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SONOMA COUNTY ORCHID SOCIETY A California Non-Profit 501 (c) (3) Corporation IN THIS ISSUE Our February meeting is on February 9, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. at the Veteran's Memorial Building, 1351 Maple Avenue, SR 1 Speaker Bio This month, the Sonoma County Orchid Society welcomes ALAN KOCH. Alan's 2 Speaker Dinner, topic is "Understanding the Brazilian Cattleya Alliance". Get a clear picture of the President's and diversity of Brazilian cattleyas, and how to grow them. Alan will discuss where the Membership Column species are found in the wild and how 3-4 Show Volunteer you can use this information to grow Sign-Up Info them well. 4-5 Show Chair Report 5-6 Further Show Info Alan Koch owns and operates Gold Country Orchids, where he 6-7 February Culture specializes in miniature and compact Checklist cattleya's. Alan started growing 8-9 Show-And-Tell orchids in 1969 with three 10-11 Upcoming cymbidiums given to him by an aunt. Events While in college he became interested 12-13 Brazilian in other orchids and discovered many Cattleyas would grow outdoors in Southern (web issue only) California. He has moved five times as his orchid obsession has led to the need for more growing space. With the last move, he purchased 10 acres of land in Lincoln, California for his 250,000 orchids. Alan is recognized as an expert in the Brazilian Cattleya Alliance and a trend-setter in miniature cattleya breeding. He has been published in the Orchid Digest, the American Please feel free to post Orchid Society magazine, as well as many international publications. He has also been comments and share pictures published in several proceedings of the World Orchid Conference. He is also an of your blooming orchids on internationally known speaker. Facebook or share orchid articles. It's an opportunity to show off your orchids Alan is a past member of the AOS Judging Committee, and the Research Committee, as and/or orchid growing well as an accredited AOS judge and is Training Coordinator for the California Sierra- conditions. Press the Control Nevada Judging Center. He also served two terms on the Orchid Digest Executive button on your keyboard and Committee and three terms on the Board of Directors, as well as two terms as a Trustee click on the above Facebook for the AOS. link. Alan is offering special discounts for pre-ordered plants. Alan will bring all pre-orders to the February 9 meeting for you to pick up. Go to http://sonomaorchids.com/ for preorder instructions and plant list (click the link just above the Christmas tree). Page 1 SCOS February 2016 Newsletter Alan will provide the opportunity table. Always lots of special plants. PLEASE JOIN US FOR DINNER WITH THE SPEAKER AT SEA THAI BISTRO, 2350 Midway Drive, Santa Rosa, at 5:00 p.m. RSVP to Angelique Fry at 291-6029 or [email protected]. Map: Our Mystacidium braybonae https://www.google.com/maps/place/Montgomery+Village+Shopping+Center/@38.443 are starting to spike just a 012,-122.6836599,14.75z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x5a3e733c0a8de91e little over a year out of flask. We love this miniature species with its long lasting Menu: http://www.seathaibistrobar.com/restaurants/menu/dinner/ flowers. Gold Country 2/2015 President's Corner Dear orchid friends, Here we are at the beginning of February. We have experienced a lot of wonderful rain over the last few months. A year ago we were hoping desperately for even a little rain. I hope that the rain lasts a lot longer, fills our reservoirs and put heaps of snow on our mountain tops. Starting in mid to late February, we can begin to repot our orchids. Look for new green root tips, which is a sure sign that your orchids are growing. I love repotting. Plants look nice and clean in their new medium. It is wonderful feeling to get the plants repotted that either we didn't have time to repot or they were not quite ready last year. We have two more SCOS meetings before our Spring Show on April 2nd and 3rd. We have time to groom and stake our orchids and get those buds ready to face in the perfect direction. It's also time to get your volunteer hats on! Our Show Chair, Lynne Murrell, needs help from everyone to make this Show successful! There are many opportunities to volunteer. If you haven't already done so, PLEASE sign up at the next two meetings. Karen Wofford has also set up Volunteer Spot online and you can sign up for as many