It's that time of year again -- time for OSSC's Annual Orchid Auction. Your support of this event is critical to the continuing operation of our society, so be sure to tell your friends, family, and neighbors about this always-fun event. Click here for all of the details.

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• WE'VE GOT A NEW LOOK!: [Submitted by OSSC Webmaster Ted Augustyn on April 18, 2012] As of March 30, anyone visiting the OSSC Facebook page saw a new look, brought about by a new format standard introduced by Facebook. The new look features a beautiful, page-wide photo of a Cattleya taken by OSSC Member Charles B. Boco. Check it out at http://www.facebook.com/orchidssc . In a related development, OSSC now has over 200 "likes" on Facebook. If you haven't already done so, you can add to that number by clicking the "Like " button found to the right of this story. Thanks!
• NEW MEMBER BENEFIT: [Submitted by OSSC President Ted Augustyn on July 12, 2011]. Starting this month, every new member and their sponsor will each receive a certificate good for one 1-gallon Cymbidium orchid, courtesy of Rudvalis Orchids in Carlsbad, CA. The society expresses sincere thanks to Barbara Rudvalis for this generous offer.

(Most recent articles listed first.)

• Article reprint from AAA's Westways magazine recapping (recently departed) Heull Howser's Along the Orchid Trail in Santa Barbara County
• American Orchid Society to close headquarters in Delray Beach
• The Los Angeles Daily News highlights OSSC's 1st and 2nd VPs a week before the 2011 Orchid Auction.
• Orchid Mimics Carrion to Attract Flies
• Orchid’s secret note
• Record $100,000 fine in Vancouver for illegal import of threatened orchids
• Keith Richards's smoking habits and the death of a rare orchid
• Reforestation may be key to rare orchid's survival
• Santa Barbara Orchids
• The easiest orchids to grow
• GARDENING: Orchids aren't as difficult to grow as one might think
• Cymbidium Orchid Care Secrets You Need To Know
• Homemade Orchid Fertilizers, The Smart Way of Orchid Caring
• Orchids fake aphid stench for pollination purposes
• A simple way to water orchids
• Breeding orchid species creates a new perfume
• One Nation Under Arrest: The Unlikely Orchid Smuggler
• New orchid species is discovered in the UC Botanical Garden collection
• Cricket Pollination Discovered for the First Time
• World's Smallest Orchid Discovered (By Accident)
• Study reveals the reason why orchids use sexual trickery to lure insect pollinators
• Foodie Freak: Vanilla, the x-rated information
• Orchid named UK's most popular houseplant
• Wayanad, hot spot of rare flora, shows up 3 new species
• Houseplants in the Home
• American Orchid Society west of Delray says 'we're open, come visit'
• Unique orchids discovered in Vietnam
• National Geographic Feature Article: Orchids: Love and Lies
• Heard on NPR: Orchids: 'Inflatable Love Dolls Of The Floral Kingdom'
• Rare orchid find sets off frenzy
• Orchid growers hope for technological boost
• Sneaky Orchid Drives Wasps Wild
• Snow white orchid among 353 new species discovered in Eastern Himalayas, WWF report
• Phragmipedium manzurii, a.k.a. the discovery orchid
• American Orchid Society closes doors to public
• Burma’s Vanishing Orchids
• Orchids Through Darwin's Eyes
• December floods cost orchid farm millions of dollars
• Taranaki couple to play part in Obama's big day
• It’s a Corsage Nightmare: An Orchid as Big as a Car
• Orchids: nature's sexy sirens
• A few words about Coelogyne by past OSSC speaker David Banks
• Sexually deceived by orchids? Well I never!
• Tracing Tahitian vanilla
• Ted’s keen nose catches out rare orchid thief
• Bee Prefers Sex With Orchid Over Females
• Orchid sexual deceit has male wasps in a loved-up frenzy
• Orchid Species Now Extinct in Burma