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Englewood Area Orchid Society
February, 2020 Newsletter Also online at eaos.org
From the President’s Desk
We have just completed our second show of
the season with a beautiful display in
Venice. Ken and his team did a wonderful
job and I heard many nice comments about
our display. Great job, team. There were 65
plants from 13 people and we won 39
ribbons. We also had two special awards, one going to Sybil
Levien Bushell for her Cymbidium Mimi for Best Cymbidium
and Judy Russell won Best large Cattleya RLC Prada Green
Deluxe. They were both outstanding. Congratulations to all
and thank you for growing such lovely plants and displaying
them at the shows.
Now it is crunch time for the EAOS show on March 12, 13,
14th. Be sure and work with your plants, staking them and
cleaning them and preparing them for our show. Ken will need
lots of plants for our display so he is counting on you to register
them and bring them to the show.
This month our meeting will be held at our new meeting place
at St. David's Episcopal Church. It's located on the street
directly behind the shopping center with Bealle's Outlet, Save
A Lot, Stefanos and Richards. I think you'll be pleased with
our new location.
Also, don't forget we will now be meeting on the 3rd Monday
night of the month, so be sure and mark your calendar so you
don't forget.
Dues are now payable, so if you haven't paid already, the dues
are $15 per household.
Calendar
Meetings (except Aug. and Dec.) are on
the 3rd Monday of each month at St.
David’s Episcopal Church, 401 S.
Broadway, 6:30 pm.
Feb. 1 & 2 – Venice Orchid Show
10 – 5 Sat., 10 – 4 Sun.
Feb. 17 – Regular Meeting
Orchid Culture Class – 6:30 pm
Meeting – 7:00 pm
Speaker – Bill Nunez
On growing specimen Catts
Mar. 13 & 14 – EAOS show
Judy Russell’s Rlc. Prada Green Deluxe won Best
Large Cattleya in Venice show.
We will be presenting our slate of officers at the February
meeting to be voted on at the March meeting. The new officers
will start in April.
If you haven't signed up to help with the show, please call me
or email me so that I can sign you up. We still have lots of
opportunities for you to volunteer. I need to order the t-shirts
and I want to be sure that everyone has a t-shirt that volunteers.
Thanks for signing up.
We look forward to hearing Bill Nunez speak on "Growing
Specimen Orchids in the Cattleya alliance".
Mary Anne DiGrazia,
EAOS President
Meeting Date and Place Changed
As of the February meeting, EAOS will meet on the
3rd Monday of each month and the meetings will be
held at St. David’s Episcopal Church. The Church is
located on Broadway, which runs behind the strip
mall that houses Stephano’s restaurant. It runs
parallel to Indiana Ave. at the back of the mall, which
is half a mile south of Dearborn. The next meeting
date is Feb. 17.
EAOS Show 2020
Mar. 13 & 14 at Englewood United Methodist Church
Volunteers are needed for the following areas:
Admissions – (Taking money at the door.)
Saturday 12:30-3 - 1 person
Sat. 3:00-5 - 2 people
Raffle
Saturday 12:30-3 - 1 person
Saturday 3 to 5 - 1 person
Clerks – (You'll work with the judges - great opportunity to
learn from the judges. Friday, March 13, 7:30 a.m.)
We still need 12 people
Culture – (Easy job - handing out culture sheets. we'll have
AOS Orchids magazines that visitors may have and if they
want, can make a donation for the magazines.)
Sybil Levien Bushell’s Cymbidium Mimi won Best
Cymbidium at the Venice show.
EAOS display at the Venice show.
Treasurer’s Report DECEMBER, 2019 Beginning balance $19,146.99
Income
Xmas Dinner 300.00
Dues 15.00
Raffle 116.00
Show Income 200.00
Interest 2.43
Total 633.43
Expenses
Hills Rest. 825.00
Holiday Décor. 31.91
Holiday Raffle 136.56
Friday 12:30-3 2 people
3:00-5 2 people
Saturday 10-12:30 2 people
12:30 - 3 2 people
3:00 -5 2 people
Membership – (Encourage visitors to join our society)
Friday 10-12:30 - 1 person
12:30-3 2 people
Sat. 10:00-12:30 2 people
12:30 -3 1 person
3:00-5:00 2 person
Kitchen
Mary Commer needs help all 3 days in the kitchen. If you can
give her a hand please call 941-423-1284 or email
[email protected]. She also can use more food, so call or
email her as to what you can bring. Don't want to cook? She'll
take cash and turn it into food. She is a magician.
Set up
We can always use an additional hand to set up the hall on
March 12, 2020 and take down on Sat. 5:00.
We can't put on a great show without all our volunteers. Please
email [email protected] or call 941-697-9237.
This is a team effort.
Once you have volunteered, we need your t-shirt size so that we
can order shirts and you won't be left out. Don't delay,.call
today. Thanks.
