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January 2006 The Atlanta Affiliated with the American Orchid Orchid Society, the Orchid Digest Corporation and the Mid-America Orchid Congress. Society 2001 Recipient of the American Orchid Society’s Distinguished Affiliated Bulletin Societies Service Award Newsletter Editor: Danny Lentz Volume 47: Number 1 www.atlantaorchidsociety.org January 2006 JANUARY EVENTS The Meeting: 8:00 Monday, January 9 at Atlanta Botanical Garden David Mellard – Water Quality and Fertilizers Our January speaker will be Atlanta Orchid Society Past-President David Mellard. David will report the results of water analysis for Dekalb County and how certain chemical parameters in water quality can be used to select the appropriate fertilizer. David will discuss macro and micro nutrient levels in Dekalb County water, in the MSU RO fertilizer, and in fish emulsion. Southeastern Flower Show : The show is approaching fast. Plants will be entered on Monday, February 6. If you are going to enter plants, please read the information on registering found on pages 9-10. DUES ARE DUE Dues ($30 single, $45 household) for the calendar year 2006 are due. Your membership dues continue to bring you a monthly newsletter and underwrite the cost of speakers and programs presented throughout the year. Prompt payment helps us determine our budget for the year. Dues can be paid directly to Reba Herzfeld at the January meeting Coelogyne massengiana Inside This Issue Atlanta Orchid Society 2006 Officers…………………………………………..….…………… Page 2 Member Spotlight – Sara Groves…………………………………………...……....………….. Page 2 Events Out and About………………Dates for your Calendar…………...……….…….……… Page 3 Minutes of the December Meeting ….…….…...……….………….…………..………...….…. Page 3 Recent Blooms at the Atlanta Botanical Garden……………………………………………….. Page 4 Notes from the December Board Meeting ……...……….………….…………..………...….… Page 5 The December Exhibition Table ……………………………….………..………..…………..... Page 6 The Southeastern Flower Show………………………………….………..………..…………... Page 9 Recent Awards from the Atlanta Judging Center……….………………………………………. Page 11 All contents © Atlanta Orchid Society unless otherwise noted. Page 2 www.atlantaorchidsociety.org January 2006 THE ATLANTA ORCHID Member Spotlight Sara Groves has a long career in horticulture SOCIETY (actually that was her second career) but has Officers only recently begun to turn her attention to President - Richard Hallberg orchids. Sara had been exposed to orchids for 152 Sloan St. many years through her friendship with Steve Roswell, GA 30075 Stevenson, but never got heavily into growing 770-587-5827 them until Jeff Whitfield needed a temporary [email protected] place to put his plants and borrowed space in Vice-President/Programs - her small outside greenhouse. These caught Mark Reinke 155 Marble Branch Trail her interest and she has since started building Walhalla, SC 29691 up her collection to its current level of around 864-718-0152 100 orchid plants, including some from [email protected] Steve’s collection. Sara grows her plants in a Secretary - Sandy Phillips rock-walled room on the side of her house 870 Virginia Circle NE that has drainage in floor. The room has air Atlanta, GA 30306 Sara Groves conditioning and a gas fireplace for heat, both 404-874-1417 automatically controlled. To supplement the [email protected] natural light, which isn’t enough to bloom the plants, she has four sodium vapor Treasurer - Reba Herzfeld lights running around 8 hours a day. She mists the plants daily but is very careful 4798 Summerset Lane Dunwoody, GA 30338 not to over water them. 770-394-3731 [email protected] Sara has had quite an interesting life. She was born January 1, 1916 in Lamar County, Georgia. (Sara will turn 90 as this issue is being delivered. Happy Immediate Past President - David Mellard Birthday!) When she was 12 years old she took a short plane ride with Amelia 770-270-5758 Earhart. Later, after getting degrees from UGA and the University of Chicago, [email protected] she began her first career as a dietician. After several jobs including positions at Directors (year term expires) Cook County Hospital in Chicago and Duke University, Sarah came back to Sondra Nierenberg (2006) Georgia where she met her husband John and was married in 1940. John was in 770-579-3376 the Air Force and this led Sara to jobs at Fort Benning, where she went horseback [email protected] riding with General George S. Patton, and then as the supervising dietician for the Fred Missbach (2006) facilities involved in the Manhattan Project. After the war Sara moved around as 404-237-1694 her husband was assigned to various bases. First they moved to Hawaii, then to [email protected] Mikie Emerson (2007) Houston. While Sara was Chief Dietitian at the University of Houston she became 404-289-3684 friends with future MPAA president Jack Valenti and helped develop Uncle Ben’s [email protected] instant rice. Next they moved to Alaska, where she became more involved with Danny Lentz (2007) gardening as an extension agent and also hosted a local