“OSSB Holiday Small Bite Assortment Potluck”
This Month’s Meeting
Celebrate orchids at the OSSB 2025 wrap-up meeting. Bring your favorite Small Bites (savory or sweet) to share with others. As always, you are encouraged to bring in your blooming orchids for “show and tell” and pose your growing questions to the attending orchid experts.
We look forward to 2026 with a great lineup of live and streamed orchid talks as well as practical potting demonstrations. Spring is just around the corner – repotting primetime begins in March!
Are you interested in being more involved with OSSB?
We are seeking candidates for President and Vice President (Program Chair). Please contact PJ Sanderson for more details: pj-sb@hotmail.com
Meeting refreshments
Two members volunteer to bring in light refreshments and beverages to regular monthly meetings. Please sign up with Hospitality Chair, Richard Hughes during the meetings.
Location Reminder
We are now meeting at Maravilla on the 2nd Wednesday of the month, except March and August.
Directions: From Calle Real, enter Maravilla and bear left. On the right is a lawn with a flagpole. The meeting rooms are to the left of the lawn with a flagpole. To park, continue to drive around a loop that will lead you to the parking lot. Additional parking is available to the right as you drive in, any parking space without a number is available.
Meeting Rooms: AOS Judging in the Galleria Room, Orchid Society in the Valencia Room.
OSSB on the web: Orchid Society of Santa Barbara
Upcoming Orchid Events
January 17, 2026, 10:00 am-6:00 pm, Slipper Orchid Symposium & 70th Paphiopedilum Guild Meeting.
Hosted by the Orchid Digest and The Huntington and held at the Huntington in San Marino. Speakers, Vendors, Silent Auction Book Sales. More information and registration: orchiddigest.com
March 20-23, 2026, Santa Barbara International Orchid Show ‘Orchid Escape’
Held at Earl Warren Showgrounds in Santa Barbara. Display setup on 18 March (Wed) and Orchid Judging on 19 March (Thurs). More information and registration: sborchidshow.com