SARASOTA ORCHID SOCIETY ORCHID VIEW SEPTEMBER 2014 Orchid View

MONTHLY MEETING ♦ SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

Great Room By The Bay ♦ The Activities Center MARIE SELBY BOTANICAL GARDENS 811 S. Palm Avenue, Sarasota, FL

6:00 pm Doors open

6:15 pm Culture Class with Roy Krueger

7:o0 pm Business Meeting

Light Refreshments

ALAN KOCH Gold Country Orchids, Lincoln, CA Alliances

Discussion & Ribbon Awards on Members’ Table

A Plant Rafe

GUESTS ARE ALWAY WELCOME!

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HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE ORCHID VIEW September 1, 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS Refreshments for our meetings are provided by our members, not the society. Every member is asked to provide food or drink at least once per year. A notice of when it is a member’s turn to do September 1st Hospitality so, is in each newsletter. If you cannot attend that meeting, we ask Committee, Darryl’s Earthcare Blog...2 you to contact Denny Pavlock, at least two weeks prior to the meeting, so he can reassign you to a different month. Please let us S.O.S. August Meeting Minutes, know if you are a seasonal resident. New Members...... 3 We are asking those members listed below to please take their turn to help with refreshments for this month’s meeting. It involves bringing in light refreshments and/or beverages, assist August Members’ Plant Table with setting up the buffet table and share in the clean-up process Winners ...... 4 after the meeting. Doors open at 6:00 pm and all set-up, with food and beverages, ready for our members by 6:45 pm, before the Orchids We Should All Grow, meeting starts at 7:00 pm. Your help will be greatly appreciated! Nodosa...... 5 Tony & Ellen Nacinovich LightRefreshment Teresa & Danny NoaLight Refreshment Profiling Members and How They Brigitte Ortiz Light Refreshment Grow - Cathy Lewis...... 6 & 7 Lilli Overcamp Light Refreshment Bill & Kim Quinn 3 one-liter soft drinks 4th Annual Cattleya Symposium Review by Dennis Pavlock...8, 9, 10, 11 Patty & Rich QuinnellyLight Refreshment Merle Rachlin Light Refreshment The Pronunciation of Orchid Cherrie Randall Light Refreshment Names...... 12 Barry ReeseLight Refreshment Kathy Renn, Holly MarksLight Refreshment About Us...... 13 Frances & Peter RiceLight Refreshment Paulette Parent Light Refreshment September Calendar...... 14 Light Refreshments: Cheese & Crackers, Cookies, Desserts, Fruits, Nuts, Vegetables/Dip, etc. If you are unable to attend this meeting, please call or email Dennis Pavlock, as soon as possible, or switch with another member. Thanks so much! Judy Robertson, Hospitality Email: [email protected] Ph: 941-966-8753

DARRYL’S EARTHCARE BLOG ⋄ On the road: Stig will be making his way back to Florida the end of August. Darryl and producer Diane Cirksena will head to Boca Raton to show Wild Orchid Man In The Land Of The White Bear at their orchid society on August 14th. ⋄ Wild Orchid Man - Journey To Machu Picchu is taking shape - magnificent scenery, lots of amazing orchids and stunning butterflies and birds. Coming in 2015! ⋄ Speaking of birds, the new Florida Field Journal, Black and White, has two dozen species along with another half dozen mammals. http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQM- L68fNvtEDkWhQyM0ZuyL7iSIcyzTe

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WELCOME TO OUR NEW MEMBERS WELCOME TO Joining The Sarasota Orchid Society in July OUR NEW MEMBERS Joining B ❃ K ❃ C The Sarasota Orchid Society W ❃ B in August

We welcome each of you and look forward to your active Dale & Donna Peters participation in our monthly meetings and activities. Being involved enhances the enjoyment you will receive from your SOS membership. We welcome each of you and look forward to your active participation in our monthly meetings and activities. Being involved enhances the enjoyment you will receive from your SOS membership.