television program for 770-640-0112 several years. After another posting in Texas, John retired from the service and [email protected] Barbara Dampog (2008) they moved back to Georgia, where they settled in Oxford. This is where Sara 770-923-5495 began her career in horticulture. At a time when most plants were still sold in plug [email protected] trays, Sara helped popularize the sale of larger blooming plants and supplied Rob Rinn (2008) annuals to theme parks and garden centers. Later she joined the landscaping staff 678-354-0443 at Georgia Tech and helped improve the landscaping on campus, doing such a [email protected] good job that the 1983 yearbook was dedicated to her. Later Sara took a position Other Volunteers as a horticulturist with the City of Atlanta and worked on beautifying the city until Newsletter Editor/Greengrowers Danny Lentz she eventually reached the mandatory retirement age. After that she continued to consult and lecture on garden design and helped landscape the equestrian venue Webmaster John O’Connell for the 1996 Olympics, where she used large six-foot containers to plant mini- [email protected] gardens that could be moved around. Librarians - Karen Chandler Sarah has been working on the gardens at her home for forty years and has and Mikie Emerson amassed a collection of many interesting plants, with some specialties being the Show Chair – David Mellard holly family (she claims to have the largest collection in the state) and hydrangeas. Her home has been featured on Erica Glasener’s television show, “A Gardener’s Diary”, as well as local garden tours. Page 3 www.atlantaorchidsociety.org January 2006 Events Out and About MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER MEETING January • The Atlanta Orchid Society Meeting was brought to order by Monday, 1/9. Atlanta Orchid Society President David Mellard. The minutes from the last monthly meeting, ABG, Day Hall, 8 p.m. meeting were approved as written. Speaker: David Mellard will speak on • David extended his personal appreciation to all those who “Using the Right Fertilizer Based on Water helped with the Orchid Show, which was a great success. Quality”. He also extended his thanks to Cathy Caine and Tamara Saturday, 1/14. American Orchid Society George for taking care of hospitality at each meeting all year monthly judging, Atlanta Judging Center, 2 long. pm, ABG basement workshop. If entering • Reba is working on the Atlanta Orchid Society cookbook. plants, please arrive before 1:30 pm to allow Please send your recipes to her at [email protected] or time for research and paperwork. bring to the meeting. Saturday, 1/28. Gulf Coast Orchid Society • Danny Lentz and Roy Harrow are the orchid advisors for the show in Gautier, MS. Southeastern Flower Show. Details will be discussed during Contact Glenn Ladnier, (228)392-0919, the January meeting. If you volunteer, you receive free entry for the day. [email protected] • David Mellard will be our speaker for the January meeting February and will speak on water quality and the use of fertilizer. Monday, 2/6. Enter plants at Southeastern Results from water analysis in the City of Atlanta and DeKalb County will be discussed. Flower Show. Judging will be on Tuesday, 2/7. • Outgoing officers were relieved of their duties and the following incoming officers and trustees were sworn into Wednesday, 2/8-Sunday, 2/12 Southeastern office. Flower Show. If you entered plants then President: Richard Hallberg you need to pick them up Sunday evening. Vice President: Mark Reike Saturday, 2/11. American Orchid Society Secretary: Sandy Phillips monthly judging, Atlanta Judging Center, 2 Treasurer: Reba Herzfeld pm, ABG basement workshop. If entering Trustees for 3 year period: Barbara Dampog and Rob Rinn plants, please arrive before 1:30 pm to allow • At this point Richard Hallberg presided over the balance of time for research and paperwork. the meeting. Monday, 2/13. Atlanta Orchid Society • Richard presented two gifts to David Mellard in appreciation monthly meeting, ABG, Day Hall, 8 p.m. and acknowledgement of his energy, enthusiasm, and hard H.P. Norton will speak on Phragmipedium work as Orchid Show Chairman and as President of the hybrids. Orchid Society for 2005. The gifts were glass plates made by Larry Mayse of Nature Glassworks, which David had Saturday, 2/18. Paph Forum in been admiring for quite some time. Washington, D.C. • Please submit receipts for any expenses incurred during March 2005 to Reba Herzfeld before the end of the year. Please submit Atlanta Orchid Society dues for 2006 to Reba. 3/3-3/5. Miami International Orchid Show • Our thanks to the orchid judges. Our thanks to those who www.southfloridaorchidsociety.org/ donated plants to the raffle table: Bill Ellenberg of Peach State Orchids, Danny Lentz/Dianne Morgan, Rob Rinn, Helen Weil and others. Please visit our web site at http://www.atlantaorchidsociety.org • The Christmas Party was a great success: great fellowship, The Atlanta Orchid Society web site great food, and great gifts.
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