Miranda Orchids started in 1999 and is a nursery specializing in growing mainly selected Cattleya alliance species. In a sense, it is a continuation of Boa Vista Orchids, a nursery we ran in Brazil from 1986 until we moved to the U.S.A.
Many of the plants we make available are produced in our lab and nursery in Central Florida from our extensive collection of stud plants. The rest we bring from Brazil to increase variety and novelty. Being native Brazilians, and having had a nursery for many years, we know that there is a lot of development in Cattleya species being done there. This is mostly because a lot of those species are native from Brazil (including all the bifoliate cattleyas) and because these plants are favorites of growers there.
Of course having lived and grown orchids there for a long time, we know most of the growers and what is being produced and we go there several times a year to make sure we are kept up-to-date.
Miranda Orchids also grows other Brazilian species so if you are looking for something in particular do not hesitate in contact us. Our goal is to be your number one source for selected Brazilian Orchids.
From Our Display Chair - Kim Floyd
INVITATION FOR YOU TO EXHIBIT YOUR ORCHIDS
Hey there fellow orchid lovers.
The Ridge Orchid Society Show and Sale is just around the corner. What does that mean to you? TBOS needs YOU. Or rather we need your orchids for the TBOS display. Now is the time to begin looking at your plants that are in bud or spike.
Set up for this show is Friday, Sept. 18 in Lakeland.
There is no charge to enter your orchids in this show.
If you have ANYTHING that might be blooming then, here are some things you can do now:
1. Make sure your plant(s) is pest free.
2. The pot should be clean but doesn’t need to be fancy – it will be covered with sheet moss or cloth.
3. Stake the spike NOW for the best presentation.
We need LOTS of plants to choose from for the display. If your plant isn’t chosen for the display, it will still be entered in the show. Plants will still be eligible, as an individual entry, for ribbon judging and any trophies the guest society awards, or next level AOS awards. We will make certain it is included for judging.
In the past TBOS was awarded the AOS Show Trophy for best exhibit in the show, and First place in Society Displays. Let's repeat that.
If you have ANY questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to the TBOS Display Chair by email or phone. Johmanda01@gmail.com or 813-431-6072.
AOS NEWS
If you have never been to a World Orchid Conference at an international location, you might want to see this one! Take a Virtual Trip to Dresden, the 2026 World Orchid Conference
Join orchid expert, Kay Perry for a virtual journey to Dresden, host city of the World Orchid Conference 2026. REGISTER HERE - Registration
NEW Webinar ADDED September 22, 2026 - Tuesday at 8:30 PM
Alexander Kocyan will be talking about the Fascinating Flora of the Greek Island of Kythira.
The description for this webinar was not available at the time of publication in ORCHIDS. Check the AOS website Webinar page for registration information.
The American Orchid Society has a
Facebook Group with 341.6K members worldwide!
It's easy to believe there are that many orchid enthusiasts out there. READ this article written for that page in 2017. You can find it in the Files section. It is titled 'Orchid Growers – We are Not Alone'. I think most of us would identify and agree with the contents of the article. Keep in mind, some things have changed since 2017.
Take advantage of ALL of the benefits of AOS Membership. Become a member today.
There are several hyperlinks in this newsletter.
When you click on them, you will get more information.
TINY TREASURES
of the ORCHID WORLD
Discover the world of petite orchids.
The great big orchids make a statement from across the room. The tiny ones invite you to come closer. It is amazing to learn that all of these, so very different flowers, belong to the same family. They are all orchids. Not everyone grows them, but it should be interesting to know them!
LOCAL American Orchid Society Judging - TAMPA, Saturday, August 22
Open to the public. With or without an entry, you are invited to sit in and observe a team of AOS Judges as they use the tools available to review each entry.
Remember to Visit Our
Facebook Group often
to see what other Members and Page Visitors are Growing and Blooming
To Keep Up with TBOS Review the following pages on the TBOS website monthly
Title of Tabs
Home Page has the announcement date of our next meeting
Orchid Press Hot News - Our Digital Monthly Newsletter
Frequently Asked Orchid Questions - AOS, Webinar and Judging Center Information
Meeting Minutes - All TBOS Meeting Minutes (log in required)
Links - Preferred Ad Partner Information and other helpful orchid related links
Committee Reports - Chairs please submit your activity report to tampabayorchidsociety@verizon.net by the first Friday of the month to be included in the newsletter
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