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November 2005
NOVEMBER MEETING November 14, 2005 Jim Hamilton: Easy-to-Grow Orchids Jim Hamilton founded Petite Plaisance Orchids with Ron Ehlers in 1981. Petite Plaisance has a reputation for well-established plants beautifully grown in pots, teak baskets, or on hapu or cork mounts. Most of their offerings are mature, blooming-size plants. Two growing areas, cool and intermediate to warm, permit them to subspecialize within the realm of native plants, and their extensive collections of Bulbophyllums and Lepanthes are impressive. Jim is a past president of the San Francisco Orchid Society and on the Publications Committe of the Trustees of the American Orchid Society. Beginner’s program: (starts at 6:30 p.m.) Plant Table: Sales Table: Raffle: COMING UP: Speakers and topics are subject to change. Got a suggestion? E-mail Jamie Notman, VP for Programming PAID AD Arlen Hill This is the ultimate destination for the gardener who wants to amaze and impress your friends and a place for those who want to give something back to the earth. We offer a large selection of Hardy Orchids, Woodland Perennials, Hardy Ferns, and Hard to find Natives. At the nursery there are many rare and hard to find collectors plants that are not offered very often in the trade. We carry both species and hybrids of Bletilla, Calanthe, Cypripedium, Dactylorhiza, Epipactis, Orchis and many more. Hours: Sept.- Mar. - Appointment only Directions: Take Smokey pt. Exit 206 off I-5 and go west on 172nd street NE, (Lakewood Road). At stop, turn right, continue on Lakewood Rd. At stop (Marine Drive) go straight through on 188th NW. Turn right on 96th AVE NW. Nursery is on left at bottom of hill. (Warm Beach). PAID AD Do you want to set up a good basement or garage orchid-growing room? For sale, four complete 1,000-watt halide light systems (with extra bulbs) and one 400-watt halide light system with 6’ light mover track (new motor). Cost was at least $1,000. Will take any semi-reasonable offer for everything. Contact Michael Corn. NWOS FALL SHOW & SALE The basics When: Where: Cost: What: Can I still volunteer? Can anyone be a show judge? Can I sell plants at the sale? Where do I park? How can I get my plants eligible for judging? Who are the vendors? What will the talks cover? Sunday, November 13 DECEMBER HOLIDAY PARTY The December meeting is our annual holiday party. We would like everyone to bring food that can be easily eaten in one or two bites. For instance if you want to bring a pie cut it up in to little pieces instead of slices, the more people can enjoy the pie and no one person will be expected to eat a large piece. Canapes, tea sandwiches, stuffed mushroom caps and cookies are all examples of such food. The society will provide a meat and cheese tray. Our entertainment that evening will be a powerpoint presentation of pictures of orchids that members grew that they were the only one that got to enjoy and now are sharing with the group. We will also have the Shoenfeld trophy conpetition and something new, the Rebecca Northen minature orchid trophy. Anyone can enter plants in either competition with the limit of one plant per trophy. The Shoenfeld trophy is awared to the plant in bloom that wins the most votes by the general populace at the meeting that evening. We are having the new award because in the past when someone entered a small plant with lots of flowers in the Shoenfeld trophy competition they would be overlooked because there would be some big cattleya or cymbidium entered. So the minature trophy will be awared to a plant in full bloom that is under 6 inches in height (the plant not the infloresence). As in the past all current members will recieve an orchid plant as a gift from the society. So send in those pictures to the newsletter editor, Brian Anderson and I will be looking forward to seeing all of you at the meeting. Jamie Notman 2006 AOS CALENDARS FOR SALE The 2006 AOS calendar, full of beautiful and unusual orchids is available from the NWOS. Members pay just $10 when they purchase it at the meeting. Regular price is $11.95.
ORCHIDS ONLY YOU SAW BLOOM: As part of our December meeting this year, we thought it would be fun to have a slide show with pictures of all those orchids that bloom in between meetings. You know that wonderful cattleya whose gorgeous flowers started to fade just before you could bring it in for the display table? Did you take a photo? Or maybe you have a favorite plant that you didn’t want to risk transporting? Send us your photos (no more than five per member, please) and we’ll make them into a slide show. Digital files are preferred (JPEG) but we can also accept prints (sorry, no slides). All entries must be received by December 1 to be included. Be sure to include you name and the name of plant with your submission. NOTES FROM THE SECRETARY We know everyone can’t make it to every meeting, so in an effort to keep members better informed about what is happening in the Society, the secretary will provide a synopsis of the last general meeting and board meeting. OCTOBER GENERAL MEETING NOVEMBER BOARD MEETING Brian Anderson DISPLAY TABLE THANKS The NWOS would like to thank the following members for bringing in plants for the display table last month: Unfortunately, I don’t have a list of brought plants in October, but thanks to all who did!
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