TIDEWATER ORCHID SOCIETY
NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2008
Next
Meeting:
Oct. 5, 2008,
2:00PM, Webb Center North Café, Old Dominion University.
Member donated plant auction. All proceeds benefit
the society. Bring as many as you like. Webb Center is on 49th at ODU,
at the parking circle. Parking is available in the circle and at the lots just
west of the center. Carts will be provided for transport of plants and other
supplies.
President’s Message
Thank you to Evalyn for running our September
meeting. It was a busy agenda and we have found a new home at the Webb Center.
Our October meeting will be our member donated
plant auction. Please look through your collections for extra plants that may
need a good home. Also tell your friends and neighbors; this can be a great way
to pick-up some nice orchid plants.
Also thank you to Mitzi, Kim and Dave for their
help at the Master Gardener Festival. It was a place to meet some interested
gardeners, especially with our plant auction around the corner in October.
Remember to pay your membership dues.
Make
sure you have registered for the Merritt Huntington Symposium in November. It
will be right here in town, making it a must. Also our holiday party and awards
banquet are not far off, so mark your calendars.
See you in October.
Thanks
Ruta
Mah
Programs
Nov.
2, 2008:
Ken Peterson and Tom Ward are giving a program on AOS Judging
Dec.
7, 2008:
Annual Awards Banquet at Hits at the Park.
Jan.
4, 2009:
Pending
Feb.
1, 2009:
Fred Clarke of Sunset Valley Orchids, California, on mini- and midsized
Cattleyas and their culture.
Membership
Please welcome new members:
Cecilia
Jakovljevic
(daughter of Kate & Tony); Paul
English, 3509 Mimosa Ct., Chesapeake, 23321 757/483-9055, email p.g.english@cox.net;
Debbie & Ellen Holland, 1308 Alanton Dr. Virginia Beach
23454,757/481-5665; Barbara Mann, 234
S. Blake Rd., Norfolk 23505, 757/376-3823, email bmann8@cox.net;
Tony Bender, 112 S. Ridgeley Rd.,
Norfolk 23505, 757/423-0505, email aabender@cox.net.
There's still room in the Beginners
Class scheduled to start Oct. 18. We meet at 10:30 AM in the Conservatory at ODU
the third Saturday of the month Oct. - April, skipping December. The class is
open to all members even if they're not a beginner, so if you think you could
benefit from a basic orchid culture class please sign up at the Oct. meeting. We
have an excellent line-up of speakers and you can't help but learn.
Dues are due now. If you haven't paid
please do so at this meeting. Hope to have a new roster at the November meeting
and certainly don't want to leave anyone off because of non-payment of dues. Let
me know if there are any changes to your address, phone number or email address.
You can call me, 464-6678, email
mitzi1036@att.net
or let me know at the meeting
Mitzi
Lipford, Membership Chair
Library
The TOS library is now available at the
Kaplan Conservatory. We have many fine and informative books for your use. Now
that it’s more convenient to check out a book take the time to come and
browse. The library, as planned now, will be available during the tours an hour
before meeting time. They have a monthly checkout, but the librarian, Patsy, may
let you keep them longer if no one else needs it. We’re working on an
inventory to place online so you can explore books you may want to check out.
Currently the only other time you may check out a book is if I, Charles Rhodes
am at the Conservatory on a Tuesday. My hours may change weekly so e mail me at
roadytoad@cox.net
to find out when I’ll be there.
October
Auction
The October Auction is a time to get
interesting plants at affordable prices. These are plants that members have
divided and grown and they can tell you all about the culture. All proceeds
benefit the society. You may even get the opportunity to get groupings at one
low price, if enough plants are donated.
If
you wish to donate all plants are acceptable, even some non-orchid companion
plants. Please be ready to answer questions about your plants. Donate as many as
you want.
The friends of Merritt in conjunction
with the American Orchid Society are presenting this on November 7 and 8 at the
Crowne Plaza Hotel in Virginia Beach, VA. For the modest fee of $40 for the
Saturday symposium (with buffet lunch), $30 for the Friday Preview Party (heavy
hor d’oeurves) or $65 for both you get to hob nob with some of the biggest
names in orchids in Virginia and the world, mine their brains for information,
and learn their secrets to success.
But that’s not all, my friends. You
even get to shop for those one-of-a-kind orchids that will never be seen again
by some of the finest orchid vendors in the world. You might even look at their
websites and ask them to bring that special plant to you.
So don’t miss the fun. Come spend two
days learning about and appreciating your addiction, those mesmerizing orchids.