February 2016 - Boca Raton Orchid Society

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Happy Valentines Day
MEETINGS
THE SOCIETY MEETS
ON THE SECOND
THURSDAY OF EACH
Speaker:
Topic:
Date:
George Hausermann, E.F.G. Orchids
Orchids from the Cradle to the Grave
February 11, 2016
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In 2015, E.F.G. Orchids celebrated their 75th year in business. George, our
speaker, represents the fourth generation of Hausermanns involved in the
family business. Founded in 1939 in Chicago, E.F.G. Orchids evolved primarily
to furnish the wholesale orchid market with cut orchid blooms and gardenias.
In the 1960’s E.F.G. became the largest wholesale producer of cut Cattleya
orchids in the world. Their hybridizing program produced crosses that are
known worldwide. In 1990 E.F.G. Orchids began selling orchids to the retail
market and began hybridizing many new Phalaenopsis and Paphiopedilum. In
1999, E.F.G. Orchids sold most of their Chicago property and moved to
DeLand, FL. The FL location is their main growing operation with 20,000
square feet and houses many new orchid crosses, other tropical plants and
landscape material.
President’s
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———-Sheldon Guttman
MONTH AT 7:30 PM.
Location:
Safe Schools Institute
1790 NW Spanish River
Blvd. Boca Raton, Fl. 33433
Map: http://bit.ly/qQhKXu
Guests are Always Welcome!
INSIDE THIS
ISSUE:
Vice President, Programs
Message
Events & Meetings
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Refreshments
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Tasks for February
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Membership
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Advertisers
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Attention: BROS Dues are Due!
Members Plants
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BROS dues are due by January 1 each year.
Program for Feb.
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Please get your dues in ASAP
Second Chance Phals
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If not in by March 1, you may be dropped from membership and emails
George Hausermann
Contact US
Web: www.brosonline.org,
Facebook: http://on.fb.me/bocaorchid, Email: info@brosonline.org
From Our President
Happy Valentines Orchid Lovers!
It’s SHOWTIME!!!
2016 Board of Directors
PRESIDENT
Lorraine Conover
(561) 395-2145
VICE PRESIDENT, PROGRAMS
Sheldon Guttman
(513) 254-6576
VICE PRESIDENT, MEMBERSHIP
Phyllis Lyons
(561) 994-3386
TREASURER
Veronica Risko
(561) 391-5019
RECORDING SECRETARY
Carol Ott
(561) 391-3938
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
Ruth Rivkind
(973) 992-1463
DIRECTORS
Alan LaDuke
(561) 789-2465
Jay Collins
(561) 705-6892
LIBRARIAN
Irene Zingg
(954) 400-7717
PHOTOGRAPHER & WEB
Scott Joffe
(561) 272-0546
EDITOR
Cheryl Dodes
(561) 877-2067
The BROS is the proud recipient
of the DASSA Award.
February is our most exciting month. Orchid displays will be transforming the Safe Schools
lobby into an orchid wonderland overnight! We expect a large attendance both Saturday
and Sunday as we had last year. Your help either day is greatly needed and appreciated.
AOS judges will be traveling to our show early Saturday morning, some on the road for
several hours. We thank them for their time and hopefully you will have an entry worthy
of winning ribbons and awards. Karen Khan & Phyllis Lyons are still filling a few empty
volunteer time slots so contact them and offer a couple hours. Please park your cars at
the far end of the parking lot so we have more room for those attending.
Exciting news about our 2nd Chance Phal Program….Alan LaDuke and I met with the Director of Patient Care & the Chief Clinical Officer at Hospice By The Sea here in Boca on Jan
22nd and they are absolutely delighted to become the recipients of our re-bloomed phals.
We presented them with the orchids that were brought to the January meeting. Thank
You to Adrienne Levy, Shirlee Rachel, Marilyn Collins & Alan LaDuke. The orchids were
dressed up with a bow, pretty cellophane paper and a Gift Card from our society. Many
families will enjoy the beauty of these lovely flowers, knowing that someone took the time
to think about them. Please keep up the good growing, keep adopting new ‘chids’ each
month and bring back yours. The better you take care of them the more beautiful they
will be when they are once again blooming and delivered.
