April 7 Let’s Get Ready for the Orchid Show!

THE GNTOS SPRING ORCHID SHOW AND SALE IS SATURDAY & SUNDAY, APRIL 13 &14

April 7th’s meeting will cover the different areas we need take care of to make a successful show. There are so many ways to participate: helping set up, helping tear down, helping venders load and unload, clerking during judging Friday evening, staffing the GNTOS sales table, welcoming visitors, bringing food for those who are working the show, etc. Lots of YOUR help makes for a smoothly run show. Sign-up sheets will be passed around during the meeting to help fill any remaining open spots.

Orchids 101 will begin at 2pm in the greenhouse, led by Charlie. It’ll be a Q&A. Come with your questions about growing orchids!

At the show, there will be plenty of vendors and several orchid displays, including one on orchid conservation. With such beautiful displays, there are plenty of opportunities for taking pictures of the gorgeous orchids we love to grow. Remember, the vendors know a lot about growing the orchids they sell, so feel free to ask them any questions you might have about the orchids you buy. Come on out – learn and enjoy!

Show setup will be on Friday, April 12. The show location is the same as for last year’s show – Texas A&M’s Water & Land Resources Bldg. at 17360 Coit Road, in Dallas. Parking is free.

Members: You can help pay for the costs of the show by signing up to sponsor the various orchids classes for judging. Click here to find what classes are still available. Each sponsorship is $25 – all sponsor will be listed on the placard for the awarded plant for each class.

March 3 Nursing Sick Orchids

Emily Quinn will lead our meeting in March with a workshop on caring for, and hopefully curing, sick plants. Orchids will be brought in to examine and identify the problem, whether bugs or care issues. We will have examples of products to use as treatments. We’ll also have a slide show which will illustrate other problems and solutions. Emily is an accredited AOS orchid judge and the Training Coordinator for the Dallas Judging Center. She enjoys most orchids but has a special place in her heart for bulbophyllums and other oddball orchids. After the talk, we’ll have our usual member plant judging and raffle. Come join us and get tips on keeping your orchids healthy!

Orchids 101 will be in the greenhouse at 2pm with Lorna talking about general repotting for orchids (topic changed from summering orchids outside).

NOTE: Our Spring Orchid Show and Sale will be April 13-14, with setup on Friday, April 12. Location is Texas A&M’s Water & Land Resources Bldg. at 17360 Coit Road, in Dallas. Watch for more details!