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Our next ramble will be in the fall of 2017.

The time and places will be announced later in the year.   

 

Due to the great success of our July Ramble, the Fort Lauderdale Orchid Society has planned a November event for Caribe Orchids in Homestead. You may remember Diane and Robert Randall from the annual FLOS show.

To Our FLOS Member Volunteers,

During the 2014 orchid show held recently, you displayed your commitment and dedication to the society by volunteering. Each year, FLOS relies on our dedicated volunteers to make the show a success. Once again, you rose magnificently to the opportunity and we were all extremely proud!

On behalf of the board, we would like to thank each of you for your participation. We greatly appreciate the time you spent in assisting board members, judges, vendors, event staff and most importantly, the show visitors with a wide array of services. We realize that the success we all enjoy at the show is possible through contributions of members like you. We are proud,  honored, and very grateful to have you as part of this historical society and know that you had fun as well !

As our way of thanking you, we encourage you to join us at the March monthly meeting. Each registered volunteer will receive an orchid as a token of our appreciation and recognition of your efforts. We look forward to your continued participation in the many wonderful events we have planned this year and hope you will join us once again as a volunteer for the 2015 show “An Orchid Adventure”!

We would like you to think about joining one of our standing committees for an opportunity to get even more involved in your society.  If you would like more information about them, please feel free to speak to or contact any board member.  It is more enjoyable when more are participating !!

With Sincerest Thanks,

Fort Lauderdale Orchid Society Board

The 2013 Annual Fort Lauderdale Orchid Show “Orchid Affair” will be held from Jan 18th – 20th at the War Memorial Auditorium. Vendors will be available from Friday through Sunday displaying their wonderful orchids and providing the opportunity to acquire species and hybrids for our collections! Some of the highlights are:

• Growers from all around the world with orchids for sale
• Beautiful displays that are judged and awarded
• Plant raffles for visitors
• Individual plants judged by American Orchid Society judges and awarded
• Orchid supplies, jewelry, and accessories are available
• Art show featuring orchids by local school children
• Snack bar

For a special treat, join us at our preview party on Thursday evening, January 17. Enjoy an elegant dinner with wine and champagne   amidst the freshest and most beautiful orchids. Vendors are present too so you can get first dibs on their finest and rarest plants.

Visit our Show Page for all the details!

The Fort Lauderdale Orchid Society will be hosting a day ramble on November 10th, 2012. Seats are limited and on a first-come-first-serve basis.

The bus will leave from Christ Lutheran Church Parish Hall at 1955 E. Oakland Park Blvd. at 8:00 AM and return by 5:00 PM. Stops: On the Rocks Bromeliad Oasis, Henington Farms, Quest Orchids and one more stop to be announced. Bring lunch, snacks, drinks, cash, credit card, camera and a box or crate to keep your plants safe.

NOTE! We are leaving from where we hold our meetings, NOT AT CARDINAL GIBBONS!

Click here for where to meet and driving directions.

If you’re interested in registering for the ramble, please use the form below.

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Pictures from the 2013 show can be seen below.

 

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Q: What’s a golf tournament doing on an orchid society website?

A: Supporting a good cause: FLOS!

The PGA TOUR supports local 501(c)3 organizations by letting them sell tickets to events and KEEP 100% of the net proceeds! So, we thought we would try this as a fundraiser. It takes $$$ to host our meetings and run our events and if this works it will help us keep our prices down.

So, if you want to buy tickets for the World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship on the Blue Monster, just click on this link and use the code CCHFC2J

That code again? CCHFC2J

The Fort Lauderdale Orchid Society will get 100% of the net price of the tickets… that is most of what you pay.

1. It’s time to group and move orchids that need little water away from the rest of your collection. Maybe you can hang them under an eve or high on a shaded fence that the sprinkler system doesn’t hit.

2. Move adult orchids that haven’t bloomed in over a year into more, but probably not full, light. They won’t burn now and will adapt to increasing spring light.

3. Group young plants and tender plants so you can bring them inside when the thermometer goes below 50. You won’t like finding your scattered Rhynchostylis and Vandaceous in the dark with a cold wind chilling you. Dendrobiums won’t die at 40- 50 degrees but they will drop leaves and will need a year to recover.

4. If you can’t bring all your orchids inside if the temperatures are to be in the 30s or 40s assemble protection now for the plants you have to leave out. Fabric, but never plastic, covers over your plants will help and help even more if you have a soaker hose under the bench for vapor from our 70 degree tap water to rise and get trapped under the fabric.

5. You can begin to repot in February. Look over your supplies and buy what you need early this winter. If you wait you take a chance that your supply vendor will be out of something you need.

6. You can reduce the frequency of watering, and you can reduce the amount of fertilizer. Don’t even think about not fertilizing at all. After this summer cool weather sounds wonderful. It will be more enjoyable if you prepare.