Kudos from the Amherst Orchid Society show.

February 24, 2026 - Show results from Amherst for our NSOS members. Well done! Many thanks to those who brought their plants for display and those who helped set up and take down the display.

Rob Dudley - Best Vanda in Show & Best Grown Under Lights  - Dendrophylax lindenii (a.k.a. the Ghost Orchid) -

Ginna Plude

• Best Pleurothallid in Show - Trichosalpinx pergrata (left)

• Masd Bordeaux 'Georgia's Gift', AOS award - AM 80 pts (right), "Georgia's Gift is a reference to her mother who gave Ginna her first orchid."

Trichosalpinx pergrata

Masd Bordeaux 'Georgia's Gift', AOS award - AM 80 pts

Sandy Myhalik

• Best Paphiopedilum in Show - Paph philipinense var. roebelineii

• Best Standard Phalaenopsis in Show - Phal Taisuco Anna

Michael Roche

AOS award - AM 85 pts to Paph spicerianum 'ForeverKR' - Michael's first AOS award!  The clonal name ForeverKR is a nod to his wife.

Paph. spicerianum x sib

Barbara Putko

NSOS display - Lady in the Garden - 1st Place in ribbon judging. 

Lady in the Garden - NSOS at Amherst 2026

February Message from the President

Hi all!   

If you weren't at the meeting Sunday you missed a great, very informative presentation by Beth Davis of Waldor Orchids, including a handy handout!    It was good information for both novice and experienced growers.

You also missed the presentation of the AOS Show Trophy to Barb Putko for the NSOS display at the Cape & Islands OS Show with the theme of "Orchids at Play".   To see the display check out the Kudos section of our website (link below).   It's no small feat to beat out the host society for the show trophy, so that makes it extra special.  We had a great turnout of plants and hands to help with the CAIOS show this year and I want to thank again all these folks who lent a hand: Karen Skuba, Sharon Palmiero, Linda Bates, Mike Wicki, Cyndee Lucas, Christine Baier, and Karen Timko.  Linda and Christine were also part of the 'construction crew' of the display itself.  Great job!  And of course thank you to everyone who sent plants for the display.  It was one of the best 'populated' displays at that show.

This is a BUSY time of year for the society so PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE read below for all that we have going on and where we need your help:

FEBRUARY - 

*  CT Flower Show 2/19 - 2/22 - Sandy Myhalik (myhalik@comcast.net) is coordinating volunteers to man our table at the flower show.  This is a huge boost to publicity for our show in March.  Sandy will be sending out a notice looking for a few more volunteers.  If you can take a shift or two please let her know.  

* Amherst Orchid Society Show - It's the same weekend as the flower show.   Set-up day is 2/19.  Please reach out to Barb Putko (bwputko@gmail.com) if you can help with set up (transporting plants & supplies) or takedown on Sunday.  And of course, we'll need your flowering plants too!

MARCH - 

*  NH Society Orchid Show - Nashua, NH - Set-up day is 3/5, take down is Sun 3/8.  The society will pay for an overnight stay as well as a food per diem if you help with setup and/or takedown.  If you help with Set-up and stay overnight you can also do ribbon clerking if you're interested.  It's a fun way to see how other society's run their shows and their show judging.   Contact Barb if you are interested. 

* NSOS Show & Sale -  Set-up is Friday 3/20.  You'll be hearing much more about the details in the coming weeks, but we will need LOTS of volunteers to make the show successful.   There will be opportunities both on set-up day (plant prep, display set up, room set up, shed/move crew) as well as over the weekend (admissions, membership, kitchen, takedown, etc.)

Last but not least, apologies for not having sent out the NYBG Bus Trip interest survey sooner.  That will be out this week.  Complicating finding a suitable date before we can see if we have enough folks interested is the fact that we have two shows in March, and multiple members of the board in Germany attending the World Orchid Congress, a once every 4 yr event,  the week following our show.  The likely week, if there is sufficient interest would be, either the week of 4/6 or 4/13, mid-week.  The show runs through 4/26.  More to follow.

Ginna Plude

President - Nutmeg State Orchid Society (NSOS)

Congratulations to our CAIOS winners.

In spite of the inclement weather, our away team had success at the Cape & Islands Orchid Show.

The NSOS display won the AOS Show Trophy with 82 pts.  Designed by Barb Putko

Best Lycaste - Lycaste Geyser Gold x (Capricorn x Vulcan) - Mark Wendell - Rosette

• 
  

• Olga G. Hausser Memorial Award for the Best Peloric or Big Lip Phalaenopsis - Phal ign 'Burgundy Tri- Lip' - Ginna Plude - Rosette

Best Pleurothalid - Platystele umbellata

- Ginna Plude - Rosette