![]() I am sure you will want to be at all of these future meetings. Several of us have been hoping to snag him as a speaker for one of our meetings for a long time. Roy is an excellent speaker and also grower of some very exciting orchids. Then a very special treat for October, Roy Tokunaga of H & R Orchids of Hawaii will be our featured speaker. Zettler s presentation that we heard in July. This should be a very interesting presentation and an excellent follow-up to Dr. Dennis has been involved in studying rare and endangered orchid species in Florida and Cuba for several years and his latest efforts involve reintroducing some lost orchids of the Everglades using plant material from Cuba. His topic will be Reestablishing SW Florida's Lost Orchids. It turns out the Jerry will be our November speaker and Dennis Giardina, Everglades Region Biologist for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, will be our September speaker. I announced at the August meeting that Jerry Meola of Pelican Coast Farms of Ft. There has been a correction in the order of our upcoming speakers. It is one of my favorite species as well as one of Alan s. ![]() Speaking of Cattleya walkeriana in the for what it s worth department did you know that according to OrchidWiz this species has received over 300 AOS and international Society awards has been used as a parent in 372 crosses and has amassed a total of over 2000 grandkids and great grandkids. All of this was delivered with lots of enthusiasm and some humor. So he introduced us to a number of species and their hybrids that are controllable size and should bloom more than once a year. And the reason he likes these so well is that they have wide tolerances in growing conditions and make good breeding stock for hybrids that also have wide tolerances and thus allow us to have Cattleyas /7. Davie, FL Info: FIND US ON FACEBOOK!Ģ A MESSAGE FROM OUR PRESIDENT, DICK PIPPEN, Greetings Orchid Lovers Alan Koch, Gold Country Orchids, Lincoln California, featured speaker at our August meeting says that Cattleya walkeriana is his favorite species but so is Cattleya intermedia, but then so are Cattleya luteola, Laelia anceps, Laelia sincoriana and maybe some others. AOS JUDGING WPB Judging Center next judging date is September 24, Flamingo Gardens 3750 S. SEPTEMBER 2016 NEWSLETTER (Bulbophyllum pachyrachis Zapata Swamp) UPCOMING EVENTS OctoNOS monthly meeting Roy Tokunaga H & R Orchids Hawaii Topic - TBA FLORIDA WEST COAST ORCHID SOCIETY SHOW & SALE ORCHIDS IN OZ September 10-11, 2016 Pinellas Park, FL NEXT NOS BOD & SHOW COMMITTEE MEETING SeptemAll are welcome. Deadline for entries in the Newsletter are due the 15 th of each month, 3 pm. Our program will feature Dennis Giardina Everglades Region Biologist, Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission Division of Habitat & Species Conservation Reestablishing SW Florida s Lost Orchids Our Mini Culture Class (with Bill Overton) who will discuss Repotting. President: Richard Pippen Newsletter Editors: Kris Morton & Marilyn Moser Our September monthly meeting is Thursday, September 1, 2016, At the Moorings Presbyterian Church *************** Flower Registration 6:30 p.m. It is also our aim to disseminate information pertaining to their culture and hybridization. I wonder how the flowers of this particular plant will look like.1 Naples Orchid Society N E W S L E T T E R The Naples Orchid Society is a non-profit organization, devoted to the promotion of, interest in, and the appreciation of orchids and the preservation of our native orchids. (picture from Internet) Searching online for pictures of this hybrid shows how diverse the flowers of this plant can look. Would be cool to bloom this out!īrassia Chieftain (Brassia verrucosa ‘Knob Creek’ AM/AOS x Brassia arcuigera) It’s a genera we’ve never heard of before tho so we took a chance. (picture from Internet) We had no clue what the flowers of this plant would look like when we picked it up from the raffle table. (picture from Internet) The flower of this plant look very delicate and lovely. Our experiment in growing Ophrys from seed ( story told here) didn’t really develop any further than what we had documented here so we’ve only continued to dream of someday having one.įrom the society raffle after the presentation, we took home some great plants! It was a very interesting talk which made us want Ophrys even more. 19, 2015: Today was the April meeting of the Michigan Orchid Society where Thomas Sampliner gave a presentation on the Mediterranean region featuring a lot of Ophrys. 25, 2015 : The Yamadara Sammie Evans ‘Kiilani’ is blooming!Īpr. 2, 2015 : More flowers open on the Yamadara Sammie Evans ‘Kiilani’ Flamingo Dance is now in bloom and it’s absolutely beautiful!Īug.
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