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| Vendor | Contact | Web Site | Telephone | |
| LA Orchid Connection | Tin-Wien Yu and John Nelson |
laorchid.com/ | 225-388-0850 | john@laorchid.com tin@laorchid.com |
| Spring Orchids | Renee and Denny Haase |
281-353-8410 832-326-5080 713-898-4411 |
springorchids4@yahoo.com | |
| Orchid Konnection | Meir Moses | orchidkonnection.com | 214-460-6660 | orchidkonn@msn.com |
| Florida Star Nurseries | Jodie Schumaker | secretgardenrareplants.com | 850-693-1331 | jodishu@gmail.com |
| Southern Oasis | Tyler Carr and Josh Godley |
225-316-7335 | tcarr777@hotmail.com | |
November 3 - 1st Saturday at Houmas House
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October 17 - Carlos Fighetti, former AOS President
“New Breeding Trends in Phalaenopsis from Taiwan & How to Grow Them Here”
Presenter: Carlos Fighetti, former President American Orchid Society
September 19, 2012 - Frank Zachariah
As noted, our very own Frank Zachariah will present our September Program on "Judging Cattleyas - What Makes A Flower Deserving Of An Award?". As you know, Frank is a Student Judge studying at the Houston Judging Center so he’s learning all about these things. The program breaks down the flower parts to show what the judges are looking for. And it has 93 pretty pictures. So come and learn what to look for in your flowers.
Please join us for our August meeting
(Wednesday August 8th 2012 7:00pm - 9:00pm)
We have a real treat for our August program. Andrea Niessen of Orquídeas del Valle in Colom-bia, South America will be our speaker. According to her web page, http://www.orquivalle.com/home.htm, Andrea graduated from the German School in Cali, Colombia and went on to study Bi-ology with a major in Botany at the Universidad del Valle in Cali. She then went on to earn a Mas-ter of Science at the University of Florida in Gainesville in the Botany Department, with a major in Cytology and Electron Microscopy and a minor in Virology. She also worked in research for 10 years at the INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT in Cali and was the Re-search Associate for the Virology Unit. (Many papers and publications in Bean, Rice and Tropical Pastures Virus Research).
Andrea and her partner Juan Carlos Uribe, who was captivated by orchids in his taxonomy class, started Orquideas del Valle in 1986.
Orquídeas del Valle has been providing select Colombian orchids to the world orchid communi-ty for over two decades. Customers constantly comment on our high-quality, accurately labeled plants.
Come & enjoy Andrea’s unique perspective on growing orchids in hot & humid places.
Andrea and her partner Juan Carlos Uribe, who was captivated by orchids in his taxonomy class, started Orquideas del Valle in 1986.
Orquídeas del Valle has been providing select Colombian orchids to the world orchid communi-ty for over two decades. Customers constantly comment on our high-quality, accurately labeled plants.
Come & enjoy Andrea’s unique perspective on growing orchids in hot & humid places.
May meeting
(Wednesday May 16th 2012 7:00pm - 9:00pm)
Speaker - Dr. Raghuwinder Singh (Nick)
Nick was born in Punjab, India. He received his B.S. in agriculture with honors in plant protection from Punjab Agricultural University, Punjab, India in 1999. He then moved to the United Kingdom to attend the University of Reading, from which he received his M.S. in crop protection in 2001. In 2004, he received a Doctor of Plant Medicine degree from the University of Florida in Gainesville. He joined the University of Florida’s Department of Entomolo-gy and Nematology as a post doctoral associate in 2005 and worked on citrus leaf miner, citrus aphids, the aphid parasitoid, Lipolexis oregmae, the citrus psyllid and citrus greening. He moved to Baton Rouge in 2007 to work for the LSU AgCenter. His area of expertise includes use of con-ventional and molecular diagnostic methods to diagnose and identify causes of plant health prob-lems. He now runs the LSU AgCenter Plant Diagnostic Center and responsible for diagnosing plant health problems submitted by county extension agents and residents of Louisiana.
