COME ON OUT
FOR OUR FIRST SUMMER MEETING!
The first Michiana Orchid Society summer
meeting will be held at the home of Ron and Katie Payeur on Saturday, June 10,
2006, at 1:30. If you have a favorite
summertime dish, please feel free to bring it to share. Come and see where they’re growing all of
those new orchids, and tour their lovely perennial gardens. Ron and Katie live at 51530 Teasdale,
From
Holy Cross
1.
Go North on 933, towards
2.
Turn left onto
3.
Pass through stop light and go to
4.
The entrance to River Commons Housing is on the right about 100-200 yards after
turning onto
5.
After turning into River Commons, you will quickly come to a stop sign. Turn
right.
6.
The third road on the right is Teasdale. Take it. This is a cul-de-sac.
7.
Counting the house on the corner, our house is the fifth house on the right.
The number (51530) is above the garage door and there are plenty of plants in
the front yard with an iris bed around the mail box.
8.
Parking is not extensive. Park where you can on the street and in our driveway.
If
you have a favorite summer dish, drink, dessert, etc. you would like to bring,
go ahead. Just like orchids, the more the merrier.
----- Original Message -----
THE LAST SHOW OF THE SPRING SEASON
The last orchid show was the Three Rivers
Orchid Society Spring Show in
Early Saturday morning, Deb, Sylvia,
Sandy, Ron, Katie and Brittany showed up for judging; the Michiana Orchid
Society fared very well, earning a blue ribbon for the exhibit, many ribbons
for plants and photos, a trophy to Katie for best Photo Art, and a trophy for
Best First-bloom Seedling to Sandy for her Phrag Majestic Tresses.
The trophy for Most Plants Packed in a
Camry went to Ron and Katie. Our entire
exhibit, which went to the show in a full-size van, came back in Ron’s
Camry! Incredible. Good job, everyone!
FERNWOOD ORCHID DISPLAY
Our May meeting was held at Fernwood
Botanic Gardens, continuing our relationship with this wonderful
institution. In preparation for our meeting,
Michiana Orchid Society members set up a lovely exhibit, including many orchids
of diverse groups, and complimentary information for the public. Shirley started the display, Sylvia and
Sherry added their plants,
The public enjoyed the display and free
information during the weekend, and stopped in for Deb’s slide show of her trip
to
GLJC MAY SEMINAR IN
Members of the Michiana Orchid Society
participated in the
JULY MEETING AT JOHN BANNOW’S HOME…
PLANT EXCHANGE!
Get ready for another exciting meeting and
plant exchange---our July 8th meeting will be at John Bannow’s
Meeting at my house 7/8/06 at 1:30pm. Bring plants for
plant swap or sale. Directions either by mapquest or 31 bypass north to exit 15
toward
COMING UP….
STATE FAIR ORCHID SHOW
MOS will have an exhibit at the State Fair
Orchid Show August 10-13 with set-up early on August 10, and judging that same evening. Our participation and donation to this event
will give us free passes to the State Fair for those who set up and take down
our display.
FALL MID-AMERICA ORCHID CONGRESS
IN
The Fall Mid-America Orchid Congress will
be sponsored by the Blue Grass Orchid Society in
PLANNING AHEAD…
***The Chicagoland Orchid
Festival will be held on September 22-24, 2006.
ROAD TRIP!!!
***Put our fall show on your
calendar, too!
November 11-12: Michiana Orchid Society Show at
Minutes from May Meeting
The regular MOS
meeting was held May 14 at Fernwood Botanical Gardens with Co-President John
Bannow presiding. There were twenty present, including four guests. Our May
Newsletter was not on line due to a massive server crash. Greg Filter, our very
efficient computer programmer said nothing could be done quickly. He e-mailed
the Newsletter to most members. Normally the MOS Newsletter is on line the
first weekend of the month and is easily accessed through the MOS website.
The recent Three
Rivers Orchid Show at
Deb told about her
favorite orchid - a small white Paph that blooms each year. "It's not very
demanding," she explained, " I grow it on a light cart." She has
had the plant about 20 years and currently it was part of MOS orchid display
there at Fernwood. The plant is grown in Paph mix of fir bark, charcoal and
oyster shell.
A judged orchid show
is planned for the Indiana State Fair this summer. Deb attended a meeting of
the Central Indiana Orchid Society to learn dates, times and other details. The
set up will be Thursday, August 10, 6:00-10:00 am, and judging will be that
afternoon starting at 4:00. Take down will be Sunday, August 13 at 5:00 pm when
the show closes. A sign up sheet was available for those who can help with the
exhibit or be there as "booth sitters." There will be information at
the booth about the orchid societies in
The MOS summer
meetings will be held in the following member homes.
June - Ron &
Katie Payeur
July - John Bannow
August - Sandy Ohlund
Are you interested in
a road trip this August? Green Acres Open House is usually the third weekend of
August. E-mail
Bring and Brag
included the many orchid out on the table for Fernwood's Mother's Day weekend.
Sylvia Groat told about Vanda grass from Nates' Orchids in
We broke for
refreshments, then Deb showed digital photos on a DVD of her trip to Equador
where she attended a conference on orchids. She had wonderful pictures of
orchids growing along road sides and on the steep hills. Equador is about the
size of
The meeting adjourned
at 3:45
Dates for your
calendar -
Aug. 25-27 -
Mid-America Orchid Congress at
information.
Sept. 22-24
Chicagoland Orchid Festival
Nov. 11-12 MOS Orchid
Show
Respectfully
submitted,
Barbara Wich,
co-secretary
TREASURER'S REPORT
JUNE
3, 2006
Beginning
Balance $1,156.37
Income--Dues
20.00
Expenses
Newsletter
$45.99
Show
travel 75.00
AOS,
judging kit 100.00
Total
Expenses $220.99
Ending
Balance $955.38
Respectfully
submitted,
Deb
Longworth, treasurer
WELCOME NEW MEMBER
At
last month's meeting we met:
(574)968-4145
(home)
(574)971-2645
(cell)
LAST CALL FOR DUES
This
week Deb will be sending out reminders to those who haven't yet paid their
dues. We don't want to lose any members, but there are 16 members outstanding
at this point. As soon as everyone has paid, a new membership list will be
published--look for it in July!
June..Nancy
Monsma
July
Aug.
Sept..Ann
Kuntz
Oct..Rick
Rydzynski
Nov..Show
Dec..Party
Refreshments
June
Ron & Katie’s House
July
John’s House
August
September
Rick & Vicky
October
Sylvia
November
Show
December
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