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AprilOrchid ViewOUR NEXT MONTHLY MEETING April 2, 2018 MARIESELBY BOTANICAL GARDENSGreat Room by the Bay, The Activities Center,811 S. Palm Avenue, Sarasota, FL6:00 Door Opens6:15 Culture class talk will be given by Kathy Lewis & SusanGerhardt on Pendulous Dendrobium Orchids7:00 Business MeetingSpeaker: Stig Dalstrom on Bhutan and Wild Orchid ManAustraliaMembers Only’ Silent AuctionMembers’ Plant TablePlant Raffle completes our Meeting!Guests are always welcome!Club address; PO Box 19895, Sarasota, FL 34276-2895Please Note: Should you arrive to our Monthly SOS Meeting after 7:00 pm, when the Gate tothe Selby Activities Center is locked, please call the cell phone of one of our members in themeeting, as listed on the gate. Someone will come down to let you in. Selby’s Rules are such1

that the Gate must be locked once our meeting has started, at which time no one is availableto continue to sit by the gate.New MembersKarin BonnettSandy FarlingerSandra Foren NaffahDoris DeMariaPatricia DeMareJennifer MeinertJoFlynn WrightEnglewood Area Orchid Society Show (March 2018)Our Display by Jack Knuese and Jill Lopez won first place2

Laurie Stoner won AOS Certificate of Cultural Merit-Bulb. ambrosiaSome of the individual winners3

Show Winners at VOASRibbonPlantNameNameFirst PlaceThird PlaceExhibitEny. SunCoast Sunflares (Ctt. Selsal's Supernova x E. cordigera)First PlaceC. Cariad's Mini-Quinee (C. Mini Purple x C. intermedia)First PlaceSecond PlaceFirst PlaceFirst PlaceThird PlaceCtt. Blazing Sun (Ctt. Kauai Starbright x Ctt. Blazing Treat)Rth. Young-Min Gold (The.Young-Min Orange x Rth. Shinfong LittleSun)Bc. Glorious May (C. Gene May x Bc. Morning Glory)C. amethystoglosssaC. lueddemannianaSarasota OS ,Jack Knuese ,Susan Gerhardt,Susan Gerhardt,First PlaceSecond PlaceThird PlaceFirst PlaceRlc. Turandot (C. Bob Betts x Rlc.Pastoral)Rlc. Odom's Sweet LemonPaph. Alex's Spots (Paph. lowii x Paph. kolopakingii)Paph. Hung Sheng Spice (Paph. spicerianum x Paph. Olympian Yard)Jack Knuese ,Jill Lopez ,Jack Knuese ,Kathy Lewis ,Susan Gerhardt,Monroe Kokin ,Laurie Stoner ,Laurie Stoner ,4

First PlaceFirst PlaceFirst PlaceFirst PlaceSecond PlaceThird PlaceFirst PlaceSecond PlaceFirst PlaceFirst PlaceThird PlaceFirst PlaceV. Prema Indigahawela (V. testacea x V. miniata)V. Sanchai Gold Spots (V. Augusto Delight x V. Sankamphaeng)Oenla. polystachysPhal. amboinensisPhal. amabilisPhal. amabilisPhal. Wedding Prommenade 'MPhal. Wedding Prommenade 'MPhal. Queen Beer 'Mantefon'Phal. Taida King Caroline 'Taida White Skirt'Phal. Yiching Fang King (Phal. Pinlong Gold x Phal. Salu Princess)Trichocentrum splendidumFirst PlaceSecond PlaceFirst PlaceTolu. Popoki (Tolu. Puff x Tolu. Phyllis Hetfield)Tolu. Popoki (Tolu. Puff x Tolu. Phyllis Hetfield)Den. discolorThird PlaceFirst PlaceDen. spectabileDen. smillieaeSecond PlaceFirst PlaceSecond PlaceSecond PlaceFirst PlaceSecond PlaceSecond PlaceDen. Yellow Song (Den. Midas Gold x Den. Santana)Den. Little Atro (Den. normanbyense x Den. atroviolaceum)Den. Micro Chip (Den. normanbyense x Den. aberrans)Den. Green Lantern 'Red Carpet' (Den. Dawn Maree x Den. cruentum)Max. tenuifoliaMax. hedwigiaeBulb. sumatranumSecond PlaceFirst PlaceFirst PlaceSecond PlaceThird PlaceSecond PlaceFirst PlaceLus. discolorZ. Advance Australia (Z. Titanic x Z. Helen-Ku)Bulb.ambrosiaDen. faciferumC. Mary Lynn McKenzie 'Natures Masterpiece'Phal. Pinoccchio (Phal. White Foam x Phal. Equestris)Blrra. Tropic Lily 'Hilo Spaceship' (unreg.)Second PlaceFirst PlaceDen. Red Emperor (Den. New Comet x Den. Benikujyaku)Dlax. funalisJack Knuese ,Jill Lopez ,Kathy Lewis ,Monroe Kokin ,Jack Knuese ,Jack Knuese ,Monroe Kokin ,Monroe Kokin ,Monroe Kokin ,Monroe Kokin ,Jill Lopez ,Monroe Kokin ,Susan Gerhardt,Jack Knuese ,Kathy Lewis ,Susan Gerhardt,Kathy Lewis ,Susan Gerhardt,Jill Lopez ,Kathy Lewis ,Jack Knuese ,Jack Knuese ,Laurie Stoner ,Kathy Lewis ,Patty Quinnelly,Roy Krueger ,Laurie Stoner ,Kathy Lewis ,Monroe Kokin ,Jack Knuese ,Jack Knuese ,Susan Gerhardt,Kathy Lewis ,March 2018 SOS Meeting Minutes Meeting started at 7:05I’d like to invite Eileen up to introduce any new members and guest from tonightWe would like to welcome all the new members that joined in the last couple of months!!o Could you all stand up?Three other things about membership I wanted to mentioned tonight 5

