Exhibitions  >  Baton Rouge Orchid Society Show

The AOS (American Orchid Society) has as one of its primary goals the awakening of the lifelong joy that can be achieved through the hobby of growing orchids. Since 1921, the AOS has been in the business of educating and spreading the good word about this amazing obsession. The AOS educational resources have spiraled ever higher in quality and quantity ... to the point where, today, the AOS is the unquestioned #1 resource in the world for orchids.

The Aims of the American Orchid Society are, generally stated, to extend the knowledge, production, use, perpetuation and appreciation of orchids of any kind and in any manner.  These aims include research in all aspects of orchidology; collection and dissemination of information, and the establishment and maintenance of its awards system, the purpose of which is to recognize excellence orchids and the culture and hybridization thereof.