American Orchid Society
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The American Orchid Society is a horticultural society
Horticultural society
A horticultural society is an organization devoted to the study and culture of cultivated plants. Such organizations may be local, regional, national, or international...

 devoted to the promotion, cultivation, and study of orchids (plant family Orchidaceae). The organization was founded in 1921 and now has a worldwide membership.

The headquarters is in Delray Beach, Florida
Delray Beach, Florida
Delray Beach is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 60,020. As of 2004, the population estimated by the U.S...

, adjacent to the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens
Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens
The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens is a center for Japanese arts and culture located west of Delray Beach in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The campus includes two museum buildings, the Roji-en Japanese Gardens: Garden of the Drops of Dew, a bonsai garden, a museum gift shop and...

. The American Orchid Society Visitors Center and Botanical Garden
American Orchid Society Visitors Center and Botanical Garden
The American Orchid Society Visitors Center and Botanical Garden is a botanical garden specializing in orchids and home to the American Orchid Society...

 is located at the headquarters site.

The organization publishes a monthly magazine, Orchids (formerly AOS Bulletin).

The AMS and Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden is a botanic garden, with extensive collections of rare tropical plants including palms, cycads, flowering trees and vines. It is located in metropolitan Miami, just south of Coral Gables, Florida, United States, surrounded at the south and west by Matheson...

have announced a merger where the AMS will close its site in Delray Beach and move to the Fairchild campus in Coral Gables at the end of November 2011.
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