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Welcome to the Gainesville Orchid Society!

We meet the fourth Monday of every month

in the Summer house of 

Kanapaha Botanical Gardens

4700 SW 58th Drive

at 7:30 P.M.

7:30 p.m.


Next Meeting: June 22, 2009

"State of the Society"

Jim Jordan, Executive Director of the American Orchid Society.


Beginners Educational Program
(Pre-Program)
Starts at 7:00 PM


"How to Photograph Orchids"

by Johanna Willink

Raffle Plants  
Refreshments
Tom and Marian Sheehan
Newsletter

Directions: Kanapaha Botanical Gardens, 4700 SW 58th Drive, 1 ¸ miles west of I-75 and 1 ¸ miles east of Tower Road and on the north side of Archer Road. (Look for the brown directional signs along Archer Road.) Follow the entrance road to the main entrance with ample parking in front of the Summer House.


Officers for 2009

President


Vice-President


Secretary


Treasurer

 Sue Weller

Carol Turner


Linda White


Neil MacLeod
email: nmacleod@bellsouth.net


Permanent Committees

Shows

Librarian

Refreshments


Membership

Newsletter

Beginners’ Classes

Greenhouse Tours

Web Master

Joan MacLeod, Candace Hollinger

Trey Yon

Suzanne Nadeau, Carol Kenudson,
Dagmara Mohuczy

Georgia Shemitz

Araxy Bablanian

Chaz Darling

volunteer needed

Marilyn Bachmann


Greenhouse
Tours

Carol Knudson’s
10118 SW 80th Way Tel: 495-6985

Saturday June 27: 9-12AM (Lower chance of summer showers, fewer mosquitoes, and COOLER.)



Upcoming Shows and Events


Sept 19-20 - Ridge Orchid Society Show , Lake Mirror Center,121 S. Lake Ave., Lakeland, FL. Contact: JackieSchwartz, 823 Woodmont Ln., Lakeland, FL 33813; (863)
646-4983; jcschwrtz@aol.com.

Oct 2-4 - Florida West Coast Orchid Society Show , MinnregCenter, Largo, FL. Contact: Robert Barrett, 2781 RockledgeSt., Clearview, FL 33761; (727) 726-1697.

Oct 10-11 - Gainesville Orchid Society Show , KanapahaBotanical Gardens, 4700 SW 58th Dr., Gainsville, FL.Contact: Joan MacLeod, 4411 NW 15th Pl., Gainsville, FL32605; (352) 375-6744; neilmacleod@bellsouth.net.

Library List: Orchid literature owned by Gainesville Orchid Society. Available for loan at regular meetings.
Download pdf of list.

AOS Membership Special (East Central Florida)

Some of the winners of the monthly display table (May, 2005).
We usually have a wonderful diversity of beautiful blooming orchids on the display table.
Names of orchids and growers are in table below.


Blue Ribbon for Cattleya Alliance


Blue Ribbon for a vandaceous beauty

Blue Ribbon for Vanedaceous Alliance

Blue Ribbon for Cypripedium Alliance

Good Grower Award
Winner for each year won the most Blue Ribbons (1st place)

Ribbon Winners    1st: Blue Ribbon - 2nd: Red Ribbon

Date
Plant
 Grower
January, 2009

Cat. Secret Love

Cym. Valley Court ‘Royal Flush’

Paph. Small World

Den. Sea Mary ‘Snow King’

Wils. Red Stars ‘Huina Road’

Phal. (No Name)

Laelia lundii

Darwinara Charm ‘Blue Star’ HCC/AD/AOS
                                    

L. White

P. Schmid

N. Mason

L. White

C. Kenudson

C. Kenudson

N. Mason

S. Weller

February, 2009
    
March, 2009
Spring Auction - No Display
 
April, 2009

C. Why Not ‘Roundabout’

Paph. lowii

Den. parishii

Colm, Wildcat ‘Rainbow’

Phal Daphue

Vanda tricolor

Lycaste candida

Nancy Mason

Marilyn Bachman

Nancy Mason

Linda White

Nancy Mason

Sue Weller

Candy Hollinger
May, 2009

Eplc. Mae Bly ‘Emy’

Paph. Depperli

Den. Gatton Sunray

Neofinitia falcata

Alcra. Sunday’s Best ‘Muffin’

Phal. Balden’s Kaleidoscope ‘Golden Treasure’

Epi. oerstedii

Asctm. curvifolium

Bulb. Jersey
                                     

 Candy Hollinger

Marilyn Bachmann

Sue Weller

Nancy Mason

Linda White

Nancy Mason

Nancy Mason

Nancy Mason

Julie Graddy
June, 2009

                 

July, 2009
    
August, 2009
    
September, 2008
    
October, 2009
    
November, 2009
   
Blue Ribbon Award Winner(Good Growers Award) for 2008.
Carolyn Robinson !
Congratulations, Carolyn!!
GOS Newsletters

Download GOS Newsletter June, 2009

Download GOS Newsletter May, 2009

Good Growers Award  *

Link to download Acrobat Reader 5     *(you need Adobe 5.0 Acrobat reader)
 
Copy of GOS Constitution pdf

Orchid Links

American Orchid Society

Orchid Digest

University of Florida - Institue of Food and Agriculture Science

 Additional Orchid Links 
 Link to Additional Orchid sites

Last Updated:  September 15 , 2008

This site was designed and built by Bruce Ruiz
 Webmaster Marilyn Bachmann