Epi News San Diego Society, Inc.

March, 2014 Volume 39 Number 3

March, 2014 SDES Epi News Page 2

President’s Corner: SDES Calendar of Events

It turns out that extremely warm 2014 winter weather and very little rain (unfortunately) seems to equal early March flower bud development in our epies. Who knew? 1 Work Party at the Safari Park It appears spring is already here although 1-2 Del Mar Spring Hm/Gdn Show technically spring doesn’t arrive officially until 15-16 Tomatomania and Herb Sale March 20th. San Diego Botanic Garden May March is traditionally the beginning of the busy 3 Cuyamaca Spring Gdn Sale epi season for the San Diego Epiphyllum Society 3-4 SDES Sale– Safari Park and this year it’s no exception. Please check in 4 SBES Show with our intrepid Sales Events Coordinator, Cindy 10-11 Mother’s Day Plant Sale Decker if you are interested in helping out with nd 11 Mother’s Day Show any of our sales. Our 2 Vice President and 17 EpiCon XIV hosted by ESA Mother’s Day Chairperson, Sandra Chapin and 18 ESA Show her cohort in crime, Mother’s Day Co-Chair, September Patricia Frank can use any help they can get with 13-14-15 Del Mar Fall Hm/Gdn Show the organization of the Mother’s Day Show. There will be sign up sheets at the next couple of General Meetings if you are interested in participating. It’s now time to start planning your Mother’s Day display. Remember it can be a Inside This Issue small, simple display or a huge elaborate one or Calendar of Events 2 anything in between. Check Blooms for Accuracy 5 If you can bring in cuttings from your own Epi Con XIV 5 collections, even just a few to help benefit the ESA Research 11 Mother’s Day Show, please do so. Every little bit adds up to a lot and all contributions will be Get Your Facts First 8 greatly appreciated. At the beginning of April, it Got Cuttings? 9 will be time to make cuttings to bring to our April General meeting where we will process them in Membership Notes 11 preparation for the big Sale on Mother’s Day Mother’s Day Show 3 weekend. New Trophy Category 3

Epi season is upon us! Now is the Time 6 Off-Season Blooms 11 Ron President’s Corner 2 Programs 4 Safari Park Report 4 SDES Shirts Available 9 March, 2014 SDES Epi News Page 3

Preparations Underway for Mother’s Day Show --By Sandra Chapin

HATS OFF TO displayed on the People’s Choice table, the Society Table, the Small Bloom table, George EPIES! French Hybrids table, and Newly Registered What could be an easier & Unregistered Seedling tables. I want to theme to plan a display encourage you to set up a display, but if you around. Everyone has an don't , please bring in your blooms to make old hat, a funny hat , a sports hat etc. Just put the room a blaze of color. it on your table and let the blooms be the stars. The Mother's Day Show is where we raise most of the funds to support our activities. The show itself attracts the visitors. They enter the room, admire all of the blooms on display and then rush out to buy cuttings of their favorites. We need a room filled with flowers to grab the public’s attention.

There is a variety of displays you can do. You could make a flower arrangement; mini displays, one table, two table or larger, floor displays, and displays that do not follow the theme. We encourage blooms that are Sandra’s grandsons, named, but having a few unnamed blooms is Luke and Logan still OK. There are always extra blooms that Henderson create are shared, so don't imaginative charac- be nervous that ters. you don't have enough flowers to New Trophy Category Added fill out your display. Individual to Mother’s Day Show. flowers can be After last year’s show, Betsy & Jerry Markle and Michel McKee came up with a marvelous idea. They felt it could be a bit intimidating for a new member to compete against members who had been building displays for years. They suggested a new category. This novice group would be for those who had been Modeling hats: members three years or less. The Challenge Sandra Chapin’s has been made. The display can be any size, granddaughters, so put on your thinking caps (unless you are Alexa and Katelyn going to use that in your display) and come up Hissong. with a plan. March, 2014 SDES Epi News Page 4

