Next Meeting: Mar. 1, 2009, 2PM, Webb Center
Cafeteria:
Carol Allen will speak on pests and diseases affecting orchids.
President’s Message
February was a short but busy month.
Charles did a great job with the Home and Flower Show booth.
The set-up with fabrics and colors showed the orchids beautifully.
So, thank you to Charles and those who helped set-up and man the booth.
Also Dave and Joanne Bryan led a team up to Richmond for our first out of
town display in the past couple of years. They
did a great job putting in a lovely display and they came home with a ribbon.
Thank you first to Dave and Joanne for taking on the leadership role and
to everyone who got involved in bringing plants, setting-up and tearing-down.
Hopefully this will be one of many shows we will be involved with in the
future.
February’s program was a great lecture on growing cattleyas by Fred
Clarke. Unfortunately by skipping
the break I did not leave adequate time for the orchid display table judging.
So there were no judging results for February.
I apologize to those who brought plants for judging, but even more so to
Laura who tried very hard to get the job done despite my error.
See you all in March.
Thanks
Ruta
Mah
Programs
April
5, 2009:
Glen Decker of Piping Rock Orchids has a great presentation on Phragmipediums.
May
3, 2009:
Purchased plant auction.
June:
Annual picnic and 75/25 auction.
New
Members
Please
add the following new members to your roster: Sylvia & Eric Hawkins, 340
Scarlet Oak Dr., Virginia Beach, VA 23452, 757/498-9420, email
and make the
following corrections:
William Bannon
- email
Barbara Sawyer
- email
Donna Buchanan
- new address
3046 Bray Rd.,
Virginia Beach 23452, 757/340-0667
Thanks, Mitzi
Newsletter
Please, if you
have some interesting information or ideas about orchids let me know. It might
show up in the next newsletter. Little anecdotes will be considered also.
Charles