Next
Meeting:
October
4, 2PM, Old Dominion University Webb Center Cafeteria:
Donated Plant Auction. If
you have extra plants and no room in your greenhouse for them consider donating
to the society. No limit on donations and all will be sold by the end of the
day.
President’s Message
Our
next meeting, October 4th at ODU at 2:00 P.M., will be our donated
plant auction with the plants provided by our membership. Please bring in extra
divisions or plants you no longer wish to grow and donate them to be auctioned.
Your continued generosity is greatly appreciated.
Many
thanks for all the members who brought so many beautiful orchids to the meeting
in August. As you may have noticed we are trying new ways to keep track of the
orchids brought in for the informal show table judging. This will make it easier
for us to keep records. Please be
careful when you fill out the forms so that we can get the names correct. The
results will now be published on our website.
Our
Show Committee, headed by Frank Drew, put on a fantastic exhibit at the Zoo on
September 12 and 13th. I would like to thank the following members
for helping either with providing plants and/or helping with the exhibit: Joanne
and Dave Bryan, Christine Cross, Daisy and Bob DeCoudres, Lori Delbridge, Frank
Drew, Gil Gillespie, David Gray, Jamie Krochmal, Ruta Mah, Don and Ken Peterson,
Dot Pierce, Randy Schonk, Patsy Temple, Becky Tupper, Grace and Stephan Valovic,
Tom Ward and David Wheatley. Way to go members!
Please
continue to loan your plants for exhibitions as we continue to become more
active as an orchid society. Also, if you can help put in exhibits or transport
plants to and from shows please let Frank Drew know. Our next show is in October
at the National Capitol Orchid Society Show the weekend after our meeting. We
are in great need to have enough plants to put on an exhibit that will make us
proud. Please allow the society to borrow the plants you are bringing to our
show table this month. Just remember to put your name on the pots so we can get
them back to you. Remember we have
never lost a plant yet.
I look forward to seeing you at this upcoming meeting.
Ken
Peterson
President
Programs
November
1: Frank Slaughter on AOS
Website Development
December
6: Holiday Party
2010
Meeting Schedule and Speakers
January
10: Fred Clarke, Sunset Valley
Orchids, on Catesetums & Mormodes
February
7: Steve Schifflett,
Floradise Orchids, on Holistic Orchid Care
March
7: Marguerite Webb,
Miniatures
April
11: Keith Davis Ghost Orchid
May
2: Purchased Plant Auction
June
6: Member Picnic
August
29: Martin Motes Vandas
October
3: Member Plant Auction
November
7 TBD
December
5 Holiday Party
Newsletter
It
is with pleasure that I turn over the newsletter to the capable hands of Randy
Schonk. This is my last issue. I hope all of you will support Randy as well as
you did me.
Thanks,
Charles