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VIRTUAL LECTURE SERIES
Our popular series of online presentations brings a host of distinguished scientists, talented students and enthusiastic hobbyists to offices and living rooms around the world. Anyone interested can enjoy these presentations about various aspects of North American native orchids and orchid conservation in real time and/or view the recorded version at a later date. Members and guests are invited to log in on the 4th Tuesday of the month starting at 8:30 pm Eastern time (5:30 pm Pacific time). Each presentation will last 40-50 minutes followed by a brief Q & A period. A reminder notice with speaker bio and Zoom link will be distributed prior to each presentation. We look forward to having you join us for these engaging talks.
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2025/26 SCHEDULE
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September 30, 2025: Stephanie Varnum (Texas Master Naturalist)
Amazing Coralroot Orchids of Texas
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October 28, 2025: Jennifer Reinoso (Citizen Scientist & AOS Judge)
Sacoila lanceolata ... My 21 Year Passion
​November 25, 2025: Allison Autry (Ph.D. candidate - California Botanic Garden)
An Overview of Native Orchids in California and Nevada
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January 27, 2026: Peter Zale, Ph.D. (Director, Conservation Horticulture & Collections - Longwood Gardens
Native Orchid Conservation Efforts at Longwood Gardens
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February 24, 2026: Jon Dunn (Shetland based author of Orchid Summer)
In Search of the Wildest Flowers of the Brithish Isles
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March 24, 2026: Gunter Fischer, Ph.D. (Sr. VP Science and Conservation -
Missouri Botanic Garden
Revolutionizing Species Identification
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PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS MAY BE VIEWED BELOW
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Taming the Wild White Bog Orchid
D. Martin & L. Hanson 11/23/2021
Rare Orchids of the Sky Islands
Ben Rostron 1/25/2022
Orchids of Madagascar
Rick Burian 5/25/2021
Aggregated Pollen: Why and Why Not
Tatyana Livshultz 6/15/2021
Where is Newfoundland and Why Would a Botanist Go There Anyway?
Bob Sprague 9/28/2021
Protecting Cypripedium candidum and Platanthera leucophaea in Illinois
Cathy Bloome 10/26/2021
Ongoing Monographic Studies in Spiranthes
Matthew Pace 10/25/2022
Investigating Mycorrhizal Fungi as Drivers of the Host Tree Specificity in Dendrophylax lindenii
Lynnaun Johnson 9/27/2022
Orchids of Rhodes
Rick Burian 11/22/2022
Triphora: North America's
Most Enigmatic Orchid Genus
Brandon Corder 1/24/2023
Orchid Ecology and Conservation:
Update from the Sharma Lab
Jyotsna Sharma 2/28/2023
Frozen Beauty: Cryopreservation for the Conservation of Native Plants and Orchids
Megan Philpott, PhD 1/23/2024
Mycoheterotrophic Orchids
Brandon Corder 2/27/2024
Orchid Conservation in Kentucky
Tara Littlefield 9/24/2024
Research and Active Conservation
of Native Orchids
David Remucal 11/26/2024
Restoring Orange Fringed Orchids in Oak Openings
Todd Crail 1/28/2025
Gardening in the Mud
Fred Bess 2/25/2025
Amazing Coralroot Orchids
Stephanie Varnum 9/30/2025
Sacoila lanceolata... My 21 Year Passion
Jennifer Reinoso 10/28/2025
An Overview of Native Orchids in CA and NV