SFOS March 2017 Members Meeting

 Monthly Meetings
Mar 032017
 
Dennis Giardina

Dennis Giardina

Our guest speaker for March will be Dennis Giardina, regional biologist for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

He will talk about the on going Experimental Restoration of Rare and Extirpated Orchids in the Everglades and Big Cypress Basin and his recent adventures in Cuba. Besides being involved with the Florida panthers his career has focused on endangered species recovery and exotic species control, beginning with the US Fish and Wildlife Service at St. Mark, Florida Panther and 10,000 Islands National Wildlife Refuges. He was the park manager of Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park before accepting his current position of Everglades Region Biologist for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Since 2008 , he also been the Co. Chair of Everglades Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area (ECISMA) and from 2012 to 2014 he was the Chair of the Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council.

Let’s give a big SFOS welcome to Dennis.

OFE International will be providing plants for our raffle.

SFOS January 2017 Members Meeting

 Monthly Meetings
Jan 132017
 
Sheldon Takasaki

Sheldon Takasaki

Sheldon Takasaki, the owner of Carmela Orchids in Hawaii, will present our January program. His program is titled “Hawaii’s Favorite Orchids”. If you have never heard Sheldon speak you are in for a treat!

Sheldon is no stranger to SFOS. He was a vendor at the 11 WOC, held in Miami in 1984 and has been a vendor at most of our orchid Shows since 1985. It has been a couple of years since Sheldon has presented a program for SFOS, so we are thrilled to have him back to present the first program of the New Year.

As a young Hawaiian boy, Sheldon grew up picking “field orchids”, the flowers used to make Leis and to put in the drinks of tourists in Hawaii.

Carmela Orchids is located in Hakalau, Hawaii. The nursery was founded in 1960 and has grown over the years from a small collection of orchids grown on top of a bomb shelter to a multi greenhouse operation with an in-house lab. Carmela Orchids is well known for their high standards of quality.

 

 

Carmela Orchids will be providing plants for our raffle table as well as our special raffle plants but they will not be selling plants at our meeting.
We well, however, be having our popular silent auction!

 

We hope you will join us for this great program.
Remember, Guests are always welcome at our meetings!

Happy Holidays!!!

 Special Events
Dec 012016
 

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SFOS Members are requested to bring a canned food item or unwrapped toy which will be donated to those less fortunate in our community this holiday season!

SFOS November Members Meeting

 Monthly Meetings
Nov 112016
 

Growing Catasetums, featuring Mark Margolis

Mark Margolis

Mark Margolis

Mark Margolis, Brooklyn born in 1951.  Received my Bachelor of Science at University of Wisconsin. Masters degree at Barry University. Taught Science in Dade County Public schools for over 30 years. Married for 20 years and counting, I have a daughter, Caroline, 14 years old. I was introduced to orchids by Phylis Lerner, who made the famous cross Catasetum Raymond Lerner. And while touring Jones & Scully, fell in love with the Catasetum group. 36 years later I am still in love with the group. I am a backyard grower in Kendall and I have received over 80 awards for my plants.  Still hoping for more.

Mark will share his passion and extensive knowledge of his favorite orchids with us in our next meeting, November 16th. He will bring some of his plants for private sales.

The raffle plants will be provided by OFE Orchid Supplies. And they will try to bring some catasetums in the mix.

We will have a silent auction, so bring your plant for sale.

 

 

SFOS October 19th 2016 Meeting

 Uncategorized
Oct 182016
 

Dan Christensen: ‘How to Grow Award winning vandas in South Florida’

Dan & Margie have been growing orchids first as hobbyists for over 35 years and as Commercial Growers for nearly 20 years. Dan & Margie’s business name is Dan & Margie Orchids located in

Dan Christnsen

Dan Christensen

West Broward just 3 miles west of I-75, approximately ¼ mile north of the intersection of Sheridan Street & 185th Way.

Dan and Margie Orchids have over 12,000 square feet of covered growing space. Currently there are five greenhouses.

The nursery specializes in growing Vanda/Ascda. Crosses, Cattleya hybrids, warm growing Oncidium, Dendrobium, and some species.

Dan & Margie Orchids is a family owned business and cater to the small grower, but is capable of handling wholesale inquiries.

The nursery sells orchids, some supplies and will assist any orchid grower with information and re-potting instruction.

The nursery is currently open by appointment Tuesday thru Sunday, 12 noon to 5 p.m.

Dan & Margie Orchids can be reached by phone, fax, or e-mail. (damorchid.com)

Dan and Margie have visited with growers in Thailand and have first have first hand experience on how to grow healthy vandaceous orchids.

