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Monthly Program

Thursday, August 19, 2010
7:15 PM How-To Session
7:30 PM Plant Judging
8:00 PM General Meeting

General Meeting for August
 Speaker: Tom Biggart

“Australian Dendrobiums and a Few Sarcochilus”

                    Dendrobium Speciosum

Dendrobium Speciosum
Photos courtesy of Eric Hunt

We are pleased to have Tom Biggart as our August speaker.  Tom is the owner and head grower of Granite Hills Orchids in El Cajon, California, a small town 15 miles east of San Diego. His nursery is a hobby business, which means he doesn't make a living growing plants. It is more of a labor of love! Tom loves plants in general, and orchids are his main passion.

He is very interested in Encyclias and has a large collection of Encyclia species and hybrids. The Australian cool growers are a current interest. Mr. Biggart is in business with the Harveys of Cedarvale Orchids. They are major Australian growers and hybridizers of native Dendrobiums.

Tom is a retired elementary school teacher with orchids as his new students. He would love to have anyone stop by to talk orchids should one be in the San Diego area.  Tom will be supplying the plant opportunity table for this meeting, and will also be offering select plants for sale.

 

POT Table:

The plant table for this month will be provided by Tom Biggart. So don’t forget to get your raffle tickets!

7:15 PM How-To-Session

Jan Pluim will be discussing “Greenhouses”.

August Meeting

Our September speaker will be Alan Koch speaking on “Understanding Dendrobiums”.
 

 

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More on the AOS Website.  There is a great new forum where you can ask orchid questions, show photos of your blooming beauties, read other orchid society newsletters or just chat about orchids.  There is a blog for orchid societies as well as one for judges - anyone can participate, you do not have to be an AOS member to be on the forum.  You only have to register which makes it a little more civil than some web forums. 

Greg Allikas is working on the web site and he keeps it full of exciting orchid information as well as beautiful photos.  If you don't see the link to the forum on the home page then go to the "Orchid Information" link and you'll see it.  The web site still has the latest information on orchid shows as well as AOS Members’ Meetings.  There are new "How-To" videos showing everything from how to pot a keiki to what a virused plant looks like.  You can also purchase AOS books at the site and pay for your AOS awards.  At the bottom of the Home Page is a link to the Affiliated Societies Page where you can find out all there is to know about AOS Affiliated Orchid Societies, such as what the benefits are and how to use them.