Safari Park Epi Display House –By Jerry Moreau

We had a great and productive work party in The next work parties will be March 1st, 15th, & February. The weather was perfect; it started out 29 th. Your help is always needed! The more cool but warmed up never getting too hot. We volunteers we have at the Park the better for the continued to organize and alphabetize the epies and the display. There is much to do, so workhouse pulling out all the duplicates for whether you can do a lot or a little, everyone is future sales. We made cuttings to sell to the welcome and all work is appreciated. If you Plant Trader and for the up coming sales events can’t volunteer, how about making a donation of for the Society. We fertilized with blooming some sort? Money is always helpful, but help fertilizer (low nitrogen such as 0-10-10) and could also take the form of doing research and continue to repot and up-pot as needed. grant writing or donating equipment and sup- Although there was a lot of work, we had some plies. amazing volunteers that lightened the workload. Helping out these past work parties were Sandra If you are interested in joining the fun and Chapin, Ron & Velma Crain, Cindy Decker, learning a lot about epis in the process, come Marie Dempewolf, Bill Greene, Bob Holzinger, and volunteer at the Park. Information on how Judy Johnson, Oliver La Puebla, Laurie Lassio, to sign up can be found on the website can be Michal McKee, Mildred Mikas, Jerry Moreau, found at www.SanDiegoEpi.org click on the Fred Savage, and Janice Wakefield. Thank you Safari Park tab or contact Jerry at all! Your help is greatly appreciated. [email protected].

Meeting Programs

Pre-Meeting Workshop: In last month’s pre-meeting workshop Ron Crain discussed fertilizers…what they do and how to apply them. This month Ron will discuss cuttings…how to make a cutting, how to tell if it’s a good cutting and how to label a cutting. Please join him again on March 12th at 7:00 pm in room 104 to learn everything you ever wanted to know about cuttings!! February Program: At our February meeting, we enjoyed a DVD presentation of George French hybrids. Jerry Moreau narrated the program, giving us information about George, how he started hybridizing and information about the flowers he named. Our thanks to him and to Linda Sinkovic for creating the program mostly composed of slides taken by George French March Program: Our Mothers day show is looming on the horizon… You know

what that means…We need your display!! But wait you say…”I’m new…I know nothing about making a display…Blink blink…I’ve never even been to a show before!…” See “Meeting Programs” Continued on page 5) March, 2014 SDES Epi News Page 5 “Epi-holics” Unite at EpiCon XIV

Every two years one of the three Epiphyllum attend, you might make plans to stay over night Societies of Southern California hosts EpiCon. in the area so that you may also attend the ESA’s This is an event where epicactus enthusiasts from Annual Show and Sale the following day, all over the world gather to compare notes on all Sunday, May 18th at the Los Angeles Arboretum, things epi-related. This year, the Epiphyllum Ayres Hall in Arcadia. So, if you would like, you Society of America (ESA) will host this exciting can make an entire weekend of The Epiphyllum! event. EpiCon 2014 will take place at the Altadena Town and Country Club on Saturday, Registration Form can be downloaded from the May 17th from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. The cost is ESA website http://www.epiphyllumsociety.org/ $60.00 per person and includes continental penticocollect/EPICON.jpg , or the ESA’s breakfast, guest speakers throughout the day and Facebook page where, if you are more clever than lunch. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn I (editor), you will find more details as well as a more about epies and to meet and mingle with downloadable registration form. people from everywhere who share your interest in our favorite plants. If you are traveling to

Are your hybrids blooming true to their names?

Now is the time to haul out your ESA Direc- that only one of the cuttings planted in your tory of and Hybrids. If you have a pot might be mismarked. These mismarked hybrid plant that is blooming for the first time, plants should be marked as “unks” (for check its description in the Directory and see unknown) so that they not be used for the how it compares with the bloom on your cutting sales. plant. If it is a definite match, confirm it on the tag. If it doesn’t match, mark the branch of the errant bloom, describing the size and color of the actual bloom. Chances are good

March Meeting Program (Continued from page 4) In addition we will have a DVD presentation of Have we got a program for you!!!!! photos from the last few years showing everyone setting up and creating displays…this will give This month we will demonstrate putting together our new members a chance to see what fun we a display for the show. Our Illustrious Show have and what they have to look forward to in Chairperson Sandra Chapin has volunteered to May!! show everyone how to create a display!! Sandra has won many awards for her displays so she is Please join us on March 12th at 7:30 pm in Room definitely a go to person for ideas!! 101!!!