November 2010 meeting
(Wednesday November 17th 2011 7:00pm - 9:00pm)
The speaker for November 2011 was Larry Hennessy from New Orleans' Orchid Society
We are pleased to have Larry Hennessy from the New Orleans OS as our speaker this month to talk to us about bulbophyllums & their culture. Larry has been growing orchids for 20+ years. He currently serves as Secretary of the New Orleans Orchid Society and has also held the offices of President and Vice President. In addition, he is that Society's award photographer. Larry has alwayshad an interest in species and started to specialize in bulbophyllums about ten years ago. He has four AOS awards, three of which were for bulbos.
http://www.neworleansorchidsociety.org/
We are pleased to have Larry Hennessy from the New Orleans OS as our speaker this month to talk to us about bulbophyllums & their culture. Larry has been growing orchids for 20+ years. He currently serves as Secretary of the New Orleans Orchid Society and has also held the offices of President and Vice President. In addition, he is that Society's award photographer. Larry has alwayshad an interest in species and started to specialize in bulbophyllums about ten years ago. He has four AOS awards, three of which were for bulbos.
http://www.neworleansorchidsociety.org/
Please join us for our August meeting (August 17th 2011 7:00pm - 9:00pm)
The speaker for August is Todd Miller of Miller's Tropicals of Texas
from Dripping Springs, TX.
http://www.millerstropicals.com/
from Dripping Springs, TX.
http://www.millerstropicals.com/
Please join us for our July meeting (July 20th 2011 7:00pm - 9:00pm)
BROS would like to extend a warm welcome to Al Taylor of the Central Louisiana Orchid Society.
Al Taylor, AOS Judge, will be our speaker at the July meeting, and his topic will be “The AOS Judging Program”. He will give us insights into how the judg- ing system works and what he has learned from being a judge. He usually is one of the judges at our annual show.
Al has been growing orchids since 1974 and has been a member of the AOS since 1977. He has always tried growing many different genera, but he has grown primarily Dendrobiums and Cattleya-type orchids. Still today he attempts growing orchids that do not have a tendency to grow well in hot, low-level climates.
Experimenting is the primary key to growing anything well. Although a long time paying member of the Cen- tral Louisiana Orchid Society, Al would not become involved in any- thing except reading the Society newsletter.
In 2002 a decision had to be made to have a new greenhouse, rebuild, or stop attempting to grow orchids. Af- ter carefully weighing the pros and cons, he had a new greenhouse built and began making meetings of CLOS. In 2003 he was asked if he had inter- est in becoming involved with the the Shreveport Judging Center. With no hesitation, he joined immediately and became a student judge in 2003 and has been elevated to fully accredited status. The AOS judging community affords fast friendships and continuous op- portunities for learning. Clerks and show committees are considered part of this AOS judging community
In this process Al has garnered 60 AOS awards for his plants. The re- building of that greenhouse has given Al a true, fun and enjoyable element that should last through the rest of his life.
Al Taylor, AOS Judge, will be our speaker at the July meeting, and his topic will be “The AOS Judging Program”. He will give us insights into how the judg- ing system works and what he has learned from being a judge. He usually is one of the judges at our annual show.
Al has been growing orchids since 1974 and has been a member of the AOS since 1977. He has always tried growing many different genera, but he has grown primarily Dendrobiums and Cattleya-type orchids. Still today he attempts growing orchids that do not have a tendency to grow well in hot, low-level climates.
Experimenting is the primary key to growing anything well. Although a long time paying member of the Cen- tral Louisiana Orchid Society, Al would not become involved in any- thing except reading the Society newsletter.
In 2002 a decision had to be made to have a new greenhouse, rebuild, or stop attempting to grow orchids. Af- ter carefully weighing the pros and cons, he had a new greenhouse built and began making meetings of CLOS. In 2003 he was asked if he had inter- est in becoming involved with the the Shreveport Judging Center. With no hesitation, he joined immediately and became a student judge in 2003 and has been elevated to fully accredited status. The AOS judging community affords fast friendships and continuous op- portunities for learning. Clerks and show committees are considered part of this AOS judging community
In this process Al has garnered 60 AOS awards for his plants. The re- building of that greenhouse has given Al a true, fun and enjoyable element that should last through the rest of his life.
Thank all of you who joined us for our June 2011 meeting.
We had a very special speaker for our June program - Smiley Promsurin, owner of Smiley‟s Orchids in Clermont, Florida. Smiley is a native of Thailand who moved to Florida and fulfilled her dream of raising orchids. She and her husband opened their business in 2001 and now have a 20,000 sq. ft. greenhouse on 5 acres of land, with nearly 100,000 orchid plants! She specializes in vandaceous types but also has other kinds to sell. She will not have plants to sell at the meeting though. Remember, she has been on a speaking circuit through Texas and Louisiana for a couple of weeks, making it pretty difficult to haul lots of plants around.
Check out her web page: http://www.smileyorchids.com/
Check out her web page: http://www.smileyorchids.com/