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2005

MAR
FEB  6 Charles Rowden – Great Photographer – Tips for Great Photos
Bug – Home Remedies – Bev Tall
Controlling Pest in Your Greenhouse without Poisons
Douglas E. Conkin – Pest Management for the Orchid House
JAN 9 Carol Siegel & Friends – Let There Be Light

  1. Light Measuring
  2. Light Measuring Equipment How to Use
  3. Charts, Species Light Ranges
  4. Growing undr Light
  5. Members Experience with Light in Their Environment

2004

DEC 5 Carol Siegel – Is that an Orchid — Botany; Understanding what is an Orchid
Carol Siegel – Dolly the Orchid — History of Cloning Orchids
NOV 7 Carol Siegel – How to grow Great Orchids with awful water

  1. Explains water hardness; Ph
  2. Filters for water
  3. Water absorbtion by differing potting materials
  4. Watering Techniques
  5. Members share their experiences with watering; filters, technique
A.O.S. Bulletin – May 1990 – Confessions of Overwaterers

  1. The horror of Overwatering
  2. Water Temperature
  3. Water in Air
  4. Fertilizing; understanding
  5. A quick guide to watering
OCT 3 Carol Siegel – Thou Shalt Not Buy – Great Tips on what to buy that will work for you or not
SEPT 12 Carol Siegel: Making Spaghetti Sauce

  1. Explains diatomite
  2. Ordering Information
Alan Koch – Doing it Really Different

  1. Repotting techniques
  2. Using Hydrogen Peroxide
  3. Foliar Feeding
George Vasquez – Growing Great Phalaenopsis

  1. Growing in Chilean Moss
  2. Very different potting techniques
Dr. Harold Koopowitz – Phalaenopsis

  1. Potting in bark & lava rock
  2. Foliar feeding
Carol Siegel – Ten Questions to make your Orchids Bloom

  1. Checklist on all environmental needs for blooming your Orchids
AUG, JUL Glen Decker – A summary of wisdom from Mr. Decker’s lecture on Phragmipedium culture
Carol Siegel – Ten Types of Orchid Growers – Carol’s great observations on us.
JUN 6 Carol Siegel – Cutting it off and throwing it out – How, When, Where to cut spikes, if at all
Dorothy Wise Miller – What does your plant label tell you?
MAY 2 Highlights from 2 of our members, who won A.O.S. Awards at the Easter Show at the California HotelMike Levin

  1. Phrag. – Sorerer’s Apprentice
  2. Phrag. – Lady Isabel

Diana Smith

  1. coelogyne Lawrenceana
Carol Siegel – The Zen of the Orchid Club
E. Shaunn Alderman –A.O.S. Bulletin – Dec 1999 – Neem Oil proves popular – Uses and Benefits

A.O.S. Bulletin – July 1999 – Oil of Wonder – Uses and Benefits of Neem Oil
APR 4 Carol Siegel – Freaks and Stinkers

  1. Unusual Scents of Orchids
  2. Unusual Sizes and Habits
MAR 7 Susan Fordyce – Illusions of Grandeur – Poem from an Orchid Junkie
Associated Press – Vanilla Prices Skyrocket
Carol Siegel – Black spots in your Ice Cream – The Legends and Lore of Vanilla
FEB 1 Clarice Dean – Touring California Orchid Growers – Part 3
Carol Siegel – Battling Orchid Growers discouragement Success is Just Beyond the Splat
JAN 4 Synopsis of 2003
A.O.S – Information sheet on Dendrobiums

2003

DEC 7 Clarice Dean – Touring California Orchid Growers – Part 2 – Los Angeles area
Craig Pittman – St Petersburg Times – The scandal about Phragmipedium Kovacii
NOV 2 Clarice Dean – Touring California Orchid Growers Part 1 – San Diego
Carol Sieigel – Orchids for Magic, Religion, and Dinner OR There are things you can do with them even if thy don’t bloom
OCT 5 Carol Siegel – Preparing your plants for show; Going to the Orchid Beauty Salon
Wilford B. Neptune, M.D. – A.O.S. Dec 1989 – The Growing of specimen plants
Altman Hotel – Turkey – Salep

  1. Article about harvesting orchid tubers to make drink called Salep
  2. Myths, legends, and culture of Salep
BBC News – Ice Cream threatens Turkey Flowers – Impact of Orchid Collecting to make Ice Cream
SEPT 7 Summary of members input to the Virtual Greenhouse Tour
JUL 13 Carol Siegel – An unlikely place to find an Orchid Treasure – Ash Meadows, NV – Spirantles infernallis
Troy Meyers – Capsule drying and seed preparation
JUN 1 Clarice Dean – Announcement of the formation of the Orchid Mating Club
Carol Kaesuk Yoon – New York Times – An Orchid by another name: An Asparagus
Greg Allikas – How to mount Orchids
MAY 4 Carol Siegel – Did you know you were 2N – Polyploid, diploid, triploid, and tetrapliod
Q & A – OrchidWeb.com

  1. Bud blast, buds full off
  2. Cutting of spike and bloom
Orchids.com – Basic repotting about dividing – supplies, potting mix, tools, and trimming
APR 6 Cathy Bishop – Beauty and  the Beast – Insects and cultural practices
Carol Siegel – Our Big Fat Orchid Wedding – pollination of Cattleya schroederi
How to set seed on an Orchid
MAR
FEB 2 Section 24 – Murphy’s Law for Phaleanopsis Growers

  1. Guidelines for insanity
  2. Guidelines are Prozac Resistant
Carol Siegel – Bob Gordon: A Phalaenopsis Genius Speaks
Section 17 – What kind to grow – Bob Gibson – Caltue of the Phalaenopsis
JAN 5 Synopsis of 2002
Carol Siegel – Come Explore the Orchid Internet – Growers, supplies, art, books, etc
Alex McKyton – How to build a Web Site

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