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 Check newly-formed buds for flowering Now Is the Time space.  Let spring rains leach out salts that have  De-bud young plants. Some of last accumulated in pots. year’s cuttings will set buds, most of which will not develop into full buds or  Remove dead and unsightly branches. blooms. Pinching off these buds will Remove dead leaves and debris from redirect the plant’s energy back into its containers, eliminating a haven for roots to form new branches, making for a harmful pests and allowing oxygen to get fuller, healthier mature plant in the future. to the soil and the roots. Some people, however, prefer to leave the  Bait for snails. Snails and slugs become buds alone, letting Mother Nature take her more active in wet weather. They can be own course as buds drop off on their own removed by hand or baited. accord.  Check for aphids and ants. Ants are  Check for root rot. Excessive rains may attracted to the nectar in developing buds, cause stagnant soil and root rot. Is there but do not damage epis. However, their enough air circulation around your epis to presence is an indication that mealy bugs help dry out the excessive water, or aphids, which are brought in by ants, especially those plants in plastic pots? Is may be on the plant or in the soil. Small the soil so constantly saturated with water infestations may be controlled with a 50- that no oxygen is getting to the roots? 50 solution of water and isopropyl  Signs of root rot include thin, withered, alcohol. Larger infestations may require and/or spotted branches. Sometimes chemical treatment. When using discolorations appear at the base of the chemicals to control pests, be sure to read plant and spread up through the branches. labels and follow instructions closely. Upon seeing that the plant looks  Check for scale insects. Little spots that dehydrated, the automatic impulse is to can be flicked off with your fingernail are increase water applications. Instead, the probably scale. They should be removed plant should be re-potted in fresh potting promptly with soapy water or isopropyl mix. Healthy branches look plump and alcohol. You may have to repeat shiny and feel waxy. treatment. Again, chemical treatment  Remember that epis draw moisture may be necessary for large infestations. form humidity. Even though some Systemic rose insecticide may be used. outdoor plants aren’t getting direct  Give mature plants a final feeding of rainfall, they may still be getting plenty of nitrogen-free liquid fertilizer. Use 0-10- moisture from the air. They, too, can get 10 or 2-10-10 on mature plants; 5-10-10 root rot if they are watered too much on immature ones. Many people use during wet weather. 8-12-4 (rhododendron, azalea, camellia  Any plants sitting on shelves, benches, fertilizer) with good results. or patios should not be left standing in  Keep plants in filtered sunlight to puddles of water. If they are sitting in develop buds. saucers, turn the saucers over and set the  Don’t relocate plants that are plants on top. developing buds. This can cause buds to  Plan your Mother’s Day display. drop, although some bud drop is normal. March, 2014 SDES Epi News Page 7

Musings from an Epi Hybridizer

“Helen's Big Red Purple, Tassel and Cookies”

--By Don Patterson

The following is an attempt to record my epi

experiences. Collecting, growing and hybridizing

these plants has been an important and enduring

part of my life.

Above: Even in black and white, ‘Tassel’ is a In the early 70's, I visited a new friend in Hillcrest. spectacular bloom. Bill, an artist, he brought me into his back yard to look at his plant collection. There, hung in shaded trees were several epi hybrids. One was, "Helen's Victorian house with narrow stairs and no formal Big Red Purple". The name, Bill explained, entrance. The door opened, and the clutter be- originated with the lady who first presented Bill gan. There, in an old rocker, sat Ruth, amid more with this plant...the colors....Red and Purple. Over columns; this time, of books and magazines. She the years, I've learned many of us have such had been a librarian, and was still devoted to her inheritances...pretty and, well, not identified. For books. Ruth was the talkative one. Smiling and me, then, who cared...? It was an epi! (finally) offering me home made cookies...while, Also included in this gift was a large container of Bill puttered in the outside garden. They were the ‘Tassel’. Wow! ‘Tassel’! "American Gothic" of Epidom. Bill and These plants became my Garden of Eden. Ruth were mid-westerners of the farming sort, she in her calico floral dress and he, in his bib over- Years later, so many epi people, epi plants, socie- alls. What a couple. They were generous, of ties, and hybridizing efforts, on my part, have course, with information and cuttings. Their contributed to a life enriched by their presence. * collection was more than epi ...for they were I'll get to the cookies later. devoted to all sorts of cacti. Outside many epis hung low on the branches of fruit trees, threatening Soon, I was on fire. Where can I find more of these to break the boughs. plants? Soon, I found myself at the San Diego Epi Society, newly formed, meeting in Balboa Park. At that time of the Society, among the active Once there, meeting with those early epi folks, they members were the Troxells and the Frenches. Both kindly took me under their wings and shared of whom, I would visit at their homes and gardens information, and plants. for many years. Coinciding with my budding friendships was the exotic and intoxicating nursery My first President was, in fact, the first president of discoveries. Soon, I was in Encinitas at the Cox's our San Diego Epi Society, Mr. Bill Nelson. He Epiphyllum Nursery. The Cox's Nursery was the and his wife, Ruth, were active members of the only San Diego epi source at that time. cactus Society as well. Upon invitation, I visited Mail order would fill another need at the Beahm them at their Maryland Street home. You'd miss garden in Pasadena. the home, had it not been for the address… hidden, at the end of a narrow corridor of stately columnar To be continued -- more on the San Diego growers, cactus and assorted vegetations of all ilk, they visits to Dr. and Mrs. Troxell, and to Point Loma to lived. The house was pinched; an old Gothic/ see George and Madeline French. March, 2014 SDES Epi News Page 8

