President's Corner

Sunday, September 14, 2008

September 2008

This month's meeting will feature a skill session by Amy Chung-Jacobsen "How to get your orchids ready for the show"Amy will share her secrets for growing top quality plants and getting your plants to flower beautifully. Guest speaker: Tom Perlite of Golden Gate Orchids...he will be talking about cool-growing orchids, and will provide lots of cultural information. The opportunity table will be provided by Tom Perlite as well.

Don't forget to start putting aside items for the auction in October. This year we would like to preregister as many as the items as possible. Email or snail mail your preregistered items to Chaunie, our newsletter editor at: the_sheath_editor@earthlink.net
We are also posting the items on a website so members can preview them:
http://d.penorchidsoc.org/category/auction/items

POS Meetings

Time:	7:00 P.M. Skill Session 7:45 P.M. General Meeting
Place:	San Mateo Garden Center 605 Parkside Way San Mateo, CA
POS Mailing Address:	P.O. Box 6894 San Mateo, CA 94403-6894

Take the Alameda de las Pulgas exit off of Highway 92, and head south. Parkside Way is located on the right between 26th and 28th Avenues.

The Peninsula Orchid Society meets the fourth Friday of the month, January through November and the third Friday of December.

For information regarding this month's meeting please go to the meetings page. The speakers page has more information on our past and future speakers.

About the Peninsula Orchid Society

Founded in 1946, the POS is a society of about 250 orchid enthusiasts and professional growers serving the San Francisco Peninsula. Our mission is to increase the awareness, appreciation, enjoyment, conservation, and cultivation of orchids. To this end we hold monthly meetings as well as organize plant sales, shows, and bus trips to local nurseries. The Peninsula Orchid Society is a nonprofit organization, affiliated with the American Orchid Society.