Society News - What You Need to Know About our Thursday, June 19 Meeting
- TBOS Notices
- Jun 15
- 4 min read
Message from the President
JUNE MEETING AGENDA
1. Welcome - Fran
2. Membership - Heather F
3. Annual AOS TBOS Award Winners - Fran
a. Cheryl Crilly
b. Sonia Evans
4. Treasury Report - Julio
5. AOS Corner - Laura
6. Installation of new Officers will be at the July meeting.
7. Raffle items have been provided by Hicks Supplies
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8. Guest Speaker Introduction - Kathy Cox
a. Julien Baruch – Krull/Smith Orchids
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9. Bloom Table - Nancy
10. Raffle
11. Adjournment
Review Meeting Minutes
Remember to sign on to the website to review the May MEETING MINUTES
A vote to approve or amend will be taken at the Thursday, June 19 meeting.
REMEMBER to Bring Your Bloomers for Show and Tell
From Our Program Chair - Kathy Cox
Bifoliate Cattleyas
Julien Baruch has been growing orchids his whole life. He will be speaking to us on Bifoliate Cattleyas. (for an intro to Bifoliates, click this link: The Bifoliate Cattleyas Beginner's Handbook - XVIII - American Orchid Society)
His orchid knowledge really accelerated eight years ago when he joined the Sarasota Orchid Society. Julien went on to intern at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens for The Million Orchid Project before moving to Apopka, Florida.
He now works at Krull-Smith, where he has been learning from Frank Smith and working on the nursery’s hybridizing for the past few years.
Today, Julien also manages Krull-Smith’s sales, website, and social media. Julien is an accredited judge for the American Orchid Society at the Florida-North Central Judging Center.
He will be bringing beautiful plants from Krull-Smith to sell at our June Meeting.
Krull-Smith AOS Award Initiative
The American Orchid Society and its judging program have been the pillars of the orchid community for over a century and have given direction to the entirety of orchid breeding all over the world. The advances in form, color, floriferousness, size, and more have all been gently led along by the American Orchid Society, and we would not have such a thriving orchid community today without them.
As a way to give back and to get more orchid growers involved with the judging process, we're announcing a fun new initiative to further reward hobbyists getting into the world of orchid judging. Anyone who receives an AOS award on a plant bred by us will be eligible to receive a $45 plant credit per award towards any number of our plants!
You must take a photo of you and your awarded plant and share it with Krull-Smith to be eligible for the credit.
Anyone interested in learning more about the judging process is invited to the Florida North Central Judging Center monthly judging sessions. Meeting are on the fourth week of the month.
Click below to go to The FNCJC judging website.
You can join a judging team and observe the criteria that is used to evaluate a candidate orchid for an award. See the tools in action that help the judges score an award-winning entry.
June DRAWING TABLE Items
provided by our Ad Partner
Thank You to Art Sone Orchids
Michael and Paula Polen from
Art Stone Orchids are retiring.
Happy fishing!
They have generously provided TBOS with the Grand Prize orchid arrangement for our annual orchid show for many, many years.
Sorry to be losing a loyal ad partner.
Hicks Supply provides the potting media for the potting booth at our annual orchid show and sale. You can usually find them at many different orchid shows and sales in our region.
When out and about let them know, we are thankful for our mutual partnership.
DUES RENEWAL NOTICE
Unless you are a lifetime member or recently have joined our group, dues are renewed annually by JUNE 30
THREE WAYS TO PAY
You may pay membership dues at any monthly meeting,
by cash, check or credit card
Click on the following links and enter your payment information to pay by credit card!
We still accept checks if you prefer to mail to the Treasurer with your application.
THE TIME IS NEAR
Need to Stay Indoors and Keep Cool?
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AOS Members have access to ALL webinars by signing in on the AOS website. Guests can view ALL of the Greenhouse Chats on the scheduled date or recorded webinars. Follow the prompts on the AOS Webinars page. Greenhouse chats are summarized by topic. Search for similar issues and zero in on the appropriate time to get expert growing help.
To Keep Up With TBOS
Review the following pages on the TBOS website monthly
Title of Tabs
Home Page has the announcement date of our next meeting
Orchid Press Hot News - Our Digital Monthly Newsletter
Frequently Asked Orchid Questions - AOS, Webinar and Judging Center Information
Meeting Minutes - All TBOS Meeting Minutes (log in required)
Links - Preferred Ad Partner Information and other helpful orchid related links
Committee Reports - Chairs please submit your activity report to tampabayorchidsociety@verizon.net by the first Friday of the month to be included
Remember to Visit Our Facebook Group often
to see what other Members and Visitors are Growing and Blooming
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