From our Librarian:

Get Your Facts First -- Linda Sinkovic

“Get your facts first, then you up a system. There are also books out there if can distort them as much as you you are more of a hands-on, do it yourself *6, *7, *8 please…” -Mark Twain type.

There are some simple conservation methods for tap I am enjoying early flowers this month. Here in water. If you need to run the tap until the water gets southern California we are having warm dry weather hot, run the water into a bucket and use that water which is bringing out the flowers but the lack of rain later for epiphytic cactus or elsewhere in the garden. is really a problem. More on that later. If taking a shower, turn off the tap while you're soaping up or shampooing your hair, then turn it back Last month I talked about a way to differentiate on to rinse. Turn off the water while you're brushing between anthonyanus and Epiphyllum your teeth. anguliger when they were not in bloom. As it turns out, I was using a flawed sample set upon which to There are stronger conservation measures such as build my hypothesis; Dick Kohlschreiber told me that fitting flow-restrictors on faucets and shower-heads he has had many plants of and replacing old school toilets with low-flow without spines in the notch. So it looks like my models. Again, I'm no expert but there are books hypothesis is fatally flawed as well, meaning the only available. And you might qualify for a cash reward. reliable way to tell the difference between *9 Selenicereus anthonyanus and Epiphyllum anguliger *1 is by flower when they are in bloom. Finally, you can change your landscaping to use less water, leaving more water for epiphytic cactus. But This month I'd like to discuss a problem that is facing that's a big subject so I'll talk about that next month. gardeners in California and most of the southwest United States: the drought. *2 California's reservoirs Notes: are running out of water, and with this year's scant rainfall it's unlikely they will be replenished. If these 1. Also, if it were such an easy thing to do, someone would have probably thought of it already, right? conditions continue, mandatory water use restrictions will be put into place, sooner or later depending upon 2. Please see www.drought.gov for more information. where you live. *3 The end result will be less water 3. So far, the larger water districts still have water while the smaller water districts will be running out of water for your plants, including epiphytic cacti. *4 this year. Some of the smaller water districts are already implementing water rationing. So it's a good idea to think ahead about how to keep 4. In the 1970's there was water rationing in northern your plants alive during water restrictions. For California. We got rid of a lot of plants that could not example, you can set up a system to catch and save deal with low water. Yes, there were people checking rain water, although considering the rarity of rain up to make sure you weren't washing off your these last few years depending only on rainwater is driveway with a house or some other thing. And not probably not a good idea. Still, even rare storms will just California, either; my cousin in Sydney, Australia yield some water, and rain water is great for watering spent years doing this type of patrol for the Sydney epiphytic cacti. *5 Water District. 5. Note that some U.S. states have laws regarding the use Rainwater catchment and storage systems can range of rainwater; see http://www.ncsl.org/research/ from a simple covered 55 gallon trash can to environment-and-natural-resources/rainwater- elaborate systems using tanks that are stored under harvesting.aspx one's house or against the house walls. I am not an 6. Search for “rainwater storage” on Amazon and the list expert in this but there are people you can hire to set will contain not only books but also water storage See Water Conservation notes cont. on next page March, 2014 SDES Epi News Page 9

Got Cuttings? so on and so on… we will have

—Velma Crain many cuttings to work with!!!

Remember the commercial where the guy stuffs a Now perhaps you have cuttings to piece of chocolate cake in his mouth then reaches donate, but aren’t able to attend in the refrigerator for a carton of milk…and its our meeting this month. No prob- empty?! lem! Just contact a board member by phone or email and we will Or the one where a little girl pours a big bowl of arrange for someone to come by cereal, but the milk jug was just emptied by her and pick them up for you!! brother?!! Then the screen flashes the slogan “Got Milk?” Now if you would like to donate cuttings but aren’t physically able to make cuttings yourself, let a board So I’m wondering… member know and we will send a crew of one or many to process them for you. All board members’ contact “Got Cuttings?” info is on the back page of this newsletter . Also, any named variety is a good one! Don’t let the fact What would happen if we start our Mother’s Day that the only big epi you have is Padre stop you from sale and we have no cuttings?!!! making cuttings!! The well-known plants such as

th ‘Padre’ or ‘Flirtation’ are perfect for a new grower!!! At the April 9 meeting we will begin processing the cuttings donated by our members for our an- Let’s make this year’s sale the largest one ever!!! nual sale in May.

