The regular monthly business meetings of the Sarasota Orchid Society are held in the Activities Center on the grounds of the beautiful Marie Selby Botanical Gardens. The Gardens are located at 811 South Palm Avenue in Sarasota, Florida. If you need directions to Selby Gardens click here for a map. On arrival at the Gardens, directional signs will point you to the meeting facility. Meetings are held on the first Monday of each month starting promptly at 7:30 P.M. Cultural classes meet every other month at 6:30 P.M. Be sure to check the calendar below for details. Visitors are always welcome to attend our cultural classes, as well as the business meetings. Our meetings generally consist of a business meeting, a judged “Show and Tell Table” displaying plants grown by our members, a guest speaker or presentation, raffle of beautiful orchid plants, and of course, refreshments. Please join us…it’s lots of fun!
Monthly Meetings 2006
December 4
Holiday Party - 6:30 pm
November 6
Bob Hague - "How to prepare your orchids for a show." 7:30 pm
October 2, 2006
Angel Lara - Orchid Pests and Diseases
September 4, 2006
SOS Picnic, Selby Gardens, 45 members and guests in attendance
August 7, 2006
Monroe Kokin - Orchid Growing
July 3, 2006
Speaker: |
Jeff Higel - Orchids Etc. |
Topic: |
Orchid Culture |
June 5, 2006
Speaker: |
Michael Sinn - Canaima Orchids |
Topic: |
The speaker will be Michael Sinn of Canaima Orchids. He will be speaking on Cattleya's species and will be bringing plants for sale. Michael was born in Venezuela to German parents. Trained as a civil engineer, he changed careers six years ago to become founder and owner of Canaima Orchids. For the past three decades, he has been visiting Cattleya habitats in Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela and he is specially interested in breeding cattleyas and laelias. Michael is chairman of judging for the Venezuelan Orchid Association ( A.V.O. ) and a Student Judge with the American Orchid Society.
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April 3, 2006
Speaker: |
Stig Dalstrom - Selby Botanical Gardens |
Topic: |
What you can't grow from Bolivia. |
March 6, 2006
Howard Ginsberg, Novelty Phalaenopsis
Howard Ginsberg has been an accredited American Orchid Society (AOS) judge for 10 years. He is now the head of the Montreal Judging Centre. He began growing orchids in 1977, at which time he tried growing many genera. Since then, his focus has narrowed to growing and breeding Phalaenopsis almost exclusively, although his interests remain larger. Recently, he has had to come out of the closet and admit to his love for mini-catts.
He has spoken to orchid societies across North America, throughout New Zealand and in Australia and has been a featured speaker in AOS judges' training at several centers. Howard has also been a featured speaker at AOS Trustees meetings and was a featured speaker at the 18th WOC in Dijon, France. In addition to learning Mandarin, visiting Taiwan on a regular basis and speaking around the world, he finds time for his law practise in Montreal. He created and maintains his own web site - http://www.bedfordorchids.com and has created web sites for others. He is in the process of creating a special site for the lover of the smaller cattleya.
In addition to his talks and the articles that appear on the web site, Howard has had articles published in Orchids (the magazine of the American Orchid Society), Orchid Digest, the IPA Newsletter, Orchids Australia and the Canadian Bar Review (no, it wasn't about orchids).
Howard is proudest of selling so many award winners, particularly those of his breeding, including a recent Award of Merit, 2 Highly Commended Certificates and an Award of Quality to Phal. Rong Guan Amah (Timothy Christopher 'Bedford' x amabilis 'Bedford Beauty', AM/AOS).
February 6, 2006
Annual Orchid Auction
150 Blooming Orchids, Art and related items
Money raised by this auction goes towards the Sarasota Orchid Society Scholarship Fund for a student from the Sarasota area majoring in Horticulture.
Auctioneer: Neal Van Deree
Explanation of plants will be done by:
Bill Fender
Bob Huage
Jim Roberts
For further information please contact:
Monroe Kokin
(941) 918-4414
January 2, 2006
Ed Bugbee - Featherstone Orchids spoke on Mini and Compact Cattleyas with an interactive lecture and discussion including how miniatures are created and cultural tips unique to these catts, and general cattleya culture.
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