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May 2009 http://www.gardenersut=
opia.com/GCOS/
Board of Directors:
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Presiden=
t: |
Alexa No=
el |
Program
director: |
Larry
Sanford |
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Vice-pre=
sident
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Ron Mill=
er |
Show Cha=
ir: |
Pat June=
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Secretar=
y: |
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Members-=
at-large: |
Dana Whi=
te,
Linda Knab |
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Treasure=
r: |
Margaret
Cullen |
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Elaine
Better |
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The next meeting of=
the
Greater Cincinnati Orchid Society will be on Tuesday, May 5, 2009.=
Note that this is usually the fi=
rst
Tuesday of the month. The m=
eeting
will be held at the Civic Garden Center on Reading Road across from Bethe=
sda
Hospital. The meeting is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. There will be time to socialize =
from
7:00 to 7:30.
May’s
program is by Russ Vernon on “Culture – Orchid approved
chemicals”. Alexa
Noel will give the beginners class at 7:00 p. m. on “Plant Doctor
– questions answered; bring in your plants”. Refreshments are by Toni Doty and
Margaret Cullen. June’s me=
eting
date has been changed to June 9 to accommodate our speaker. Conservation
Presentation at May’s Meeting There
will be a short presentation about the Orchid Conservation Coalition - a
coalition of individuals, orchid societies, and orchid businesses support=
ing
orchid conservation. The
coalition does not collect any money.&nb=
sp;
Rather it collects a commitment from supporting people and groups =
to
donate 1% of their net revenue to support orchid conservation. The organization is endorsed by =
both
the American Orchid Society and Orchid Digest. The website is http://www.orchidconservationco=
alition.org. You are invited to review materi=
al on
the site and/or read the article on our website about this group. We will be voting on whether to =
join
this coalition. Seminar The
18th Annual Ohio Valley Seminar is Saturday, July 11, 2009 at =
the
Civic Garden Center. Mario
Ferrusi of Marsh Hollow Orchids is speaking on Masdevallias and Erich Mic=
hel
of Erich Michel Nursery is speaking on Orchids of Madagascar. Information and registration can=
be
found on our website. April’s M=
eeting The
membership met on April 7th after being duly notified in the M=
arch
and February newsletters, and at the March meeting, regarding changes to =
be
put in place to clarify our eligibility to become a 501(C)(3). Thirty-five members were present=
. New Regulations were passed by t=
he
membership under procedures specified by the then-in-effect Constitution =
and Bylaws.
At
the Board meeting following the membership meeting the raffle was discontin=
ued. =
Thanks
to Rick Noel for an informative presentation on “Photography with P=
oint
and Shoot Camera”. =
GCOS Refreshmen=
ts
– 2009 =
Signup
sheets for our monthly meeting refreshments will be available at
Tuesday’s meeting. We=
ask
for 2 members/families each month bring food, ice and drinks. Please note the needed dates bel=
ow and
sign up.
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Results
and photos from the Indiana Show can be found below. |
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Nearby Shows/Events |
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May 16-17 |
Ann
Arbor Judging Seminar |
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October 3 - 4 |
GCOS
Fall Show |
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October 17 - 18 |
Central
Kentucky Orchid Society Show |
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October 30 –
November 1 |
MidAmerica
Orchid Congress hosted by the Orchid Society of Middle Tennessee |
Franklin,
TN |
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Next Meetings |
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* Speaker brings pl=
ants
for sale. No silent auction plant |
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May
5, 2009 |
Russ Vernon* - Culture – Orchid approved
chemicals |
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June 9, 2009 Not the 1st
Tues. |
Glenn Decker |
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June
28, 2009 |
Picnic with MVOS at
Sharon Woods eat at 12 auction at 1 |
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July
11, 2009 |
Seminar |
Boar=
d of
Directors Meeting The
next Board of Directors meeting will be held May 13 at 6:30 p.m.=
at
the Panera on Plant
Judging <=
span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>AOS Judging of plan=
ts is
done at the shows listed under Nearby Shows as well as at the regularly
scheduled judging sessions listed immediately at right. These sessions begin at 1:00 p.m=
. at
the Civic Garden Center. Yo=
u are
welcome to bring a plant to be judged or just to observe the judging. Be a little early; plant registr=
ation
is from Noon to 1:00 p.m. May
10, 2009 June
14, 2009 July
12, 2009 August
9, 2009 Central
Indiana Orchid Show Results Clone &=
Award Award Society
exh. 50 sq. ft + blue
& trophy Jan
Yates Dendrobium
Roy Tokunaga X Silver Wings blue Calanthe
vestita alba white Cattleya Lily Pons blue Larry
Sanford Wilsonara
Petit Jean Cattleya
fidelensis `Patience’ Cochlioda
noezliana Sophrolaeliocattleya
Bright Angel ‘Red
Gold’ blue
& trophy Wilsonara
Solana Stirling ‘Rustic
Canyon’ blue Steve
Helbling Cyrtopodium
spp. White Phragmipedium
popowii blue
& trophy Dendrobium
Pixie Charm blue
& trophy Sarcochilus
pachyphylla red Cypripedium
kentuckiensis blue
& trophy AM/AOS 82pts Paphiopedilum
sukhakuli red Paphiopedilum
Hsinying Citron blue Phragmipedium
Jason Fisher ‘Justin
Manalab’ red Wilsonara
Comitan ‘Connie’ red Miltoniopsis
Lady Snow ‘Hatsuki’ blue Dendrobium Mengle’s Sapphire red Doritaenopsis
Summerfield Rose x King Abendrot Doritaenopsis
Summerfield Rose x King Abendrot red Doritaenopsis
Chien Xen Pearl Paphiopedilum
Julius ‘Bloody
Caesar’ blue Masdevallia
coccinea ‘Dwarf
Pink’ red Paphiopedilum
Ho Chi Minh blue Phragmipedium
Hanne Popow blue Masdevallia
ignea white Rick
and Alexa Noel Cattleya
schilleriana blue
& trophy Paphiopedilum
Mount Remon white Tolumnia
Pink Perfusion blue
& trophy Stan
& Elaine Better Tolumnia
Buck Hollow White HCC/AOS
78pts Tolumnia
pulchella Cyrtopodium
glutiniferum blue Dan
& Ann Tsui Paphiopedilum
Wild Rose white Internet The GCOS web site is http://www.gardenersutopia.=
com/GCOS/. The MidAmerica Orchid Congress
Website: http://www.midamericanorchids=
.org/ Newsletter Circulation Policy The
newsletter is sent to all members whose membership is current and to other
orchid societies by reciprocal agreement. Non-members who request a newsle=
tter
will receive a maximum of three issues.&=
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