The GCOS Newsletter

March 2005

Officers

*President:*	*Steve* *Helbling*	*Treasurer:*	*Dana White*
*Vice-president :*	*Toni Doty*	*Program director:*	*Larry Sanford*
*Secretary:*	*Jeanne Sanders*	*Members-at-large:*	*Jim France & Roni Adkins*

The next meeting of the Greater Cincinnati Orchid Society will be on Tuesday, March 1, 2005. Note that this is the first Tuesday of the month. The meeting will be held at the Civic Garden Center on Reading Road across from Bethesda Hospital. The meeting is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. There will be time to socialize from 7:00 to 7:30.

Program

This month’s program will be by Pat June on “Sophronitis”. Refreshments by Larry Sanford and Barb Redmer. The auction plant is from the Dayton Show.

Nearby Shows/Events (note there are changes to calendar passed out)

March 19-20	Greater Cincinnati OS ,	Krohn Conservatory
April 2-3	Hoosier OS,	Indianapolis, Glendale Mall
April 3	Potting Bee	Krohn Conservatory
April 16-17	Central KY OS,	Lexington
April 20-25	MAOC	Bloomington, MN
April 30-May 1	Three Rivers OS, Ft. Wayne, IN
April 21-22	Kentucky OS,
July 23	Van trip New Vision Orchids	Russ Vernon
August 13	1th Annual Ohio Valley Seminar, CGC, Cinci,OH	‘Orchids of Panama” Bill Goldner/ Woodstream Orchids
September 24-25	Indiana OS Indianapolis, IN
October 22-23	MAOC Orchidfest	Kings Island Resort, Kings Mills OH,
December 2	Christmas party	WE NEED SOMEONE TO ORGANIZE THIS

Next Meetings * Speaker brings plants for sale. No silent auction plant.

March 1, 2005	Pat June - “Sophronitis”
April 5, 2005	Jan Yates - (“To be announced”)
May 3, 2005	Leon Glictenstein* - ‘Costa Rican Orchid Fantasy”
June 7, 2005	7 pm Panel ”Summering Out Your Plants” 7:30pm Kristen Mason (To be announced)
September 6, 2005	730pm Alexa Noel - “Tolumnias” 7PM Panel”Bringing in your Plants”
October 7, 2005	Steve Benjamin* - (“To be announced”)
November 1, 2005	Russ Vernon* - ( To be announced”)

Steering Committee:

The next Steering Committee meeting will be held the home of Steve Helbling at 7:pm. on Tuesday, March 15, 2005. Officers 2005 should attend: Roni Adkins, Jim France, Steve Helbling, Pat June, Jeanne Sanders, Larry Sanford, Toni Doty and Dana White.

Hospitality List – to bring snacks, ice (in cooler) and drinks for the meetings

February	Jan Yates	June	Jim France
	Anne Bruno		Don Luebbering
March	Larry Sanford	September	OPEN
	Barb Redmer		OPEN
April	Stan & Elaine Better	October	Katherine Miller
	OPEN		Dionisia & Hugo Rosal
May	Shirley Kreiner	November	Steve Helbling
	Karen Cochran		Lois Conyers

Miami Valley Orchid Society Show results

Ed and Dana White		Rick & Alexa Noel:
Exhibit - over 50 sq. ft. blue and Class Trophy		Phal. amabilis – blue
Aerangis fastuosa – white		Clowenoches Rebecca Northen– blue
Max. picta – red		Phrag. Inca Fire ‘John Noel’ HCC/AOS
Zygoneria Ashton – first bloom seedling – red		Phrag. Noirmont ‘Stacy Noel’ AM/AOS red & Don Walklet trophy
Bulb. echinolabium – first bloom seedling – white		Zygopetalum Advance Australia ‘Magic’ – white
Bulb. echinolabium – red		Masd. Marimba – white
		Calanthe Saint Aubin
Larry Sanford:		Zygopetalum Redvale - red
Oda. Nancy Crees
Spathoglottis gracilus AM of 83 points (‘Steve Helbling’AM/AOS)		Jeanne Sanders:
Masd. Copperwing – blue		Pot. (Blc Myrtle Beach “Krull-Smith’ x Pot. Hisako Akatsuka “Volcano Queen’) – white
Lycaste Vulcan X Angulocaste Apollo		Phal. Empress ‘Maryland’ X Porcelain Pleasure “Cotton Candy’ - red
Oda. Burning Bed ‘Patience’ HCC/AOS – blue		Phrag. Inca Embers – white
Oda. Joe’s Drum ‘Margaret’ HCC/AOS – blue		Phal. Mini Mark
Rhynchostele bictoniense – blue
Masd. veitchiana – red		Steve Helbling:
Masd. princeps – blue		Lycaste species – white
Masd. Golden Sun – red		Phrag. Hanna Popow
Oda. Red Devon		Liparis formosana
Sophronitis coccinea – blue		Aeragnis citrata – blue
Oda. Lulli		Paph. delenatii – white

Karen Cochran		Shirley Kreiner
Brassia Rex – blue		Phal. Fangtastic
Paph. Incantation X Pulsar – red
Paph. Gilbert X Quicksilver
Paph. Petula

Plant Judging

AOS Judging of plants is done at the shows listed below under Nearby Shows as well as at the regularly scheduled judging sessions listed immediately below. These sessions begin at 1:00 p.m. at the Civic Garden Center. You are welcome to bring a plant to be judged or just to observe the judging. Be a little early; plant registration is from Noon to 1:00 p.m.

March 13, 2005

April 10, 2005

May 8, 2005

June 127, 2005

July 10, 2005

August 14, 2005

September 11, 2005

October 9, 2005

November 13, 2005

December 11, 2005

Greater Cincinnati and Miami Valley Orchid Societies Host/Present

Orchidfest

Mid-America Orchid Congress

October 21, 22, & 23, 2005

Kings Island Resort & Conference Center

Kings Mills, Ohio

http://www.gardenersutopia.com/MAOC2005fall/index.html

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