More news….FAU has an orchid research lab at the Pine Jog Environmental Education Center in Palm Beach County near the West Palm airport. Pine Jog is one of the oldest nature
centers in the country. They have partnered with Fairchild Botanical Garden’s Million Orchid Project with growing and reestablishing Native Florida Orchids. The exciting part
about their program is that they are involving middle school children. We have our elementary After School Program and hopefully they can involve children from the Boca area
in their program as our elementary children transition to the middle schools in the near
future. Pine Jog 5K ORKIDS Run is being held on Feb 6 and we have made a donation to
enter several of our members/families to help support their project. I’m going with a few
others. You’ll hear my report at the meeting.
See you at the meeting.
———-Lorraine Conover
President
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WE NEED YOU!
Volunteers Needed:
Show Set-Up
Thursday, February 11th
Friday, February 12th
Show Days:
Raffle Table
Membership Table
Security
Clerks for Judging
Hospitality
Contact Karen Khan (561) 394-0385
Show Your Orchids
Get your best plants groomed and ready to bring in for
ribbon and AOS judging. Plan on putting in an educational
or hobbyist exhibit or display of five plants of the same
genera and win a trophy. Plant and exhibit registration
will be on Friday, February 12th from 3:00 to 6:00 pm.
RECORDING SECRETARY
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
Contact Jackie Wood at bocaorchidlady@aol.com
for further information.
DIRECTOR
TICKETS
BROS “Pre-Sale” Show tickets have been sent
out to all members. These tickets get entrance to the show for $3.00 instead of the
$5.00 admission
at the door. What a bargain!
PHOTOGRAPHER
So now you can invite your family and
friends to see all the beautiful displays and
introduce them to the wonderful world of
orchids. Please mail your ticket sales money
to BROS or bring it to the February meeting.
Extra tickets are available, please contact
Belinda Krause at (561) 451-8516.
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BROS NEEDS YOU TO HELP AT THE
SHOW!!
Marina Kruse needs your favorite recipe donated
to feed the Judges and Vendors Saturday. Don’t
wait, please call her today @ 561- 499-8634.
Volunteers are needed for several areas Saturday &
Sunday. Please call Karen Khan at 561-394-0383
or Phyllis Lyons at (561)994-3386 ASAP
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Spread snail bait lightly. Spread again lightly in two weeks.
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Spray for Botrytis using Florida recommended fungicides or
bicarbonate of soda.
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Begin Spring potting.
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Watch for mites.
Read this month’s complete article at:
http://brosonline.org/motes/Motes-February.pdf
Sign up for Dr. Motes’ newsletter at:
http://www.motesorchids.com/
561) 994-3386
Excerpted: “Florida Orchid Growing Month by Month”
To purchase visit: www.RedlandPress.com
Reprinted with permission, all rights reserved.
BROS SHOW SPONSORS NEEDED
Lorraine Conover and Veronica Risko are on the look-out
for sponsors for the
Show Trophies that are awarded at our 2016 Orchid
Show. Please make a tax-deductible
Donations of $100 to offset the cost of our show
trophies and AOS Judging expenses,.
If your employer or dentist or doctor or
hair stylist would like to make a donation, they will
be acknowledged at our show with their name on the
Sponsor Board and on the award certificate in addition
to getting the tax deduction.
Contact Lorraine (561) 395-2145 or Veronica
(561)391-5019 for more information
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MEMBER
CATEGORY
RIBBON
ORCHID NAME
Lorraine Conover
Phalaenopsis
Blue
Phal Brother Heather ‘Nuclear’
Jay Collins
Vanda
Blue
V. Prayal Muang Ratch x V. Luzonica
Don Salas
Vanda
Blue
Vanda Pachara
Jay Collins
Dendrobium Alliance
Blue
Den. Little Green Apples
Alan LaDuke
Misc. Genera
Blue
Rhrds. Bangkok Sunset
Barbara Barrie
Cattleya
Blue
BLC Caroline Splendor
William Thrall
Brassavola
Blue
Brassavola Yellow Bird
Marilyn Collins
Species
Blue
Angraecum vetchii
Belinda Krause
Other Vandaceous
Blue
Rhynchostylis gigantea alba
Alan LaDuke
Species
Blue
Psycopsis kalihi
Best in Show: Alan LaDuke. Congratulations Alan!
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ORCHID EVENTS
FEBRUARY
February 13 and 14, 2016 from 10 am—5 pm. Boca Raton Orchid Society Show and Sale. At Safe
Schools Institute, 1790 Spanish River Blvd., corner of Military Trail and Spanish River Blvd. Admission
$5.00. For more info, www.brosonline.org.
