2025 ODS Program

Winter Meeting

January 30, 2025 at 7:30pm via ZOOM
Guest Speaker: Rich Howard
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Annual Hybridizers Forum - 4 ZOOM sessions

March 6, March 20, April 3 and April 17 at 7:30pm
Chair: John Clarke
contact John (jjclarke@rogers.com) if you would like to present
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27th CanAm - IN PERSON

May 2 and 3, 2025
Doubletree by Hilton Toronto Airport West Hotel
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ODS Picnic

July 17, 2025
Location TBD
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Fall Meeting

September 13 or 20, 2025
Details to follow
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AGM

October 16, 2025 via ZOOM





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LYCETT CONTEST 2024


for a seedling hybridized by ODS member.
To be awarded in March 2025
It's time to go through the photos of your seedlings and select your best to enter in this contest.


There are 7 classes:

  • Miniature – flowers < 3” in diameter
  • Small – flowers > 3” but < 4 ½” in diameter
  • Large – flowers > 4.5” but < 7” in diameter
  • Extra Large – flowers ≥ 7” in diameter
  • Doubles
  • Spiders
  • Unusual Form



Submit photos to John Burgener. The deadline is January 31, 2025.

All ODS members will have the opportunity to vote ONLINE. ODS members will be sent the links to the ballots when it it time to vote.



2023 Lycett winner: Tim Hobbs



View 2023 entries and 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners in all categories here:

PHOTO CONTEST 2024



There are four categories:
Landscape, Creative, Artistic, Individual Plant

All will require some aspect of a daylily or garden with daylilies included.


LANDSCAPE show at least one daylily plant in a photogenic scene ideally highlighting your own gardens but any garden is acceptable.


CREATIVE manipulated images, can include photos of paintings, digital artwork and photo-shopped images.


ARTISTIC an image of a blossom with insects or frogs or something that gives the viewer a sense of "Ahh isn't that interesting!".


INDIVIDUAL PLANT - focus on one plant - a clump, single fan, scape in bloom or single blossom. We are looking for beauty in the photo as well as beauty in the plant that is the focus of the photo.



Deadline will be January 31, 2025.
Prizes to be awarded in April 2025

Submit photos to John Burgener. The deadline will be January 31, 2025.

All ODS members will have the opportunity to vote ONLINE. ODS members will be sent the links to the ballots when it it time to vote.



2023 Contest: View entries and 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners in all categories here:











ODS winners of 2023 AHS Awards



2023 AWARD of MERIT

'GRYPHON HANKOW LEGACY' (2012)
Gil Stelter

Guelph, Ontario

photo by Chris Petersen