www.coolgrowingorchids.com Dedicated to Growing Orchids Outdoors Meets 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7 PM Volume 3, Number 9 Garden Grove Masonic Lodge September 2016 11270 Acacia Parkway, Garden Grove, CA 92840 2016 Officers September 14, 2016 President Norm Nakanishi Orchids of California and Arizona Vice President Theo Johnson Robert Lauri Society Secretary Roberta Fox Robert Lauri has a keen inter- Membership Secretary est in the evolutionary biology Robin Lane of orchids, gives orchid horti-
[email protected] cultural lectures to local soci- Treasurer eties, and operates a blog on Jade Davis Stanhopea culture (http:// stanhopeacul- Directors Tony Glinskas ture.blogspot.com/). His or- Dana Seelig chid horticultural interests in- clude Cattleya, Pleione, Stan- Director Ex-Officio Richard Hess hopea and a few other genera and species. Robert received ——- his master's degree in evolu- Newsletter tionary biology and floristics Roberta Fox from San Diego State Univer- Epipactis gigantea
[email protected] sity in 2004, and his Ph.D. in (714)435-8015 Botany from Claremont Graduate University and Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Newsletter deadline is the Garden in 2010. His dissertation title was "A systematic study of Piperia 25th of the month prior to (Orchidaceae) and close relatives in Platanthera s.l. He currently works as an the month of issue. adjunct professor at the University of San Diego teaching biology, botany, and genetics. Page 2 Speaker’s Choice The substitute speaker for August was your edi- tor. (Doug Overstreet has been rescheduled for October). I exercised my editor’s prerogative, and selected two Speaker’s choice plants to dis- cuss.