February 27 and 28, 2016 from 9 am—5 pm. Naples Orchid Society Show and Sale. At the Naples Botanical Garden, 4820 Bayshore Drive, Naples, Florida. More info: http://www.naplesorchidsociety.org
MARCH
March 4-6, 2016. Martin County Orchid Society Show. At the Martin County Fairgrounds, 2616 South
Dixie Highway (A1A), Stuart, Florida 34996. More info: 561-404-2000
March 11-13, 2016 (9:30am—4:30 pm). 14th Annual International Orchid Festival. At Fairchild Gardens. More info at http://www.fairchildgarden.org/Events-Community-Outreach/Orchid-Festival
March 18-20, 2016. Port St. Lucie Orchid Society Show. At the Community Center, 2195 SE Airoso
Blvd., Port St. Lucie 34984
March 19-20, 2016. (10 am—5 pm) . GardenFest Coral Springs. Free admission and free parking at
“The Walk” of Coral Springs, 2700-2788 N. University Drive, Coral Springs, FL 33065 . More info at
http://gardenfestcoralsprings.org/
YOUR DUES ARE DUE
FOR 2016.
PLEASE MAKE PAYMENT AT THE
FEBRUARY MEETING OR MAIL IT
IN TO :
BOCA RATON ORCHID SOCIETY
PO BOX 276367
BOCA RATON, FL 33427-636
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Second Chance Phals
Exciting news!
Hospice by the Sea has welcomed our Second Chance Phals Program at their Center in Boca Raton. Lorraine Conover and Alan LaDuke met with Kendra McDonald,
RN BSN, the Director of Patient Care and Jacqueline Lopez-Devine, RN MSN, the
Chief Clinical Officer of Trust Bridge Health. They look forward to having our rebloomed phals taken to Hospice by the Sea.
They will mention Boca Raton Orchid Society and the Phal Program in their News
to Friends publication. We hope that many people will enjoy receiving the beautiful blooming plants.
We started this program March, 2015 in partnership with Whole Foods. Each
month 20 Phalaenopsis that have lost their beautiful flowers are at our Monthly
Meetings available to our members to take home and Foster.
Once they start to bloom again, they are returned to BROS and then be taken to
local patients in various hospitals, rehabs, etc.
The re-bloomed phals came from the first group of Second
Chance Phals given to us by Whole Foods in February, 2015
Left to right: Kendra McDonald, Lorraine Conover,
Alan LaDuke, Jacqueline Lopez-Devine
Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BocaOrchid
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CHARLES E. SCHMIDT COLLEGE OF SCIENCE
Florida Atlantic University
Frontiers in Science
Spring 2016 Public Lecture Series
All lectures are held on Fridays at 3:30 pm in Room 126
located in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
Building BC71, Boca Raton Campus
February 5: “Mercury as a Global Pollutant: Challenge and Perspective”
February 19: “Re-connecting People to Plants: Ethnobotany in Tibet and Africa”
March 4: “Quantum Computing and Quantum Algorithmic Discovery”
March 18: “New Technology in Radiation Oncology—Advances in Patient Care”
March 25: Harder, Better, Slower, Strong: Psychological Science Turns a Critical
Eye on Itself”
For more information, contact Mary Beth Mudrick at 561.297.4526 or mmudric1@fau.edu
Complimentary parking in Lot 4
New BROS Membership Booklets Now Available
Please see Sandy Haradon at a member meeting to
Pick up your copy of the 2016-17 Membership Directory
REMINDER
If you have borrowed books or other materials from the BROS Library, please return them at the following meeting. We want everyone to have access to the wonderful resources that we have in the Library
Thank you!
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Board Meetings
The BROS board meets the Wednesday following the
Monthly Members’ meeting at 7:30 PM.
We will not have a February board meeting.
The March meeting will be at the home of Sheldon Guttman
The April meeting will be at the home of Jay Collins
welcome to sell their
plants at designated
monthly meetings.
Five simple rules:
Refreshments are needed for our February 11, 2016 Meeting
These refreshments can be: Cookies, cakes, punch, soft drinks, vegetables & dip, cut up fruit, fruit
salad , nuts, chips or any other tasty treat to share with the other members during the break.
For providing refreshments in January, Thank You to:
Shirley Schneider, Cheryl Dodes, Shirlee Rachel, Helen Dougherty, Carolyn
Huckshorn, and Susan Barbuty
PLEASE REMEMBER TO SIGN IN SO WE CAN ACKNOWLEDGE YOU IN THE NEWSLETTER.
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Have something orchid related to share? Write something for the Newsletter!
Please see Editor Cheryl Dodes at a meeting or contact her at rcdodes@aol.com
ORCHID SUPPLIES
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