August 2014 SOS Meeting Minutes

Laurie Stoner called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM.

Jo Davis introduced new members and guests.

New Business: Changes for upcoming meeting: • Reminder - Alan Koch of Gold Country orchids speak in September. It will be not be a potluck at the Garden Club. • We will have a Christmas potluck dinner at the Garden Club on Dec. 1st. • Denny asked who is interested in going on the bus trip to EFG in October.

Announcements:

• All members and guests please visit the display table and vote for your favorite species, hybrid, and novice Directions to Jim Robert’s Florida . SunCoast Orchids Greenhouse Sale 941-322-8777 • We have a special raffle/sale of plants this evening From the SOUTH: Take I-75 N to exit #210. donated by George and Meda Rigatti. Merge on Fruitville Rd (FL-780) and head East. Road comes to a T-Stop. Turn left onto Historic FL 780/Verna Rd. Drive 3.6 mi north • 15 Minute Break on Verna Rd. Road ends at FL-70; Turn left onto FL-70 for .2 miles. First right turn is Verna Bethany Rd; Go .3 mile to 8211 Verna Monroe Kokin gave an incredible slide presentation for us. Bethany Rd - Greenhouses on the right. From the NORTH. Take I-75 to exit 217 East • Jim and Roy went through the Display table towards Arcadia. Drive 12.5 miles East, Turn • Al Langdon ran the raffle. left onto Verna Bethany Rd. Go .3 mile to 8211 • Meeting adjourned at 8:45 pm. Verna Bethany Rd., Myakka City,FL

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2014 AUGUST

MEMBERS’ PLANT TABLE

“SHOW &

BEST HYBRID TELL” BEST SPECIES OF THE OF THE MONTH AWARDS MONTH Cattleya S. J. Bracey ‘Wailani’ AM/ Habenaria rhodocheila ‘H&R’ AOS Grown by Cathy Lewis Grown by Rick Helmuth

NOVICE OF THE MONTH Plant was identified as SPEAKER’S CHOICE OF THE MONTH Mokara J. R. Heartthrob ‘Red’, which is “Rlc.WhiteDiamond” unregistered. Mokara is no longer a valid (Tung-Noi Pink x Pink Diamond) genus since Ascocenda was moved to Vanda; hence Mokara became Note: Beautiful though it is, the identity/parentage reported Aranda (Vanda x Arachnis), for this plant cannot produce the outcome observed.-Bob Scuy such as Aranda Jairak Heartthrob ‘Dark Grown by Patti Quinnelly Red’.

Grown by Marisa Mangani

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ORCHIDS WE SHOULD ALL GROW by Roy Krueger This is the first orchid any novice grower should buy. It blooms profusely. It is easy to grow. It smells delightful. It is forgiving of neglect. It is disease resistant. It will grow almost anywhere.

While some purists will argue that others should come first, it is hard to ignore the logic of the selection of Brassavola nodosa as the first pick of any new grower.

The genus Brassavola consists of 17-20 relatively compact species found throughout Central America to northern South America and including the western Caribbean islands. B. nodosa is found growing from southern Mexico south through the rest of the Central American countries.

Like most of the Brassavola species, it thrives in the lowland forests up to an altitude of about 500m. The forests are moist with a high canopy that allows ample bright filtered light. It blooms from late spring through summer and occasionally will stay in bloom for months on end. Since some habitats are seasonally wet/dry, B. nodosa is drought tolerant and will survive and bloom even if neglected.

B. nodosa has thin pseudobulbs with a single tetrete leaf. The inflorescence forms from the base of the leaf and is typically longer than the leaf itself. It bears up to four flowers per inflorescence. Flowers are greenish white (predominantly white) with a creamy hue. Petals and sepals are elongated and very narrow.

