OSET April 2011 Newsletter
April 3 at 2 pm Linda Thorne of Seagrove Orchids http://seagroveorchids.com/ Look at the website and pre order plants, Linda will be happy to bring your purchases to the meeting to save on shipping.
Please note that it is club policy that members do not bring plants to sell when a speaker will have plants for purchase. If you have made sales outside of the meeting and need to deliver the plant at the meeting that is fine to do.
President's Note – Ann Groce
OSET is in need of a volunteer to miss the May meeting. We are looking for one or two friendly people to man our "booth" at Exchange Place on Sunday with Gilda while the rest of us tramp through the woods at Bays Mountain. It is an opportunity to sell orchids and to sell our society to the rest of the fine folks who haven't discovered us yet. You will also get the chance to show Exchange Place visitors how expert you are in growing orchids! As one of my professors used to tell me, an "expert" is the guy who knows just one iota more than the next fellow, so we're all good candidates for the Exchange Place job!
In my spare time, I've been cleaning out drawers and closets that haven't been touched in years in preparation for the Club yard sale at Jonesborough, and the best part of it all is that we have already got our volunteers lined up for that. Tammy Fletcher, Linda Lee Earl and Trish Jenkins will be hawking our goods for us, so grab a box and bring it full of your unwanted items to the next meeting.
.Many thanks to the Heatons and the Hyatts for setting up and taking down our display table at the Smoky Mountain Orchid Show in March! Linda Lee Earle had a Masdevalia awarded at the show.
Vice President's Note - Linda Lee Earl 2011 Meeting Schedule.
Trish Jenkins helped me set up at the show and we had a really good time. Bob Kurtz , Uta and I carpooled in Uta's car to the show on Saturday David and Sandy Heaton came down on their own and joined us at the show. It was a lovely show and kuddos to all who displayed plants because all three of us won ribbons! I won Best in Class first bloom seedling and an AM/AOS on my little yellow Paph.
Show Table at WNOS show
Upcoming Events
April 30th
Plant sale at the Exchange Place
May 1 Wild Orchid walk at Bay's Mountain Gilda Pafford will watch our booth at the Exchange Place while members take their Orchid Walk. Then take down of our sale at Exchange Place.
June 5 Mark Reinke from Marble Branch Farms http://www.marblebranchfarms.com/
July no meeting
August Auction Time
September 4 Steve Arthur will present a program "From Pollination to Bloom." Steve will be bringing plants to sale.
October 3 a program from Sandhill Orchids. Stan will have plants to sell.
November 7 Linda Lee Earle will present a program on Growing under Lights
Meeting Notes: Mar 2011
The meeting was called to order at 2:05 PM. We had 12 members and one guest (Tammy's husband Paul).
We welcomed a new member Frieda Bickett who comes from Butler, TN.
Gilda won the door prize
It was announced that we had a few Phals left over from the Home and Garden Show that will be auctioned off. It was decided that we will order our plants further in advance of the Home Show next year so we will have a greater variety. We gained 6 new members from the Home Show. We made $12.00 at the show.
We declined the invitation from the Women's Expo because it was the same weekend as the Asheville Show where we will have a display. We will participate in the Exchange Place in Kingsport on Saturday and Sunday (4/30 & 5/1). We need a volunteer to stay at the exhibit on Sunday because that is the same day as our Bay's Mountain meeting. It was decided that members could be at the Exchange Place in time to do the take down.
Linda Thorne will be our speaker at the April 3rd meeting and will have plants to sell. Her subject will be Catts.
The Jonesborough City Wide Yard Sale will be held in downtown on 5/14 from 9 AM to 3 PM. This is an opportunity to clean out your basement and garage to benefit the club treasury. Bring donations to the meetings as Tammy has volunteered to store them until the sale. Any left over items will be donated to charity.
The Jonesborough Garden Gala will be held on 5/28. We need plants for display and we will purchase plants to sell. We will be located inside the Storytelling building.
We will poll the membership as to including e-mail addresses on the club roster.
There will be a carpool from the Gray Community Center to go to Asheville at approximately 7 AM on Saturday.
Show and Tell:
John & Ann had plants to share and Linda Lee announced that her plant won an AOM at Knoxville.
Program:
A potting demonstration was conducted by John Hyatt, Gilda and Tammy, Members found it extremely helpful and informative.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:05 PM.
John Hyatt repots at Catt at the March 2011 OSET Meeting
Treasurer's Note
March balance was reported by Trish Jenkins as $3722.00
Hosting Arrangements for the 2011 OSET Meetings
Thanks to Trish Jenkins for providing refreshments at the March Meeting! Brickie Heaton and Dee Wildenstein will provide refreshments for April
SPECIAL NOTE: We will be able to set up a refreshments table at Bay's Mountain!
Julie Hyatt, Hospitality Chairman
Visit the OSET BLOGSPOT http://oset2010.blogspot.com/ my goals for the site are to post pictures of our meetings and post the newsletter with the intent of drawing new members.
Other News
Orchids Galore is March 12-April 10, at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond VA http://www.lewisginter.org
Lewis Ginter has several of the blue Phalenopsis on display. The plants are chemically treated to produce the color.
Atlanta Botanical Garden
Gardens have many orchid events scheduled, see list at: http://www.atlantabotanicalgarden.org/events-classes/events
WNCOS April 10 2011
Renowned orchid grower, world traveler and internationally recognized
speaker Bill Thoms will be presenting a talk on Bulbophyllums; Bizarre
and Beautiful (the largest genus in the orchid world!)
See http://www.wncos.org/news.htm for more information.
Orchids
Through April 10, 2011
Education Center Second Floor Gallery, North Carolina Arboretum
Artist Gary Gessford's larger than life orchid paintings reflect his years of study and international travel. They explode with vibrant color through the interplay between light, form and texture. He has painted, taught, lectured, and exhibited for more than 30 years.
Comments and suggestions can be directed to tpfletcher@charter.net, please put OSET in the subject line.
Submissions for the newsletter will be welcomed! Please email your news, reports or articles by the 26th of the month to ensure they are included in the new edition. Mail to tpfletcher@charter.net
Directions to the Gray Community Center:
Directions from I 26(I-181) - Take the Gray exit #13 and turn Right. Turn Left onto Old Gray Station Road from the traffic light in front of Dairy Queen. Take the 1st Left onto Gray Station Road. Take the 2nd Right onto Gray Ruritan Drive. The 2nd building on your Left is the Gray Community Center. This building is located next to the Gray Volunteer Fire Department.
