Congratulations to Tom Purviance of Parkside Orchids for his moment in the sun on the Martha Stewart show on Jan 18. He did a show and tell featuring some of Parkside’s more interesting plants. He also did a repotting demo with Martha. This writer did notice that Tom made a little more of a mess than Martha did, a true sign of an experienced repotter!
Kudos to Matha for making the correction of Parkside’s location, I would have gone crazy looking for Otisville!
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Congratulations to our very own Karen Zolnay of Hawk Haven Orchids for her first AOS awarded orchid. Her Pot. Ikuko Akatsuko ‘Hawk Haven’ AM/AOS received 86 points at the Mid Atlantic Judging Center on November 18th. WAY TO GO KAREN!
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As winter begins to settle in, I just wanted to remind everyone that as soon as I get notice of a meeting cancellation it will posted on the website. All members should receive an email advising them of a meeting being cancelled. Those without internet access should have a contact from the society that they can call for an update. If you are at work, or elsewhere that you cannot access your email, you can check here. As always, if you feel the roads are in any way unsafe. do not venture out and put yourself and others at risk.
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First off, my apologies for the page not being updated recently. Life got real hectic for a bit, and the webpage kind of got lost in the shuffle. That being said, let’s move on.
Annual auction: What can I say? If you missed it, shame on you. Over 200 plants, and most went for a fraction of their worth. I personally went with the promise to myself I would only buy a couple of plants, and ended up walking out with 2 full boxes!
Celebrity News: This is a little late, but 2 of our members have made the big time! The Home and Design section of the Philadelphia Inquirer did a story about Orchids on Oct. 30. Julie and Geoff MacKenzie were profiled in the article. See the article here
http://search.philly.com/?cat=site&q=Good%20Old%20Orchids
November meeting: We were treated to a presentation by John Salventi of Parkside Orchids of a recent trip he made to Peru. As usual, John did not let us down, with an excellent slide presentation of his trip. I am sure that more than a few members are having thoughts of going on an excursion like this!
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Thursday, Oct. 15th, 2009
Doors open at 6:30 pm
Bidding begins at 7 pm sharp!
To see a list of available plants, click AUCTION LIST
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This was our annual “Potting party”. Hats off the Jean for the exceptional plants that she purchased for this event. Some of the seedlings were already in bloom!
Each paid up member also got a free seedling to take home and grow, with a prize going to the first person to bloom it
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It is that time of year….. Orchidfest 2009 at Parkside Orchid Nursery. Seems that this year’s event is so big that they need 3 days to present it. For more info, go to their web page, or click HERE
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Congratulations to Bob and Suzette Gore, our top windowsill grower.
Also to Celeste and Gary Dunbar, our top Greenhouse grower.
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The 2009 annual banquet is now passed. The new officers are in place, show table awards have been given out, every attending member received a new orchid to take home and care for, everybody seemed to have a good time.
The Officers are as follows: President- Alan Block; Vice-President- Tom Ott; Secretary- Thora Williams; Treasurer- John Kuhlman. Congratulations to all!
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Andy Braun and his award winning entry
Hats off to the BCOS, and specifically to the members of the committee who put it all together and landed us a SECOND PLACE at the SEPOS show held at Longwood Gardens! Two of our members, Andy Braun and Dave McCullough, walked away with Blue ribbons, and Andy also received a CCM from the AOS for his entry (see photo). Congratulations to both, and well done to all involved.
More pictures can be viewed by clicking the link to the right with the pictures
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