The lip on the other hand presents the flower with its “WOW” factor. Large and heart shaped, it dominates the flower. It often measures over 1” wide and can be almost 2” long. The specimen pictured above is a tetraploid variety that is over 5 1/2” across from petal tip to petal tip. The lip is 1 3/4” wide and almost 3” long. There are 13 buds and flowers on 4 inflorescence.

The aroma of the flower peaks after dark and has a light citrus scent. Being a white flower and heavily scented at night, one would assume that the plant is moth pollinated.

All Brassavolas should be grown using typical Cattleya culture. They prefer warm days and intermediate to warm nights. Water heavily and then let dry hard when in active growth. My preference is to fertilize weekly with a high potassium low phosphorus fertilizer when active and twice a year, once in spring and again once in fall use a bloom booster fertilizer. I'm not sure that the bloom booster induces blooms, but it does induce root growth. After blooms drop, let the plant rest for a few weeks with little water and no fertilizer. Then resume normal applications of both.

All Brassavolas are creeping species with well defined surface rhizomes. They will spread, so plan for future growth. Because of their growth habits, they are ideally suited to slab or basket culture. You can even try growing them on a slat raft placed horizontal on a bench surface. Let the plant wander in all directions. The raft will allow for adequate drainage and air movement beneath the plant. --Roy Krueger

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PROFILING OUR MEMBERS AND HOW THEY GROW by Laurie Stoner

CATHY LEWIS

Cathy Lewis is more than a casual orchid grower. Like one or two others in our society, orchid growing is more than a hobby to her, it’s a true passion. The moment I set foot in her two-year old, fifty foot long greenhouse which her husband erected on the east side of her lovely ten acre home on Myakka Road, I could sense her attention to detail. The floor was clean, the fans were gently circulating the air, and a mister made the August heat less noticeable. Just as you’d see in a commercial grower’s greenhouse, Cathy has tray after tray of tidy seedlings in 2” inch pots waiting to bloom for the first time. Neat rows of mounted orchids line the side walls. Terete vandas and several grammatophylums enjoy the nearly full sun where the shade cloth ends. Although she has a few outstanding specimens, her focus isn’t on growing big showy plants, but on establishing and growing well what interests her. As you may have noticed at our monthly meetings, she frequently brings in interesting little dendrobiums or species you rarely get to see, like Cymbidiea paradalina or Sobrnnikoffia robusta.

Cathy has worked in horticulture for most of her life, and for the last 15 or so years, she has worked for such commercials growers as Orchid Mania and Palmer Orchids, as well as Roy Tokunaga, the famous hybridizer from Hawaii, ever since she helped him in 2008, during the 19th World Orchid Conference in Miami. She currently works at Awesome Orchids on Pineapple Street in downtown Sarasota, although you won’t see her there, because she works her magic in the back.

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CATHY LEWIS’

PASSION FOR ORCHIDS

PROFILE AND PHOTOGRAPHY

LAURIE STONER BY LAURIE STONER

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St. Lucie County University of Florida IFAS Extension Service, Fort Pierce, FL

The Fourth Annual Cattleya Symposium, sponsored by the University of Florida IFAS, American Orchid Society and Odom’s Orchids, Inc. was held August 8th and 9th in Fort Pierce, FL. The conference, organized by John Odom of Odoms Orchids (http://www.odoms.com/) explored Cattleya collecting, breeding and AOS judging. The symposium also included an auction of rare and historical plants. The symposium was attended by almost 100 participants, including many from the Facebook Florida Orchid Growing group. The symposium included in-depth presentations on several of the Cattleya species.

Jef Bradley’s presentation covered the history and breeding of the Cattleya warcscewiezii, also known as gigas. Jeff presented an historical account of the early and very rare cultivars of this species as well as many early photographs as far back as the early 1900s.

Armando Mantellini from Venezuela, shared his 50 years of experience breeding and hybridizing Cattleya lueddemanniana. His presentation included the various varieties of these orchids and where they grow in Venezuela.