oo We want to remind people that 2018 membership dues cutoff was March 1st.We really, really need to have everyone (members and guests) sign in each month We need to report attendance to Selby each montho Guests will also be welcome, at no charge, for no more than 2 meetings Starting with the April meeting, we would ask you to either join the society orpay a 5/meeting charge. Guests will be on the honor system after their second meeting to pay or joinSpeaking of the SOS Newsletter OrchidView Can I see a show of hands on how many peoplegot the Mar Newsletter?We would like to thank all the volunteers that helped out for the Englewood Showo We had a very successful Show!! 25 – First Place Ribbons including a Fist Place for the SOS Exhibit: Congratulations to Jack Knuese and his team including Susan Gerhardt,Karen Bird-Lister, Laurie Stoner, Karen Knuese, Landen Fiumefreddo,Norm Hillstrom and Jill Lopez. 14 – 2nd place ribbons 7 – 3rd place ribbonso Trophy: TrophyNameMost Outstanding Society ExhibitMost Outstanding CypripediumAllianceBest Diversified Genera Species &HybridsMost Outstanding Miniature PlantPlantNameExhibitPaph. Hung Sheng Spice (Paph.spicerianum x Paph. Olympian Yard)FNameSarasota OSBulb.ambrosiaBulb.ambrosiaLaurie StonerLaurie StonerLaurie Stonero AOS Awards at Englewood Show and Tampa monthly judging: Roy Klinger – CCM/AOS for his E. ciliare Laurie Stoner - CCM/AOS for her Bulb. Ambrosia Denny Pavlock – AM/AOM for his Den. spectabile ‘Lilianna Grace’ Received at Tampa AOS judgingI wanted to let everyone know that April will be our annual members’ meeting and anyoneinterested in joining the board should contact me. We are always looking to new boardmembers. You usually start off on the board doing a well-defined projectNew SOS needso This year, we are specifically looking for someone to work with Craig Silipo and NormHillstrom to learn what’s involved in managing our storage shed for the 3 Shows.Ultimately, Norm will be stepping down in April, so we really, really need a replacemento We need someone to handle the snacks and drinks for the monthly meetings. Its andeasy job. If you go by a Pulbix’s, Walmart or any food store. It’s a quick stop in, getsome drinks, snacks and ice and bring them to the meeting I’ll be happy to talk to anyone interested during the break about either positionMention Silent Auction Plants – I brought in one planto Mention it had two flowers, but I broke one off last week wateringI apologize for the late change in speakers. Alan Black had a personal family situation with hismom and cancelled late last week. However, our cultural class guru and SOS V/P Roy Kruegerwill be speaking on bifoliate Cattleyas tonight. We’ll re-schedule Alan for later this year ispossible.6

There is one Silent Auction plant that Dennis Pavlock brought in C. Clive BrownMention Plant RaffleMention the Plant Show TableMake a plea for everyone to stay and help clean up!!!Meeting ended at 8:50Monthly Plant WinnersSpeakers Choice, Laurie Stoner-Bulb. ambrosiaBest Species, Greg Worth-Den. aggregatum7

Best Hybrid, Jack Knuese-Paph. Stoned BerniceBest Novice, Veronica Foster-Vanda Hybrid8

Our SponsorsNow selling Orchiata and New Zealand Spag.9

Big Earth Landscape Supply, on Bee RidgeRoad in Sarasota, will be selling OrchidProducts for potting and spraying,including some items which Roy Kruegerdiscusses during his monthly “Learn toGrow Orchids” sessions at 6:15 pm, prior tothe Sarasota Orchid Monthly Meetings.10

------------------Silent Auction Guidelines:We will limit the total number of plants to 4 or 5 per month.By the 20th of the month, prior to the upcoming meeting, amember will email a request to Denny Pavlock(dpavlock@gmail.com) with the number of plants they wish tobring.Include the name of the plant, the approximate number of pseudobulbs, size of the pot, basket or mount or that it is a bare root.If you have a jpeg picture of the flower, please include with yourrequest.If you do not have pic, SOS will provide one, if plant is notbloomingPlants must be clean with no scale, thrips, etc.If desired, specify the minimum price you will accept for eachplant.If desired, specify an “eBay type Buy-It-Now” amount for each plantso that a member may instantly purchase the plant.Note: The plant will then immediately be removed from theSilent Auction TableTo confirm your inclusion in the Silent Auction, Denny will sendyou, the member, a Silent Auction Form.The seller will receive 75% and the SOS will receive 25% of thesale’s price.Member will receive the total amount of the sale and isresponsible for returning 25% (cash or check) plus the SilentAuction Form to the SOS Treasurer at the conclusion of themeeting.11

Big Earth Landscape Supply, on Bee Ridge Road in Sarasota, will be selling Orchid Products for potting and spraying, including some items which Roy Krueger discusses during his monthly Learn to Grow Orchids sessions a