slots as you wish. This is YOUR Society. Please help make it a success! We also need a lot of help with set up on Friday, April 1st and take down on Sunday in the late afternoon. See you at our next meeting February 9th! Alan Koch is a knowledgeable and fun speaker for all levels of orchid growers. You should not miss his talk. Susan Membership Column We are pleased to welcome as new members: George Iannetta and Kevin Withall Don't forget to wear your name badge and sign in! Wear your name badge or make a paper name-tag at the membership table when you enter the meeting room. Then, sign the list at the Membership Table. At each meeting, one name will be drawn and that person will receive a free strip of raffle tickets. Those who would like to order a name badge should email Jeanne at [email protected]. Page 2 SCOS February 2016 Newsletter PLEASE CHECK THE CLASSIFIEDS SCHEDULE BELOW TO SEE IF YOU ARE You can get the following orchid supplies from Kris SCHEDULED TO BRING A and Jim Foster [email protected] or 707-762-7124. FINGER FOOD TO THE FEBRUARY MEETING. Small and medium Rexius bark; Perlite; Sphagnum (Anyone can bring a Moss; Orchid Labels; Stakes; Charcoal refreshment at any time.) Orchiata bark is being sold by the Society at a great REMEMBER, if you bring a refreshment, you receive price, $18/bag. Email Angelique at [email protected] to a raffle ticket to be placed in a special drawing for only order and arrange for pick-up. The bark sizes are as those bringing refreshments that evening. Winner gets follows: first choice from the opportunity table. Classic #9 1//4" – 3/8" chips Refreshments Power #5 3/8" – 1/2" chips Power #5a 1/2" – 3/4" chips Please bring a refreshment if the first letter of your last name Super #7 3/4" – 1" chips corresponds with the monthly meeting. T – Z January, 2016 Nutricote is also being sold by the Society. $3 for a 1 A – B February pound bag. Again, contact Angelique. C – De March Di – Fo April Advertisement: If you are planning to vacation, or Fr – H May need a caretaker, I am available to care for your home, J – Le June garden and/or greenhouse. I also provide piano Ice Cream Social July Li – M August concerts in the home or for organizations. Contact me, Bar-B-Q & Auction September Nixy Rickles, at 415-336-9446 or No Meeting in September [email protected]. Thank you! N - R October S November DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING FOR SALE Holiday Dinner December No Meeting in December ADVERTISE HERE – FOR FREE!! THANK YOU! Volunteer Spot is ready for sign ups! Here's how it works in 3 easy steps: 1) Click this link to see our Spring Show Sign-up on VolunteerSpot: http://vols.pt/nszjMb 2) Review the options listed and choose the spot(s) you like. 3) Sign up! It's Easy - you will NOT need to register an account or keep a password on VolunteerSpot. This is such a simple way to sign up and see what jobs are available! Details: When you type http://vols.pt/nszjMb into your web browser, you will see a welcome page for the Sonoma County Orchid Society Show. You will be asked for your email address. Page 3 SCOS February 2016 Newsletter Once you put in your email address, click NEXT and you’ll be able to see all the great jobs available for sign up. Do yourself a favor though, and click the open square that says "Hide Full Spots". Otherwise you will see EVERY job that is listed, even though they are already filled. Have fun scrolling down the page to see what the jobs are and if one piques your interest, click the orange "Sign Up!" button. Once you click the button, you will be prompted to add your name and phone number. This information is only for me and the committee chair you are working for. That's it. No one from VolunteerSpot will use this information in any way. That is their guarantee. If they do, I'll personally represent you in the lawsuit. That's it! You're finished! You can remove your name later if you need to and you can swap with other people. Within a few minutes, the program will send you an automated email welcoming you and listing any jobs you have signed up for. PLEASE KEEP THIS EMAIL MESSAGE – it's your link for accessing your signup or making changes at any time in the future. Any changes that are made to your job between now and April will automatically be sent to you by email. A few days before the event, you will get another email reminder that confirms what job and hours you have signed up for. Not all volunteer positions are listed yet.