The symposium was well attended by professors from the University of Florida, IFAS program extension in Homestead Florida. Dr. Catherine Mannion, Ph.D was a return speaker this year and gave a wonderful presentation on Orchid Pests and Insects. Her talk had many slides that included identification of the most common orchid pests and insects plus a discussion on the many different treatments possibilities for each.

Dr. Wagner Vendrame, Ph.D reviewed his research program that involved production and conservation of ornamental plants using tissue culture, molecular biology and cryopreservation techniques. A recent project evaluated the growth of plant cells under microgravity on board the space shuttles Atlantic, Endeavour and Discovery. All experiments were performed at the International Space Station including one on an orchid species.

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Allen Black (http://www.ablackorchid.com/) a hobbyist orchid grower and breeder from Richmond, VA., has been growing and breeding Brassavola nodosa orchids for over 20 years. He has registered over 70 of his orchid hybrids. He shared his recent breeding efforts with the Brassavola and Cattleya alliance to create some wonderful novelty hybrids. Check out many of his hybrids by clicking on the link above.

Dave Of was born into a family orchid business, Waldor Orchids of Linwood, N.J. (http://www.waldor.com/) Dave is a third generation orchid grower and breeder and is currently the assistant greenhouse manager. The Off family has been growing orchids since 1925. In addition to Dave’s personal collection, Dave oversees the care and maintenance of Waldor’s renowned classic Cattleya collection. Dave presented a review of the many exceptional and rare Cattleya orchids in their collection. He ended his presentation with a twenty question multiple choice and/or True and False quiz on that stumped many in the audience. Ken Roberts, a who’s who when it comes to orchid species and longtime AOS judge from Central Florida, reviewed his knowledge of growing and breeding Cattleya species. It was also announced that Ken is the chairperson for the new AOS library program at the Fairchild Botanical Gardens.

Makoto Hanajima ,a statesman and leader in the orchid world reviewed the current state of Cattleya breeding and hybridizing in Japan. Mr. Hanajima is the owner of Blument Insel’s Orchids of Japan and the president of Thai Hanajima’s Orchids Co., Ltd in Thailand. He presented many classic Cattleya’s, many from the Jones and Scully collection that he owns as a result of a two year internship at J&S while he was attending Tokyo University plus reviewed many new Cattleyas that he has hybridized. He brought many of these current plants that he sold to the symposium participants and he donated several to the rare and historical plant auction that was held Thursday night. Speaking of the rare and historical plant auction, fun was had by all. Every year this auction is held to help defray the costs of speaker expenses. The auction included both mericlones for classic Cattleyas like C. Mount Hood ‘Orchidglade’ AM/AOS (awarded 1966) and Rth. Orglade's Tradition ‘Sunset’ AM/AOS. There were many original divisions including B. digbyana ‘Green Giant’ AM/AOS (awarded 1970) and Rlc. Maggie McKenzie ‘Halcyon/ AM/ AOS (awarded in 1977). Mr. Hanijima donated a Blc. Ranger Six ‘A OK’ AM/AOS (awarded in 1984) Allen Black donated a couple of his current hybrids included a Bc. North Miami (B. nodosa x C . loddigesii) mounted in a guitar body. One of his other hobbies includes building guitars. Dave Off donated several classic Cattleyas and even a compot of seedlings and a couple of seed pods. www.sarasotaorchidsociety.org PO Box 19895, Sarasota, FL Page 9 SARASOTA ORCHID SOCIETY ORCHID VIEW SEPTEMBER 2014

Frank Smith, owner of Krull/Smith Orchids (http://www.krullsmith.com/) in Apopka, FL and current AOS president, ended the symposium with a review of all the changes going on within the AOS. This information is brand new, and not many people know about it yet. They will be using the AOS endowment fund to build a state of the art library at the Fairchild Botanical Gardens will be accessible to all AOS members, under supervision and strict on-site rules (i.e. gloves while handling the oldest and most valuable material.) There are no major orchid-related publications, including many of the original awards-related paintings, that the AOS does not own. The entire collection is worth more than $3 million US. It will be the "premier orchid library in the world." The AOS will retain ownership of all the materials, despite being housed on Fairchild property.

