Bucks County Orchid Society Newsletter November 2007 Meeting: Thurs. Nov. 15 7:30 pm Churchville Nature Center 501 Churchville Lane Churchville, PA 18966 Phragmipedium kovachii A trek through the jungle to the habitat site of kovachii by Glen Decker Our speaker for November is Glen Decker. Glen began growing orchids at the age of 15 and holds the degree of Associate in Applied Science in Ornamental Horticulture. Glen is presently the owner of Piping Rock Orchids (www.pipingrockorchids.com) in Galway, New York. He was the previous chair of the American Orchid Society s Publications Committee and is presently a Director of the Orchid Digest Corporation. Glen has won numerous AOS awards, including the Butterworth Prize, Nax Trophy, WW Wilson Award and the Carlyle A. Luer Award. He has appeared in Martha Stewart s Better Living Magazine and on a PBS TV special Orchid Delirium. He recently rewrote the Slipper section of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden s The Best Orchids for Indoors and was the technical editor for the Orchids for Dummies book. Glen and Phragipedium kovachii are the subject of the cover article for this months s Orchid Magazine. In 2001, the discovery of this slipper orchid in Peru captured the imaginations of orchid enthusiasts worldwide. Glen made it his goal to successfully cultivate and hybridize this awesome orchid. Glen will bring plants for sale. Jean Norton, Program Chair 1
Announcements Orchid Bark Orchid bark is still available. Please contact Alan (215.860.8022) or email: alan.block@bms.com. Due to message filters, be sure to specify orchid bark in subject line. Alan has medium/fine mix in 1 and 2 cu ft bags ($13.00 and $25.00) as well as in 1 gallon zip lock bags ($3.00). Auction (cont.) BCOS will be auctioning off 1996-2005 Orchids magazines, and some misc. books at the November meeting? They didn t get into the auction since there were so many plants. Julie Makenzie, Librarian Plant Clinic You are encouraged to bring in that sick plant for evaluation by the expert orchid growers in our society. Please, bring the needy plant in a closed plastic bag and we will try to advise you on bringing it back to good health. Alan Block, President BCOS Newsletter Editor All newsletter announcements should be sent to Joan at jkopchik@mac.com March 2008 NOTE: Deadline for December Newsletter is Monday December 10 th \2008 Coming Events Philadelphia Flower Show March 2 9 Pennsylvania Convention Center For more information www.theflowershow.com SEPOS Longwood Orchid Show & Sale March 28th, 29th and 30 th Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA April 2008 Orchids of Peru April 5 14 2008 Visit the Manu Cloud Forest at Wayqechas, the Citadel at Machu Picchu and Nurseries in Lima. Price: From $3,490 without international airfare. Deposit due: January 15 2008. For more information visit the ACEER website www.aceer.org or contact Dr. Roger Mustalish rmustalish@wcupa.edu 610 436 2931 or Ms. Mary Clark mclrk@wcupa.edu 610 738 0477 John Salventi from Parkside Orchids will be one of the Instructors/Guest Lecturers on this trip. Your editor has been to this location (without the benefit of the orchid walks, lectures, etc) and can vouch that it is a trip of a lifetime. If you are in good physical condition and have the $$$ s, give this opportunity serious consideration. 2
May 2008 Saturday, May 10 2008: DVOC Speakers Forum (Delaware Valley Orchid Council) Wyndham Hotel, Mt. Laurel, NJ Featuring lectures by renowned speakers, orchid sales and raffle. For more information www.waldor.com or Lois Duffin 215 248 3626 2007-2008 Officers and Committee Chairs President Alan Block 215-860-8022 alan.block@bms.com Vice President & Librarian - Julie MacKenzie, 215-493-5775, mackenziega@comcast.net Treasurer - Gary Dunbar, 215-785-2711, dragonkin@comcast.net Secretary - Thora Williams, 215-357-0444 fmntw@aol.com Program Chair - Jean Norton 215-297-8579 jean_m_norton@hotmail.com BCOS Contact/AOS Representative - Mitch Paroly, 215-943-7516, hilolip@aol.com Newsletter Editor Joan Kopchik, 215-322-1862, jkopchik@mac.com Webmaster - Mark Thompson, 215-862-5906, mark@smithandthompson.net Local Growers Just Pats Orchids Paul Sheetz, Honey Brook, PA, 610-9420981 Lois Duffin Orchids Jim and Lois Duffin, Wyndmoor PA, 215-248-3626 Main Street Orchids Sharon and Mike Kauffman Perkasie, PA, 215-453-7709 Parkside Orchids Tom Purviance and John Salventi, Ottsville, PA, 610-847-8039 Stony Brook Orchids Susan and David Gange, Pennington, NJ, 609-730-8448 The Wild Orchid Company Bill Mathis & Family Enterprises, LLC Doylestown, PA, 215-297-5403 Sentinel Orchids Mark N. Werther 1131 Rossiter Lane Radnor, PA 19087 2812 610-688-85 By way of an explanation: There was no show table for October. The lists below are a corrected version of the winners. Forms for the greenhouse growers, (the green ones), were inadvertently used by a windowsill grower. Unfortunately, yours truly forgot to bring both the forms and the signs designating the orchid categories. As the meeting was starting, I dashed home (I live a mile from the center), to get the show table stuff. It was more my fault than theirs. For new and old members, we have two forms for the show table; green ones for greenhouse growers and orchid colored ones for windowsill growers. Also, VERY IMPORTANT put your name on the back of the form for your entry. 3
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