January Plant Table
First Place - Paph Janet Kunkle
Nancy Morrison
Second Place &
Speaker’s Choice - Lc Edissa
Judy Russell
Third Place - Dendrobium hybrid
Joanne Roche
Best Species &
Members’ Choice - Bulbophyllum grandiflora
Carol Nissan
P.O. rent 92.00
Total 1,085.47
Ending balance $18,694.95
Respectfully submitted,
Helen Mcclaskie
2019 Show Sponsors
GOLD SPONSORS
FARLOWS ON THE WATER
DR. ADAM LIPKIN, MD PA
MYAKKA PINES GOLF CLUB
RAV&E
SUN-HERALD
WARREN LORANGER FAMILY YMCA
TOP KNOT SALON
SILVER SPONSORS
KATHY DAMEWOOD, RE/MAX ALLIANCE
GROUP
ENGLEWOOD YOGA CENTER
MICHAEL J. LOONEY, INC.
TODAY'S DENTISTRY
FRIENDS
DEE DEE QUINN – MARY KAY I.B.C.
DAVIS, ROBERTS, BOELLER & RIFE
HOLLYWOOD NAILS
HOME DEPOT
HOWARDS RESTAURANT
KEY AGENCY
LANDY'S RESTAURANT
ANNE E MOORE, PLLC
SANDI OLSEN-ENGEL
PANTHER HOLLOW DENTAL
PROVISION LASER EYE CENTER
PUBLIX
XPERTECH AUTO REPAIR, INC.
SYBIL LEVIEN BUSHELL
Plant Table
1st Place
January Meeting Minutes
Minutes of EAOS Meeting January 13, 2020
Meeting was called to order by President Mary Anne DiGrazia
welcoming members and guests.
Old Business:
Sarasota Show – Ken and his team put together a beautiful
display for the show. We received a 3rd place and a check.
There were 40 plants exhibited from 11 members with 9 blue, 5
red, and 6 yellow, plus Best Phal. Won by Diana Leonhardt.
Half of our plants received a ribbon. Well done!
Englewood Show – Sign-up sheets for our March 12, 13, 14
show are looking for lots of volunteers. I need to have people
sign up as soon as they can with their t-shirt size. I’ll need to
order the shirts in February and I want to be sure that everyone
gets a shirt. There are lots of opportunities to volunteer so
don’t miss out on an opportunity to help with our show. We’ll
needs lots of people to talk to Mary about helping in the kitchen
and providing food for 3 days. We always have a wonderful
response from our members and we eat very well.
Mentor Program – If you are interested in getting some help
with questions, etc., please sign up to be a mentee. If you
would like to help mentor someone, please sign up to be a
mentor. This is a great program for help and a nice way to
meet some of your fellow growers and learn from them. Judy
Russell is in charge and would love to sign you up.
Avram White-Rogers is our new librarian. Please check out the
great books on Orchids that you can take and read; return the
next month. Great way to learn more about orchids.
Culture Classes: Wolf Brucknew will be holding culture
classes at 6:30 before the meetings. You can bring troubled
plants for answers. Thank you, Wolf, for providing this
wonderful opportunity to our members.
New Business:
Dues are now payable at $15 per household. This helps to pay
our rent, speakers and other expenses that the club has. Please
make your check payable to EAOS for $15 and give it to Helen
during the break, if you haven’t already paid.
Next month we will be presenting a slate of officers for the next
2 years. If you are interested in being an officer, please see me,
call me or send me an email.
Venice Show – Set up will be January 31st with the show on
February 1st and 2nd. Ken will need all your beautiful blooming
2nd Place & Speaker’s Choice
Third Place
Best Species & Members’ Choice
plants for the display. Without the plants we can’t have a
beautiful display.
Starting with our February meeting we will have a new location
to meet. We will now hold our meetings at St. David’s
Episcopal Church which is located at 401 A Broadway.
Broadway is parallel to 776. The church is located behind
Stefano’s Family Restaurant, Bealls Outlet, Save-A-Lot and
Richards. Instead of going one mile north to Christ Lutheran
you’ll go about a mile south to our new location. The hall will
be set up for us with very nice chairs and tables in the back. It
will be a good new location.
We need to vote on whether you would like to meet on the 3rd
or 4th Monday night of the month. The 2nd Monday night is not
available for rent. The 1st Monday night is the Sarasota Orchid
Society meeting night. A vote was taken and was decided on
the 3rd Monday of the month for our meetings. We will need to
make some adjustments to our speakers to be sure they can
speak at our meeting and will not have a conflict.
David Berry gave a very informative presentation on
Orchidmania: The Orchid Craze in Victorian Britain. David is
the Associate Director of Academic Affairs and Special
Projects at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art.
A break was taken for refreshments, to vote for your favorite
plant on the plant table, to buy raffle tickets, check out Wolf’s
plants for sale and to pay dues.
Mary Anne DiGrazia presented the plants on the plant table
with informative descriptions of each plant. Ribbons were
awarded for the plants.
Attention then went to the raffle table where numbers were
drawn. Winning numbers choosing from the plants and items
that were donated for the raffle.
Respectfully Submitted,
Laurie Motter, Recording Secretary
VAOS Show winners
Reitz 2 ribbons / 2 entered
Bushell 3 ribbons / 4 entered
Woodward 9 ribbons / 11 entered
Plasek 1 ribbon / 1 entered
Russell 2 ribbons / 5 entered
Morrison 5 ribbons / 8 entered
Opatrny 11 ribbons / 14entered
DiGrazia 2 ribbons / 3 entered
McClenney-Willis 4 ribbons / 7 entered
Chisholm 2 ribbons / 4 entered
Lobisch 2 ribbons / 6 entered