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Next General Meeting
Monday, May 14, 2012
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Our May speaker is going to be Francisco Miranda, reknowned taxonomist, especially the cattleya orchids of Brazil. Francisco spoke about 6 months ago and brought beautiful cattleya species and hybrids. Be sure to attend our general meeting in May to learn more about growing beautiful orchids.
Leu Botanical Gardens
Magnolia Room
1920 N. Forest Ave. Orlando, Florida
For other dates, check our Calendar!
Bus Trip to the Redlands Orchid Festival Saturday, May 19th, 2012:
We are now having our members and guests sign up for a bus trip to the Redlands Orchid Festival.
The bus will be leaving at 7am from the Commerce National Bank and Trust Building located at 1201 S. Orlando Ave. Winter Park, Florida. Cost per person is $25. We will also have our admission waived by the coordinators of the orchid festival, giving you a savings of $9 per person.
The bus will leave promptly at 7am so plan on being at the parking lot at least 15 minutes earlier. There is a scheduled stop at a turnpike rest stop, and arrival at the Redlands is approximately 11am. The bus will leave the festival at 4pm, with a scheduled dinner stop at Port St. Lucie at the Golden Corral. Arrival back at the bank will be approximately 10pm.
Vendors from all over the world will be there along with informative talks. Please see information about the Redlands Orchid Fesitival at http://www.redlandorchidfestival.org/
Please contact Marge Fantozzi if you are interested in signing up. Email her at mmfantozzi@gmail.com or call her at 407-287-7370.
Good News! Francisco Miranda of Miranda Orchids will be our speaker on Monday May 14. Mr. Miranda is a world renowned taxonomist, but more important he knows where to find beautiful plants in Brazil and take outstanding photos of them….. He will be bringing lots of his beautiful Cattleya among other plants for sale as he specializes in Brazilian species….. come enjoy
It would be a good idea to include the names of those orchids that you show on your website.
I keep missing these shows but I will be at this one
Wonderful! Hope to see you at the show!
Hello,
I suppose no answer to my email of almost a month ago is because no one of any official capacity reads this page or the Central Florida Orchid Society is not recieving new members. Maybe I’m just in the wrong spot here to pose a request or question?
Now I wonder if the Maitland Spring Orchid Show is going to be held at all as it appears there is no interest (in this page anyways).
I suppose I will have to find another way for contact information.
Robert Leibold
Robert-
I did see your comment, however, did not catch that you were waiting on a reply. Our show info is correct. Is there a question that you would like answered? Please let me know.
Bob-
If you are asking about a club to join, I think the club closest to you would be the Tampa Bay Orchid Club or the Mid-Lake Orchid society.
Links are:
http://www.tampaorchidclub.info/
http://www.mlos.org/
Nice Blog…I love to read your posts.
To Whom it may concern,
This may be of particular interest to the Central Florida Orchid Society members/followers. Please feel free to disseminate it among all your networks and interested parties.
Volunteering places left on the MONITORING ORCHID POPULATIONS PROJECT – Alicante, Spain
The Monitoring Orchid Populations in the Marina Region (South East Spain) Project invites applications to participate in the volunteering expedition to be held from 30 April-6 May 2012. The purpose of the expedition is monitoring the evolution of the orchid populations in the context of land use change (see http://www.tonibarber.com/orchid/index.htm for details).
International applications are welcome. Interested parties should send an e-mail to orchidexpedition@gmail.com. The participants will be selected on a first come, first served basis. Applications will be considered until places are filled.
This ecotour is also particularly interesting to undergraduate and graduate students, who can consider it for their abroad field trips or international coursework/experience. Dates are somehow flexible for groups, which should not exceed 10 people per group (contact us for details or specific needs).
More about the expedition project at http://www.tonibarber.com/orchid/index.htm
Could you please pass this advert to interested members, colleagues or any person who could be interested.
Best regards
Toni Barber and Nicolas Moity (expedition leaders)
Monitoring Orchid Populations Project
IDENTIA Institute
e-mail: orchidexpedition@gmail.com
http://www.tonibarber.com/orchid/index.htm
Phone: + 34/ 653038867 / +34/ 653145353
Hello,
Just a note to thank you for this site and that I plan to attend the Show & Sale in Maitland, Fl as it isn’t too far from Sumter county where I live in Lake Panasoffkee. However, Orlando is a three hour (round trip) drive and cannot attend meetings there, but I still might be interested in a Central Florida Orchid Society membership.
Thank you,
Robert (Bob) Leibold
Lake Panasoffkee, FL 33538