Our sale each year relies on these donations to SDES Epi Shirts – produce the sales that sustain the club during the year. Wear at SDES Sales, Shows & Events Now perhaps you are thinking, “But I only have ten epis, I can’t bring in boxes or bags of cuttings The time is right to order your like some members… White SDES shirt with either a Purple or Peach Epi or Black SDES shirt with a Peach Epi bloom. Just think- even if you only make one cutting The cost is $30.00 for either ladies or a man’s shirt. from each of your plants it helps. If each of Sizes Small to 3X .

those cuttings is 10 inches or larger that’s 20 cut- tings! If just nine more members bring in the Join the group, show your Epi Spirit and wear your shirt same amount that’s 200 cuttings!! at all our spring & fall sales & events. Call us to order 760-690-1124 or e-mail your order to [email protected] Remembering another old commercial: if you tell then send us a check or pay at a meeting.

two epi friends and they tell two epi friends and Gerry & Mildred Mikas

in the water makes greywater not ideal for watering epiphytic cactus, however it can be used to water other Notes on Water Conservation types of landscaping. If you are interested in greywater (Continued from page 8) systems, you can get started at sdsustainable.org or tanks. greywateraction.org . 7. At my house we are planning to set up a rainwater storage 9. If you are in southern California, see system this year. My husband is hands-on so we'll be www.socalwatersmart.com for a list of products for which putting it together ourselves. you can receive a rebate 8. There is also a lot of information about “greywater” usage. Greywater is water draining from your sink, your shower and your washing machine. The likelihood of soap traces March, 2014 SDES Epi News Page 10

May 24, 2014 Saturday @ 8:30 One more garden is still needed….Volunteer yours or talk to a friend and give me their name and number. Remember no cost to HOSTS and no extra work on your part. We just want to see how you grow your epies and take some photos.

Our Photo Caravan is always a sell out. *ONLY 30 spaces available* beautiful epies, great friends and good food; that’s what makes for a GREAT DAY!

The cost is $15.00 for members & $25.00 for guests, which includes – A visit to see & photo- graph Epies at 4 stops then LUNCH at last stop.

Stop 1 - Janice Wakefield’s (SDES Treasurer) gardens in El Cajon

Stop2 - to be announced Stop3 – Rainbow Gardens Nursery & Bookstore in Vista

Stop 4 –Matts Landscape in Rainbow - Lunch

Complete details & a surprise in the May Epi News. Maps will be provided via e-mail or mailed in May.

For more info or to volunteer your home: call or e-mail: Mildred Mikas @ 760-690-1124 or [email protected]

Cutting & Plant Sale for Out of Area Members --Gerry Mikas

mail them to Gerry Mikas, 3502 Avenida SDES offers our members who live beyond San Amorosa, Escondido. CA 92029-7920. Also Diego County the chance to purchase Epiphyllum include your e-mail address & phone number just cutting @ $4.00 each and 3” or 4” potted in case we need to contact you, Epiphyllum @ $8.00 each- plus actual postage. Upon shipping you will be notified & have the option of payment by check or using Please send your request to us now so that we SDES secure payment web site. may check our inventory of what’s available at (https://squareup.com/market/san-diego- each of our spring sale events; the first event is epiphyllum-soc) Feb. 28th. List what you want, by hybrid name indicating cutting or plant and quantity. We will Our secure website can also be used for send you the best epi we have. You may also just renewing or new membership, Name Tags request by color. We will select the cuttings & all & other SDES activities or business. cuttings will be named.

