2009 DOS Calendar

January 13

Cordelia Head from J&L Orchids

Formal meeting starts at 7:30 pm.
Location - Montview Presbyterian Church, 1980 Dahlia St., Denver, CO, 80220.

Miniature Orchids or Good Things Come in Small Packages
Cordelia will cover a wide range of plants of interest both for the beginner and the expert. She will talk about culture and other interesting facts.
Cordelia Head is one of three partners of J&L Orchids. She has been invoved with orchids for more than 30 years. She is an AOS judge, on numerous international conservation committees, has lectured all over the world including many of the WOC's. She has traveled to South and Central America on many occasions and has been fortunate to discover several new species.
Preorders are welcome. Cordelia will be bringing plants for our opportunity table and to sell.
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February 10

Karen Miles, AOS judge and RMJC member

Formal meeting starts at 7:30 pm.
Location - Montview Presbyterian Church, 1980 Dahlia St., Denver, CO, 80220.

Tolumnias and other Treasures
Karen collected her first orchid in 1965 while her family lived in the Canal Zone in Panama. Back in the States her collection grew rapidly as she received divisions in exchange for caring for plants of a friend. A move to Houston allowed a greenhouse to be built, and the orchid hobby expanded explosively. An account of her move to Denver towing a trailer of orchids through an early blizzard was published in the AOS Bulletin - almost all the orchids survived.
Among the plants that flourished in Houston were the equitant Oncidiums, now called Tolumnias. Hybridization in this group was just beginning, and Karen and Anita Aldrich shared plants, pollen and ideas. Anita continued and became a recognized leader in the breeding of this group, while Karen maintained a more generalized collection. In this talk Karen would like to share thoughts on growing Tolumnias and other small choice plants.
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March 10

Brenda Oviatt from Botanica Ltd.

Formal meeting starts at 7:30 pm.
Location - Montview Presbyterian Church, 1980 Dahlia St., Denver, CO, 80220.

Our Favorite Angraecoids and Why You Should Grow Them Too!
Brenda will speak about Angraecoids - the common term used for the two smaller subtribes (Aerangidinae and Angraecinae) within the Vanda Tribe. Many species in this group are not readily available; in part because they're from regions of the world that are falling victim to habitat destruction. Brenda provides a mix of terminology, culture information and beautiful images to both educate and entice growers to desire more of these special orchids. Brenda will be bringing plants to sell and gladly accepts preorders at Botanica Ltd.
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April 14

Steven Frowine, Horticulturist, Author, and Lecturer

Formal meeting starts at 7:30 pm.
Location - Montview Presbyterian Church, 1980 Dahlia St., Denver, CO, 80220.

Marvelous Miniature Orchids
Although miniature orchids have been grown and admired for quite some time, they have, until recently, been a very small niche market. This situation has changed rapidly as some of the most popular new orchids today are miniatures. Examples are multi-floral and miniature phalaenopsis (better suited as a pot plant then the standard larger white and pink hybrids); miniature and equitant oncidiums; small growing primary paphiopedilum hybrids, including some of the parvisepalum and the brachypetalum species and hybrids; "minicatts" that are now are in higher demand than their space-hogging full-sized plants; and many different color forms of dwarf dendrobiums like Den. kingianum and other very compact growing selections of Dendrobium phalaenopsis are now coming into the US market. Vandaceous miniatures using ascocentums have always been popular, but now newer hybrids using Neofinetia falcata, and dwarf angraecoids are producing a new range of charming and fragrant orchids. Even the more esoteric genera that contain many different miniatures, suited for growing in terrariums, including Maxillaria, Masdevallia, Pleurothallis, Bulbophyllum, Lepanthes, and Dracula are receiving much more attention in popular orchid literature and at orchid shows. These orchids and many others are featured in Steve's book, Miniature Orchids (Timber Press, 2006) and will be discussed and illustrated in this presentation. ....

May 12

Speaker: Marni Turkel

Formal meeting starts at 7:30 pm.
Location - Montview Presbyterian Church, 1980 Dahlia St., Denver, CO, 80220.

Coelogyne, Dendrochilum and Related Genera
Originally developed for the AOS Members Meeting in Sacramento, California in 2003, this program covers the 9 horticulturally significant genera of the 21 or so that comprise the subtribe Coelogyninae. These include not only Coelogyne and Dendrochilum, but also Pleione, Chelonistele, Pholidota and others. You will learn about the diversity within the different genera, see both common and rarely seen species as well as learn about habitat and how it relates to cultural needs.

Marni Turkel is a native of the San Francisco Bay Area and has been growing orchids since 1980. She has been growing in two greenhouses at her home in Santa Rosa, California. In August of 2006, her interest in dry rest plants led to the construction of a third, cold greenhouse intended for plants that benefit from a cool, dry winter. Her main interest is in cool-growing miniature species but plenty of larger plants have crept into the collection as well.

Marni will be bringing plants to sell and is happy to take preorders for delivery at the meeting. Please visit www.MarniTurkel.com

June 9

Speaker: Larry Moskowitz

Formal meeting starts at 7:30 pm.
Location - Montview Presbyterian Church, 1980 Dahlia St., Denver, CO, 80220.

Speaker topic: "Bizarre Species"
Larry Moskovitz has been growing orchids since he was 12 years old. Years later in the mid l980's he started Orchidanica. Since 1987 he has spoken to orchid groups throughout the US and Canada. Also he has a degree in photography with many courses in horticulture and botany. His talk on bizarre species includes some of the more unusual orchids like Stanhopeas, Coryanthes, Catasetums, Bulbophyllums and others that have interesting pollination mechanisms or strange and unusual flowers. Larry will be bringing plants to sell and is providing the plants for the opportunity table, and you may contact him by email at: orchidanica@earthlink.net or at
www.orchidanica.com
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July & August

There are no DOS meetings in July and August,

instead please attend some of the RMJC meetings. See RMJC News above.

See the HOME page for our DOS member Summer event on August 9th.

September 8

Speaker to be announced...

Formal meeting starts at 7:30 pm.
Location - Montview Presbyterian Church, 1980 Dahlia St., Denver, CO, 80220.

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October 13

Speaker to be announced...

Formal meeting starts at 7:30 pm.
Location - Montview Presbyterian Church, 1980 Dahlia St., Denver, CO, 80220.

More info to follow... ....

November 10

Speaker to be announced...

Formal meeting starts at 7:30 pm.
Location - Montview Presbyterian Church, 1980 Dahlia St., Denver, CO, 80220.

More info to follow... ....

December 8

Annual Meeting and Potluck Dinner

This is a Denver Orchid Society business meeting and is closed to the public. The meeting and dinner will be at the Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church, 1980 Dahlia St, Denver, CO 80220.

Appetizers will be served at 6:00 pm with dinner starting at 6:30 pm.
Each couple is asked to bring a main course to serve 8 to 10 people. Single members attending alone should bring one dish of their choice of appetizer, salad, vegetable or desert to serve 6 to 8 people.

After dinner is our annual business meeting when new board members are elected, honorary members are announced, and study plants received. At 7:15 pm a DOS fund raiser auction will begin. Auction items include art, books, orchid magazines, champagne and wine, a Comedy Works certificate, special plants and more.