Welcome to the Ottawa Orchid Society

Become a member

Learn about the benefits of becoming a member of the Ottawa Orchid Society

Current members

Get involved, attend workshops and learn about how to exhibit your orchids at our events

Events

Learn about our monthly meetings, orchid group discussions and workshops

Cypripedium parviflorum var makasin

Conservation

Learn about what we're doing for the conservation of orchids native to the region

About us

Founded in 1978, the Ottawa Orchid Society (OOS) aims to promote and assist in every way the knowledge, appreciation, culture, study, development, improvement and conservation of orchids.

Not yet a member?

Join to have access to our monthly meetings, orchid group discussions and workshops.

The cost of annual membership is $30, payable to the Ottawa Orchid Society by cheque, e-transfer, or credit card.

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Upcoming meeting

At our next monthly meeting Terry Kennedy will teach us how to create a winning orchid display

The meeting is in Hall F (Door 2 at the rear) at the Nepean Sportsplex on Sunday March 16 at 2:00 pm.

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Dendrobium Yellow Chinsai ‘Magical Color’, close-up view
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May 2025 Meeting Topic: What Makes it Bloom?

May 12, 2025
Ron McHatton joins us via Zoom to explain Why Won’t it Bloom?
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March 2025 Meeting Topic: Build a Winning Orchid Display

March 10, 2025
Learn how to build a winning orchid display with Terry Kennedy.
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Purdon Census Report

February 14, 2025
In 2023, the Ottawa Orchid Society Conservation Committee conducted a census of the Cypripedium reginae population in the Purdon Conservation Area. This is what the report found.
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