E-mail ([email protected] ) is the preferred way to let us know your request, but letters are OK but March, 2014 SDES Epi News Page 11

From the desk of the Off- Season Blooms in Membership Secretary February --Beth Jackson Jerry Moreau: ‘Möve’ Shirley Marneus and Vera Ward attended the SDES Don Patterson: ‘Herbert S. Irwin’ Christmas dinner. Allen Pellymounter: ‘Eddie Huey’, ‘Lillie Paetz’, ‘Something Special’ Shirley lost touch with SDES after George and Made- Mark Piette: ‘Fern La Borde’, ‘Orchid Bells’, line French passed away and is no longer able to drive ‘Wachsenburg’ down for events. But she wanted to get back in touch Safari Park: ‘Beautie Wegener’, ‘Harald Kne- and so, we welcome back Shirley Marneus aka epi bel’, ‘Jungend’, ‘Tiny Flame’ ‘Shirley Aline’. Linda Sinkovic: nelsonii, ‘Ernst Gündchen’, Hatiora salicornioides, Vera Ward from the San Francisco area enjoyed the ‘Lollipop’, ‘Moya’, ‘Naranja’, ‘What Luck’ camaraderie of the SDES group at the Christ- mas gathering. Vera also enjoyed seeing peo- Daniel Vickerman: ‘April Showers’, ‘Desert ple's gardens here in the San Diego area. She says we Moon’, ‘French Gold,’ ‘Frülings Gold’, grow things here that are very different from what they ‘George's Favorite’, ‘Harald Knebel’, ‘Indian can grow. Vera also wished everyone the best of health and a Happy New Year. Warrior’, ‘Light n Brite’, ‘Marie C.’, ‘Peggy's Cartwheel’, ‘Ruby Pinwheel’, ‘Tropical In- Both lovely ladies with whom we are very happy to re- cense’ connect Membership: New memberships as well Renewals can be ESA Research Committee at processed at our secure web site: https://squareup.com/market/san-diego work -epiphyllum-soc

Robert Kuettle, Vice President of ESA, is on a quest to learn more about some of the epi hybrids that had been chemically treated. Single Membership $15.00 per year Dual Membership $20.00 per year Does anyone have any of the following hybrids or seen (Dual is for two people, same address, photos of the flowers: one newsletter) 'Aldabella', ‘Jiba', 'Kalla, 'Ostara', 'Sachiko', International Membership $25.00 per year 'Skanda', 'Werrup'? They were registered by Frank Sibl in the 90's and pur- Epi News is published monthly. Deadline for submis- sions is the 15th of the month prior to publication. ported to have been treated with Colchicine. Robert is ( e-mail [email protected] ) trying to determine if they still exist and if the Colchi- cine affected them in any unusual way. Please contact Have You Moved? Jerry Moreau (a Research Committee member) if you If you have moved or recently changed your address, any information about the above named hybrids. please let us know your new address so that you can continue to receive your newsletter without interruption. Send it to membership – USPS or email address : (PO Box 126127, San Diego, CA 92112-6127 or San Diego Epiphyllum Society, Inc. NON-PROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE P.O. Box 126127 PAID San Diego, CA 92112-6127 SAN DIEGO, CA PERMIT NO. 2646

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SAN DIEGO EPIPHYLLUM SOCIETY OFFICERS San Diego Epiphyllum Society, Inc (SDES) President: Ron Crain P.O. Box 126127 [email protected] (619) 421-4785 San Diego, CA 92112-6127 1st Vice President: Velma Crain Epi News is published monthly by [email protected] (619) 421-4785 San Diego Epiphyllum Society, Inc. 2nd Vice President: Sandra Chapin Editor- Jill Rowney: [email protected] (858) 451-1744 (209) 966-3364 Treasurer: Janice Wakefield [email protected] [email protected] (619) 464-1086 Epi News E-mail: [email protected] Recording Secretary: Cindy Decker SDES Web Site: www.SanDiegoEpi.org [email protected] (619) 698-6662 Membership queries: [email protected] Corresponding Secretary: Laura Johnson [email protected] (619)-206-2155 General membership meetings are held Membership Secretary: Beth Jackson on the second Wednesday of each month [email protected] (858) 638-0956 at 7:30 p.m. in Room 101, Director: Marie Dempewolf: [email protected] Casa del Prado, Balboa Park Director: Bill Greene: [email protected] Director: Oliver Lapuebla: [email protected] NEXT GENERAL MEETING Director and Coordinator– Garden Caravan: March 12, 2014 Mildred Mikas: [email protected] (760) 690-1124 Director and Coordinator Safari Park: SDES Board Meetings are held Jerry Moreau: [email protected] (619) 208-7654 On the fourth Wednesday of each month Coordinator– Sales Events: At 7:00 p.m. in Room 104, Cindy Decker: [email protected] (619) 698-6662 Casa del Prado, Balboa Park. Librarian: Linda Sinkovic: [email protected] Next Board meeting: March 26, 2014