MOS
Official
Newsletter of the Michiana Orchid Society
April, 2005
SEE THEM IN APRIL!
The April 9, 2005, meeting of the Michiana Orchid Society will feature an American Orchid
Society slide show: “Surviving Orchids
of the Northeastern United States.” Join us on Saturday, April 9 at 1:30 to see
and hear about the native orchids all around us….no, that doesn’t mean in your
living room or in your greenhouse…these hardy orchids need our freezing winter
weather to complete their life cycles and renew themselves each spring. These native gems will amaze you with their
delicate forms, delightful colors and will to survive. Learn a bit about our temperate orchid
habitat at the River Park Branch of the South Bend Public Library on Mishawaka Avenue. See you there!
ORCHID CLASS AT HOLY CROSS YIELDS NEW MOS MEMBERS!
Sandy’s
Continuing Education class on Orchids at Holy Cross College was well-attended by
enthusiastic orchid novices eager to learn more about our orchid hobby
(read: addiction). They learned about the many orchid families,
the epiphytic nature of most orchids, growth and structure, culture, repotting
and orchid media….they even repotted a couple dozen of Sandy’s phrags! Each student received a mini-catt (Potinara
Afternoon Delight x Cattleya aurantica) and a Doritis pulcherrima variety
champornensis to care for in their homes.
Five of these enthusiastic students have signed up for membership in the
Michiana Orchid Society. New members from this class include: Lynette Delahanty, Michele Jensen, Suzanne
Salisbury, Elizabeth Strantz and Jo Wells.
Please welcome these new members when they come to our meetings!
SHOW BIZ
The spring show season continues with the
Hoosier Orchid Society Show in Indianapolis the
weekend of April 2-3 and also the Ann Arbor Orchid Society Show in Ann Arbor on April
16-17. Collect your blooming plants and
let’s plan to exhibit at these orchid shows.
SAD NEWS
The Michiana
Orchid Society extends its heartfelt condolences to Barbara
Wich on the passing of her husband, Richard.
Barbara and Richard have been Michiana Orchid
Society members for many years and always participated in
meetings and shows. He will be greatly
missed.
MOS minutes
March 12, 2005
The meeting was
brought to order by Sandy Ohlund at 1:40 on March 12, 2005
Sandy welcomed our guest who included Linda Pelkey, Jean and Dale
Murphy, Ann Schroeder and Larry Galdes.
The minutes and
treasurer report were accepted as published.
Committees
Bylaws: no news
Programs for the
year: As published in the last newsletter
Show in the fall:
Publicity committee is working on media contacts. Working on signage for Holy
Cross and at the entrance.
Orchid Shows:
The Lansing trip was cancelled due to illness and
a broken ankle.
Shows coming up:
Hoosier, Katie and Ron may go and set up, need to have someone to tear down.
Other shows are Ann Arbor
and Lavonia
Old Business
The May meeting will
be held at Fernwood. We need help setting up a display on Friday. Also people
to volunteer to be at Fernwood for demonstrations and answering question.
New business:
We will be going in
with Dunes Kalamazoo society to purchase AOS books On Orchid Pest and Diseases.
Bring and brag by
Katie, Shirley, Dennis. Eldon. Cliff, Mark, and John.
The meeting was
adjourned for our program by Larry Gades.
MEMBERSHIP UPDATE & CALL FOR DUES
Sandy’s orchid class at Holy Cross
has brought us five new members. Combine that with the new member that joined
us last month gives us a current membership of 53 members. Thanks to everyone
who has paid your dues, I hope to get a membership list out after our May
meeting. Seventeen members have not yet paid dues, get those to Deb by mail (She
won’t be at the April meeting), or at the latest, bring them to the May
meeting. Mail to Deb Longworth, treasurer, 7451 E 900 N, New Carlisle, IN
46552. If you’re not sure whether or not you’ve paid, e-mail Deb at TimmBoys@aol.com or give her a call at (574)
654-3449. She will send out a reminder if she hasn’t heard from you by the end
of April.
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
Joining us at our March
meeting was:
Lynda
Pelkey
6909 Long Lake Rd.
Berrien Springs, MI
49103
(269)471-3956
LLLPELKEY@AOL.COM
also welcome Lynette
Delahanty, Jo Wells, Elizabeth M. Strantz, Suzanne Salisbury, and Michele
Jensen who come from Sandy’s
continuing education orchid class.
TREASURER’S REPORT
April 1, 2005
Income
Dues-$75.00
Book Sales-$15.00
Total
income-$90.00
Expenses
Newsletter, postage-$37.00
Mid-America Orchid Congress dues-$26.50
Total
expenses-$63.50
Ending Balance-$2,009.73
Amount in savings-$2,936.38
Respectfully submitted,
Deb Longworth, treasurer
MID-AMERICA ORCHID CONGRESS MEETING APRIL 20-24
For information about this
orchid packed weekend, visit www.midamericanorchids.org
and find out what’s going on that weekend. You may still be able to make last
minute plans to attend if you hurry. Sandy and Deb plan to go and immerse
themselves in orchids and lectures. There will be 11 lectures on Friday and
Saturday on everything from the orchids of Japan, to the past 60 years of
Cattleyas, Phrags, Paphs, Pleurothallids, Phalaenopsis and breeding trends in
Vandas. Sandy and Deb will also be there to represent our society as a member
of M-AOC. (delegates are required to attend the business meeting.) Want to
learn more about M-AOC? There is a twice yearly newsletter that they publish
(it used to be quarterly) that you can find at the above website.
Refreshments
April Shirley Vanderbosch
May Deb
June Cliff’s House
July John’s House
August Dennis’ House
September Sally
October Vicky & Rick
November Ann
December Sherry’s House
January 2006