Start your day with a welcome breakfast, then learn from guest speakers about orchid care, conservation, and design. We are excited to welcome Steve Buback (Missouri Conservation Department) to share about Missouri’s native orchids.

After a break for lunch in Powell Gardens’ beautiful spring landscape, the afternoon will close with a guided walking tour of Orchid Delirium and a conversation about orchid care with Lead Horticulturist Brent Tucker.

Orchid Symposium 2026- 9am-1pm

Greet guest – Breakfast continual style buffet waiting in the Conifer Room

10am-10:45am- Steve Buback MCD will present about Native Orchid and Conservation of Native Orchids presentation

10:45am- 11am short break

11am-11:45am Bill Thoms Orchids around the World presentation

Orchids Around the World GOOD via ZOOM

Several wonderful travelogues of Orchids Growing in the Wild in various exotic places. One covers Ecuador, Brazil, Borneo and the Philippines.

One covers Belize, Venezuela, Thailand and Malaysia.

Noon- Buffet Garden Lunch in the Terrace room

12:30-1pm Brent Guided Tour of OD 2026