Membership to AOS has dropped precipitously in recent years, and revenues are not sufficient right now to support the organization as it used to be. Fairchild is essentially giving the AOS free room and board (other than paying for the library, of course; and for the few AOS "back office staff" that work on sight) for the next 20 years, because they aspire to be the greatest botanical gardens in the world. This, in part, explains why they cannot give AOS members free admission to Fairchild Gardens, which many have complained about. They are paying for the AOS office space, electricity, property taxes, liability insurance, etc. etc. In light of this information, it is only fair, for them to collect gate fees from AOS members to enter.

From what I learned, all of the orchids that used to reside in the old AOS greenhouses and grounds are still in their possession at the Fairchild location. Fairchild is trying to raise money to build a dedicated orchid display area.

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Also of great interest to me, they already possess a file of ALL of the Bulletins and Orchids magazines from day one in a scanned file. They will have to pay an additional $30K or so to make these files searchable and formatted for online use. After project completion, all of this data will be available for members. Imagine sitting at your computer and browsing old orchid publications from eras gone by.

Frank encouraged every one of us to become ambassadors for the AOS. For those that didn’t know, the AOS has added a less expense membership type. They are now offering an Electronic edition or ORCHIDS magazine, available to members from any computer. Also the AOS is offering on-line webinars on various orchid topics and all the webinars are recorded for later viewing. All in all it is was a wonderful, information rich symposium that I plan to attend next year again, my third time. - Dennis Pavlock

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The PRONUNCIATION of ORCHID NAMES can be daunting for the novice and experienced grower alike. Presented below is a simplified pronunciation guide specific to the names found in the November 2013 issue of AOS Orchids magazine. An attempt has been made to represent each syllable using easily recognized sounds or words separated by hyphens and not standard phonetic symbols. Endings, such as –atus or –anum have two commonly encountered pronunciations. Represented here the broad “a” ah) has been used, ah-tus or ah-num; however the alternative endings, -ay-tus and -ay-num, are often heard among American orchid growers.

