Category: Past Meeting Archive

April 16, 2016 – Ramble

Our next ramble is on Saturday April 16, 2016.  We will be leaving from Christ Lutheran Church at 8:00 a.m. sharp and returning between 4:00 and 5:00.

We’ll be visiting:

  • Carib Orchids
  • Quest Orchids
  • B & G Orchids
  • One more… the mystery destination!

It’s $30 per person. Sign up at the Society’s monthly meeting or contact Allen Cogar at (954)799-9998 or tacogar@gmail.com.

Bring a lunch and a box or crate to hold your purchases.

If this is your first ramble with FLOS, check out our ramble overview page.

May 12, 2014 – Jill Godfrey

Jill Godfrey will be speaking on “Thin-Leafed Orchids of South Florida: Stanhopeas, Sobralias, and Calanthes.” Jill is a Miami Native who started growing orchids at the age of 12 and joined the North Miami Amateur Orchid Club. She worked for the firm of Jones and Scully when they were located on the Miami River in the late ‘70’s.

Jill currently is a member of Orchid Society of Coral Gables and Coalition for Orchid Species. She continues her orchid education at Florida- Caribbean Judging Center where she has been an AOS judge for 20 years. She is the judg-ing center’s Chairman. Her favorite orchid genera is Cattleyas, but she also grows Nobile Dendrobiums, Callista Dendrobiums, and a wide variety of species which include Calan-the, Sobralia and Stanhopea.

If you have ever had an interest in the orchids that bloom from the bottom of the pot (Stanhopeas) or the other plants that have thin-leaves, this will be a great lecture. Jill is very knowledgeable and even if you are not familiar with these orchids, you will be by the end of the evening!

Join us for an evening of learning about these wonderful orchids.

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June 21, 2014 – Overnight Ramble

Mark your calendar for June 21, the first day of summer for an OVERNIGHT RAMBLE!!! A luxury coach will take our group to the West coast of Florida to visit:

-Rob Palmer at Sun Bulb

-Marie Selby Gardens

-Deroose in Apopka

-other stops to be announced

We meet at the church where we have our meetings.

Our bus leaves at 8AM Saturday morning, returns Sunday afternoon. Bring a bagged lunch for Saturday.

Check our newsletter or contact Captain Allen— tacogar@gmail.com—for more details.

 

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September 8, 2014 – Jim Watts

Jim Watts will be our September speaker. He will be presenting on “Leafless Orchids”.

Come a little early for this meeting… we will be distributing presales show tickets, and we have a special surprise too!

Jim Watts has been growing orchids for 15 years and is an Accredited Judge for the AOS. His small collection of 400 orchids is mostly species. One of his first orchids was an equitant oncidium, now known as Tolumnia. He still has a large collection of them despite the best (worst) efforts of Hurricane Wilma. The leafless genera is one of his favorite orchid types and Hurricane Wil-ma was less gentle with the this group. Jim’s collection was reduced from 17 species to 6. Currently he is rebuilding his collection, but it is difficult to find many of the species. One of his new interests is vanilla, especially Chiloschista ramifera since he found some leafless species of vanilla including two leafless Florida natives. He now has 12 species of vanilla, including 5 leafless types.

Join us as we learn more about the wonderful Dendrophylax linden or the “Ghost Orchid” amongst other wonderful types of leafless varieties of orchids.

 

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August 11, 2014 – John Budree

Our well known and beloved FLOS member, John Budree will be presenting on “Phalaenopsis Culture” for our August meeting.

Ramnarine John Budree, was born in Trinidad and migrated to Florida about fourteen years ago. In Trinidad, he grew many different types of or- chids and took part in collecting and showing at many shows, but there was always something more. He wanted to learn more about orchids, wanted more of a challenge. He wanted to grow and flower them, of course. So when he came to Florida, he got involved with orchids on a different level. Here he was able to grow all of those types of plants he could only read about and even meet all of those people that grew and wrote the articles that he had read in AOS magazines.

o he started on his journey/adventure. He started to go to many of the shows and what you do when you go to a show, YOU BUY ORCHIDS, which you know nothing about, in the hope you can grow or flower it [yea right]. He always liked Paphiopedilum but he was told he couldn’t grow them. This became a challenge to John and he found these plants very interesting as well. He met some of the biggest and the best at growing orchids, Jack Schendowich, Warren Kelly {Orchid World}, Bob Skully {Jones & Skully}, Mr. Frank Smith {Krull-Smith} and Sheldon Takasaki {Carmela Orchids}. These people really know how to grow orchids but not just orchids, Paphi- opedilum, Cattleya, Phalaenopsis, Dendrobium, and Oncidium, e.g.. Krull Smith has more AOS awards than any other orchid grower past or present.

