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On the second Thursday of every month, the North Jersey Orchid Society meets at the The Hanover Manor, in East Hanover, New Jersey.  After dinner, we conduct our program beginning with the guest speaker or event for the evening and concluding with the plant table.  We encourage everyone to bring in their blooming plants to share with the society.  Below are guidelines for displaying your plants.

Plant Table Criteria

At each general meeting of the North Jersey Orchid Society, members bring orchids in flower to the plant table for show and for peer group judging. Plants are entered by divisions. Judging is open to all persons at the meeting, each receiving one ballot. The Society awards medals for plants as judged at the meeting. The NJOS Gold Medal is awarded to the plant that is Best in Show. NJOS Silver and Gold Medals are awarded to the other plants that are judged as first place and second place winners.

Just a reminder about how to enter your orchids for the plant table:

Choose a category: 

	Greenhouse means you’ve grown the orchid primarily in the greenhouse.
	Lights means that for at least part of the year you grow your plants under supplemental lighting.
	Windowsill means that you do neither of the above but it is permissible for the plants to summer outside.
	Miniatures can be grown under any conditions but their foliage should be no more than 6” high on a mature plant (this doesn’t include spike height).
	Fragrance is an additional category that requires a second slip (a purple one) for entry so that a plant in the fragrance category will also be entered into one of the other four categories as well.
	Novice is an new category added this February.  It's for newer growers who want to share their blooming plants.

You will find that the table is laid out from left to right (usually) as Greenhouse, Lights, Windowsill and Miniature. There will be a large colored sheet where you fill out the full name of the plant and your name next to one of the numbers on the sheet. Then pick up a blank slip of the same color and fill in the plant name and put it with the plant. Be sure to put the number of your plant on the large sheet onto the small slip as well.

Even if you didn't personally bloom a plant, you can still bring it in to share with us.  We'd love to enjoy their beauty with you.  Just mark them as do not judge.

BE SURE AND WRITE CLEARLY!

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	Volunteer Opportunities
	We need volunteers willing to organize   Early Bird workshops!   Our group has a wonderful array of varied growing experiences and we would love to have you share them. Some topics we would love to see presented in Early Bird workshops are, Growing Under Lights, Water Quality, Fertilizers - what do all those numbers mean, Basic repotting, Plant Doctor - help for ailing plants, Orchid pests, Creative Indoor Growing Spaces, and whatever else you might be able to think of. Let’s share our knowledge and make the meeting a more informative experience!   If you would like to organize an Early Bird Workshop please let us know.