afine (af-FYE-nee) imbriata (fim-bree-AH-tah) nutans (NEW-tanz) albopurpurea (al-bow-per-PER- galeottiana (gal-ee-oht-ee-AH-nah) Odontoglossum (oh-don-toh-GLOS- ee-ah) garayi (gah-RAY-eye) sum) amethystoglossa (am-eh-this-tow- gaskelliana (gas-KELL-ee-AH-nah) Oncidium (on-SID-ee-um) GLOSah) gibbosa (gib-BOH-sah) Paphiopedilum (paff-ee-oh-PED-ih- appletonianum (APPLE-tone-EE- gloriosa (glow-ree-OH-sah) lum) ahnum) Gongora (gon-GOR-ah) Ascocentrum (ass-koh-SEN-trum) pedunculata (pee-dunk-yew-LAH- grandilora (grand-ih-FLOOR-ah) tah) aurantiaca (aw-ran-tee-AH-kah) gratrixianum (gra-trixs-EE-ah-num) Phalaenopsis (fail-eh-NOP-siss) barbigerum (bar-BIJ-ger-um) guandongense (GWAN-DONG-en- barnesii (BARNS-ee-eye) say) Pleurothallid (plur-oh-THAL-lid) boxallii (BOKS-all-ee-eye) Habenaria (hab-ee-NARE-ee-ah) plumatum (ploo-MAH-tum) Brassanthe (BRASS-an-thee) heidii (HIGH-dee-eye) Pterostylis (tare-oh-STYE-liss) Brassocattleya (brass-oh-KAT-lee- humboldtii (hum-BOLT-ee-eye) purpurata (per-per-AH-tah) ah) insigne (in-SIG-nee) Rhyncattlaelia (rin-kat-LAY-lee-ah) brysiana (BRYCE-ee-ah-nah) intermedia (in-terr-MEE-dee-ah) roebelingiana (row-bell-ing-ee-AH- callosum (kal-LOW-sum) javierii (hahv-ee-AIR-ee-eye) nah) Catasetinae (kat-ah-SET-ih-nee) Laelia (LAY-lee-ah) Catasetum (kat-ah-SEE-tum) Laeliocatanthe (lay-lee-oh-KAT-an- rosea (ROH-see-ah) Cattleya (KAT-lee-ah) thee) rufa (roo-FAH) Caulaelia (kawl-LAY-lee-ah) Laeliocattleya (lay-lee-oh-KAT-lee-ah) Sanderiana (san-der-ee-AH-nah) chaetophora (kay-TOFF-or-ah) lamellata (LAM-eh-lah-tah) Schomburgkia (shom-BERG-kee-ah) christensonianum (KRIS-chun- lueddemanii (lewd-deh-MAN-ee-eye) schultzei (SHULTZ-ee) SON-eeah-num) Lycaste (lye-KASS-tee) splendida (SPLEN-dih-dah) christinae (KRYSS-TEEN-eye) lyonsii (LIONS-ee-eye) Stanhopea (stan-HOPE-ah although colombiana (ko-lom-BEE-ah-nah) marginata (mar-jin-AH-tah) commonly mispronounced stan- Coryanthes (kor-EE-an-thees) merrillii (mer-ill-EE-eye) HOPEee-ah) cribbii (KRIB-ee-eye) miniata (min-ee-AH-tah) Stanhopeinae (stan-HOPE-ee-nee) crispa (KRIS-pah) mossiae (moss-EE-eye) superbiens (soo-PER-bee-enz) curta (KUHR-tah) moyobombae (moy-oh-bom-BAH-ee) tasmanica (taz-man-EH-kah) curvifolia (kur-vee-FOLL-ee-ah) Myrmecatavola (mer-me-KAT-a vol- Cycnoches (sik-NOH-keez) ah) thomsoniana (tom-son-ee-AH-nah) Cymbidieae. (sim-BID-ee-ee) Myrmechophila (mer-me-KOFF-ill-ah) tibicinis (tib-ih-SIN-iss) Cymbidium (sim-BID-ee-um) Myrmecocatleya (mer-me-ko-KAT- Tolumnia (toh-LUM-nee-ah) Cypripedium (sip-ree-PEE-deeum) leeah)marginata (mar-jin-AH-tah) trianae (tree-AN-ee) daoense (DOW-en-say) merrillii (mer-ill-EE-eye) undulata (un-dew-LAH-tah) Dendrobium (den-DROH-bee-um) miniata (min-ee-AH-tah) Vanda (VAN-duh) Epidendrum (ep-ee-DEN-drum) mossiae (moss-EE-eye) villosum(vill-OH-sum) Eufriesea (yew-FREEZE-ah) moyobombae (moy-oh-bom-BAH-ee) wallisii (wall-iss-EE-eye) Euglossine (yew-GLOSS-een) Myrmecatavola (mer-me-KAT-a vol- weberbaueriana (web-er-bou-er-ee- exaltata (eks-all-TAH-tah) ah) AHnah) exul (EX-uhl) Myrmechophila (mer-me-KOFF-ill-ah) Myrmecocatleya (mer-me-ko-KAT- wendlandii (wend-land-EE-eye) leeah) Zygopetalinae (zye-go-PET-ah-lee- nee)

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2014 Sarasota Orchid Society Board of Directors President Laurie Stoner 941.358.8537, [email protected] Vice President Roy Krueger 941 776-507, [email protected]