At the 19 WOC., in Miami, in 2008, John had an opportunity to work with Frank Smith, an experienced excel- lent grower of Paphiopedilum, hybridizer, landscaper and designer. He tried to absorb as much of Frank Smith’s knowledge as possible, and did an exhibit on his own. After that, he started to grow many types of Paphs. and today he owns over 1750 as well as about 2000 other types of orchids. Of course, he says, he has also lost count of the ones he killed. In short he has been growing Orchids for about 30 years, from flask to flower and has accumulated about 30 AOS awards.

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Encyclia tampensis restoration

 

Broward100logoThe Fort Lauderdale Orchid Society congratulates Broward County on its 100th anniversary. We celebrated Broward 100 by giving away 100 Encyclia tampensis, a native orchid found throughout South Florida. Orchids are part of the natural beauty of our region and we want to help reintroduce them to our landscapes.

This orchid is easy to grow! We recommend putting it into a tree on your property, where it will thrive once it is established.

Care of your Encyclia tampensis

Now that you have your plant home, here’s how to take care of it. (hat tip to Tony Millet for care instructions 🙂 )

  • This plant is a South and Central Florida native. It survives temperatures as low as 35 degrees for a short period of time – overnight, or over a few days.
  • To mount it outside, tie it on a tree with a piece of hose wear, or mesh onion bag. Put it where the sprinkler system can reach it or where you will see it everyday and give it a daily drink. Note: a coffee cup size drink is fine. Light shade/dappled light is best.
  • In a pot use a coarse orchid mix, not potting soil. Place the pot in an area where it will receive about 2-3 hrs of direct light daily. Water 2x a week.
  • Feed weekly with half strength balanced fertilizer 20-20-20
  • Keep an eye on the plant for any unusual foliage damage or yellowing and apply a regular garden pesticide following the manufacturer’s recommendation.
  • If you are adventurous, divide your plant into two pieces. Remove it from the pot and gently split it in two by hand. Sprinkle some cinnamon on the exposed parts. Put half in a pot and put half on a mount or tree outside.

Questions? Ask for help! Email us at richackerman@gmail.com

Got it mounted? Flowered? Send us a picture!

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January 12, 2015 meeting – Paul Wetter

Our January program will be “Five Cattleyas for a Heritage Collection”, which was presented at the 30th WOC. It covers the history of Cattleya Hybridization in the 20th Century and how it was linked to the fashion world. It also includes an overview of how AOS judges Cattleyas.

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Our speaker is Paul Wetter. Paul started in orchids in the late 1960’s when he was studying The Natural History of South Florida. Miami has been his home since childhood. He has been growing orchids, as a hobby ever since, with a special interest in epiphytic orchids in the subtropical garden. In his professional career, Paul, Professor Emeritus of the University of Miami School of Medicine, has been a pioneer in minimally invasive surgery and has numerous honors for his contributions to the field.

He is Chairman and Executive Director of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons(SLS), an organization he founded in 1989. SLS has 6,000 members worldwide and teaches physicians about new developments and safety in surgery. In 2009 he founded ORReady a world initiative to improve outcomes for six million patients worldwide. In 2003 Paul joined the West Palm Beach Judging Center where he is an Accredited AOS Judge. In 2011 he was a guest lecturer and Judge at the World Orchid Conference in Singapore

 

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March 10, 2014 – Guillermo Salazar

Guillermo A. Salazar will be our March speaker. Guillermo was born in Miami Florida but grew up in El Salvador in Central America. As a child of a nursery owner father and an interior and floral designer mother, Guillermo was able to develop his natural creative and professional talents even before attending college. At Florida A&M University he followed his dream of becoming a professional landscape designer, receiving his degree in Landscape Design & Management. Guillermo received a Master’s in Science in Environmental Horticulture from the University of Florida.

As a 9 year old living in El Salvador, Guillermo decided that orchids were the most attractive plants in this tropical environment and he started collecting them. He became the youngest member of the Asociacion de Orquideologia de El Salvador. During his college years, he learned the importance of protecting natural resources especially orchids here in Florida. A Florida Master Gardener, Guillermo has worked for several years as a professional Landscape Designer in private, municipal and governmental capacities in the South Florida area. He currently works as faculty for University of Florida & Miami Dade County Extension IFAS and he is an Adjunct faculty professor for the Landscape Technology Department for Miami Dade College. His work entails teaching people how to use Florida friendly principles, as well as appropriate plants and orchids to design successful and environmentally conscious gardens. He has published articles on home gardening, design and orchid articles for several South Florida design magazines. His credentials include: ISA certified Arborist, LIAF Certified Landscape Inspector and FNGLA certified Horticulturist. His specialty in orchids is Angraecoids, Bulbophyllums, rare and miniature tropical species. In his spare time, Guillermo is a professional breeder of Persian and Himalayan cats, enjoys gardening, traveling and owns a landscape design and consulting company.

Guillermo will be presenting on Miniatures for South Florida. Join us in learning about the fascinating world of miniature orchids.

 

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