Dan Christensen has been speaking on general orchid culture, Vanda culture and various subjects related to orchids for over 30 years. He uses the ‘common sense’ approach to growing. He has been guest lecturer at all local orchid societies. Margie runs the day-to-day business and is an accomplished pottery artist.

Together they run the business, participate in local shows from Tampa to Key West.

Dan is a member of the South Florida Orchid Society Board of Directors for over 15 years and has served as the president of SFOS for two consecutive terms. He is the SFOS Show Chairman and Treasurer of South Florida Orchid Society.

He has served as a board member of several local societies, Miramar, Gold Coast & South Florida serving in various capacities. He has also auctioneered at SFOS, North Dade, Gold Coast, Sunrise, Plantation, Coral Springs & Flamingo Orchid societies for several years.

Dan & Margie Orchids will kindly be providing plants for our raffle table and Dan will also have plants to sell!

SFOS 70th Miami International Orchid Show

 Special Events
Sep 222016
 

70th Miami International Orchid Show "Orchid Celebration"

SFOS Show Lecture Schedule

Friday:

  • 1 PM — Gail Miller -Miller’s Way Orchids-Subject: “Easy Orchid Growing”
  • 2 PM — Mac Riverbark-Mac’s Orchids-Subject “Mounting Orchids”
  • 3 PM — Carlos Cahiz-OFE International Orchid Supply-Subject “How to Care for your Orchids”

Saturday: Lectures in English/Spanish

  • 1 PM — Axel Cahiz-Amazonia Orchids- “Subject ‘Cattleya Culture”
  • 2 PM — Carlos Cahiz- OFE International Orchid Supply-Subject “How to Care for your Orchids”
  • 3 PM — Luis del Pino-RIO Orchids-Subject “Landscaping with Orchids”

 

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A PDF with clickable links to all the show vendors can be found in the SFOS 2016 Show Vendor List tab above.

SFOS September 21st Meeting

 Monthly Meetings
Sep 162016
 
Some Like it Hot (Brazilian Miltonias that WILL grow in the heat).

 

Brian Monk

Brian Monk

Our September 21st SFOS meeting will feature Brian Monk of Blu Llama Orchids.  Come to our new venue in Pinecrest Gardens, 11000 Red Road (57 Ave.), Pinecrest 33156, directly across from CTK church on Killian Parkway (112 St).

Doors open at 7:00, presentation starts at 8:00pm.  Brian will bring his top quality plants for sale, plus provide the plants for our evening’s raffle.  Do not miss what promises to be a great presentation.

Brian Monk was born in Milton, Florida in 1969. Shortly after his birth, Brian’s family moved to Charleston, West Virginia where he spent the next 18 years. As a young man, Brian’s intense passion for nature led to his profession and his many hobbies including bird-watching, orchid growing and photography.

In 1992, Brian received his degree from Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia followed by a Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from Virginia Tech in 1997. In 2005, while working as a Veterinarian in Orlando, Florida, Brian met the love of his life, Mary-Margaret, in Ft. Lauderdale. Because of Brian’s passion for all things orchid, he and Mary-Margaret formed Blu Llama Orchids, Inc. Brian and Mary-Margaret now reside in Naples, Florida with their cats and their ever expanding orchid collection.

moreliana-monks-sept-2016-talk-on-brazilianBrian started growing orchids at age 14, and started hybridizing orchids in his backyard. This has recently expanded to 3000 square feet of new greenhouse space. He will grow anything green, but focuses on his hybridizing projects, which include the development of multi-floral white and pink Paphiopedilums, warmth-tolerant intergeneric Oncidiinae, and a standard pink Cattleya with an all-white lip.

Brian’s photography has won awards online, in the 2007 Miami International Orchid Show, and at the 2008 World Orchid Conference. His work has been displayed in solo shows at the American Orchid Society headquarters in Delray, and at the Harry P. Leu Gardens in Orlando. Brian has been published in the journal of the International Phalaenopsis Alliance, online, and in the American Orchid Society journal Orchids, where he won the Gordon-Dillon essay prize in 2010.  You can view his work at www.BluLlamaOrchids.com and read his writings on orchids at his blog at www.Wordpress.com.

Encouraged by his wife and inspired by his orchids, Brian continues to pursue and perfect his orchid culture and photographic skills.

 

 

New SFOS Meeting Location!

New SFOS Meeting Location!

70th Miami International Orchid Show "Orchid Celebration"

 

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