Past President Monroe Kokin 941.586.7795, [email protected] Recording Secretary Jo Davis 941.228.5501, [email protected] Treasurer Dennis Pavlock 941.966.8753, [email protected]

Members-at-Large Lory Boyce 941.812.2447, [email protected] Jane Hagerstrom 941.359.9980, [email protected] Norm Hillstrom 941.926.0166, [email protected] Roy Krueger 941.776.5079, [email protected] The Sarasota Orchid Society, Inc. (SOS) meets on the first Monday of each month Carolyn Langdon 941.907.4161, [email protected] at Selby Gardens. The SOS, an affiliate of the Patti Quinnelly 678.361.4440, [email protected] American Orchid Society, is a non-profit Judy Robertson 941.926.1819, [email protected] association with the aims of promoting the development, improvement and preservation of orchids through the dissemination of Committee Leaders information concerning the culture, hybridization or development of orchids, and 58th Annual Orchid Show - Jan. 3rd & 4th, 2015 generally to extend the knowledge of orchids. Co-Chairs: Laurie Stoner, Dennis Pavlock, Jo Davis Our membership dues at $20. for individuals and $25. for families are a great value. AOS Representative Laurie Stoner, [email protected] These dues help us acquire quality speakers for Counsel Robert M. Johnson, Esq., [email protected] our monthly meetings and pay for special events Culture Study Leader Roy Krueger, such as picnics and repotting demonstrations. Our fund raisers, Orchid Auction, Orchid Show [email protected]. and Raffles raise additional funds to educate the Members’ Display Table Jack Knuese, [email protected] general public about orchids and their Susan Gerhardt, [email protected] conservation, provide scholarships to local Hospitality Judy Robertson, [email protected] students who will study horticulture, and Membership Co-Chairs Jo Davis, Patti Quinnelly support orchid research programs. Newsletter Editor CarolynLangdon, “Orchid View” our Orchid Society [email protected] newsletter, is published monthly by the Sarasota Orchid Society. It is included via e-mail at no Orchid Research Stig Dalstrom, [email protected] charge for members. Photographer Monroe Kokin, [email protected] Deadline for articles, photos and Publicity Jane Hagerstrom, [email protected] information for the newsletter is the 15th of the Rafe Hosts Mecky Kreissle, Al Langdon, previous month. [email protected] Contributors to “Orchid View” give reprint Storage Manager Norm Hillstrom, [email protected] rights to their work to newsletters and other Webmaster Dennis Pavlock, [email protected] affiliates of the American Orchid Society.

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2 3 4 5 6 1 SEPTEMBER Jim Robert’s Jim Robert’s SOS MEETING Florida Florida at Selby Gardens SunCoast SunCoast Activities Center Orchids Orchids Alan Koch of Gold Greenhouse Greenhouse Country Orchids, Sale Sale of Lincoln, CA 3 pm - 7 pm 10 am - 4 pm speaking on Cattleyas Alliances. 7 Jim 8 9 10 11 12 13 SEPTEMBER Robert’s AOS JUDGING Florida Orlando Area SunCoast Maitland Civic Orchids Center, 641 S. Maitland Ave, Greenhouse Maitland, FL Sale 352-735-2898 10 am - 4 pm http:// venueonthelake.com 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 SEPTEMBER 25 26 27 SEPTEMBER AOS JUDGING AOS JUDGING Tampa 7 pm West Palm Beach Christ the King Judging Center, 2 pm Church, 821 S.Dale Flamingo Gardens Mabry Highway Davie, FL McLaughlin 305-245-1711 Center - Room C. 28 29 30 1 October 2 3 4 OCTOBER Florida West Coast Orchid Society’s Annual Orchid Show & Sale 9 am to 5 pm 5 OCTOBER 6 OCTOBER 7 8 9 10 11 Florida West SOS MEETING Coast Orchid Society’s Fred Clarke Annual Orchid of Show & Sale Sunset Valley 9 am to 5 pm Orchids, Vista, CA

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