Ramapo Orchid Society
The Ramapo Orchid Society (ROS), Inc. is a nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to the love of growing orchids. We meet every month (except July & August) at the Flat Rock Brook Nature Center, Englewood, New Jersey.
The society is open to anyone who shares our love of orchids, so why don't you come and join a terrific bunch of people.
We are an affiliated member of the American Orchid Society (AOS) and Northeast Judging Center.
At our meetings we feature guest speakers, hands-on workshops, and an opportunity to trade growing secrets with some very experienced members. We always have a show table, and affordably priced orchids from local vendors. Special events include our yearly show, a great auction, and a fun holiday party.
Next Club Meeting
At the next meeting Carrie Buchman will talk about:
Thursday, May 16, 2024 at 7PM
Entering the AOS Orchid Judging World
We will have an orchid raffle and there will be plants for sale.
Judging at a World Orchid Conference has been a dream since I entered the AOS Judging Program. So I applied and was accepted as a judge at the 23rd WOC in Tainan Taiwan in March 2024. It was everything I could have hoped for and more. This presentation explores the World Orchid Conference and the Taiwan International Orchid Show.
I’ve been growing orchids for more than 40 years. It started with a Lycaste aromatica purchased at the Massachusetts Orchid Society Show in 1983. My collection is currently over 300 orchids; I love small, unusual and cute orchids. Good thing I like small as space is at a premium!
My grow space is a converted sunroom, which is somewhere between a windowsill and a greenhouse, attached to the house. Much of my collection goes outside to enjoy the New Jersey summer. I’ve earned ribbons from many shows including the prestigious Philadelphia Flower Show; and a few of my plants have earned flower, cultural and botanical awards from the American Orchid Society.
I graduated from Smith College with a double major in Physics and Math and went on to earn a Master’s Degree in Computer Science from Fairleigh Dickinson University. Much of my career was as a Software Quality Engineer in military, commercial and space aviation and, in the early days, anti-submarine warfare. I then moved to managing Quality Systems for Johnson & Johnson, from which I retired in 2012.
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In addition to our monthly judging, we participate in a number of orchid shows throughout the center, providing AOS judging as well as taking part in ribbon and trophy judging.
There will be an educational forum and discussion in the morning beginning at 10:30 on a wide range of topics related to orchid judging. Plants being submitted for judging should arrive no later than noon that day; actual judging of plants begins after a lunch break, generally no later than 1 PM.
The Northeast Judging Center of the American Orchid Society sponsors a monthly judging event.
Judging takes place every 3rd Saturday at 9:00 AM!