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Sandpiper Orchid Society Newsfebruary/March 2016
Sandpiper Orchid Society Newsfebruary/March 2016
Sandpiper Orchid Society Newsfebruary/March 2016
Happy Spring Everyone. Above is a picture of our show table for February. We had a very nice turn out
and some really beautiful flowers. Thanks to everyone for sharing.
The topic of our February meeting was how to use Facebook to access our Sandpiper Orchid Society
page (https://www.facebook.com/sandpiperos/). As you may already know, the group does not have a
volunteer member to manage a website. We still have the domain name, so if anyone is interested in
developing and maintaining a Sandpiper Orchid Society website, please someone know. In the
meantime, we will be using our Facebook page as our primary communication tool. Please use the
message feature on the page if you have any questions or comments. Someone will get back to you.
Our March meeting will be a potting party. Our Vice President Maryann McClellan was instrumental
in setting it up for us. Thanks Maryann. Please bring a plant to the meeting that needs division or
repotting and maybe a few extra pots if you have them. There will be potting media, extra pots and
members to help you repot your orchids if youve never done it before. Members will also share tips
and tricks on mounting, potting and staking your plants. Additionally, Nancy Burke will make a brief
presentation about her recent visit to Florida and some experiences with the orchid societies there.
Here are some links to prepare you for the meeting:
Potting Tips:
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Potting and potting media:
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The Philadelphia Flower Show has ended. Hopefully you had a chance to see it this year. It was
beautiful, as always. Our friends at Waldor Orchids did a display depicting Hawaiian Volcanoes National
Park. The orchids were overwhelming. There was an exotic bloom everywhere you looked. The color
Now that the show is over, we can all benefit..Make sure you head to Waldor Orchids in Lindwood, NJ
for their post flower show sale.great deals to be had!
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Make sure you thank Bill Class the next time you see him. He does all the work
organizing and compiling all this information for us. Thanks also to Fran Shourds for
taking the photos of our show table. If anyone would like to help Bill and Fran, let us
know.
Upcoming Programs:
Sandpiper 2016 Program Schedule
March 24 Mounting, Repotting, staking, share your techniques
April 28 Container Gardens With Orchids. power point and demo.
May 22 SUN.. Cape May Zoo Picnic.....
June 3-5th Garden Club of Ocean City 44th Annual Flower Show.
June 23 Barbara Iglesea, topic to be announced...
July 28 Mary Jo Gilsdorf, Judging Your Orchids and Presenting Them.
August 25 Sept 22 Christine Schairer presentation on Orchids In the Wild...
The Ocean City Flower Show is fast approaching. Mark your calendars and save the
dates!
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We are still looking for someone to volunteer to be our Secretary. If you are interested,
please let us know.
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$25 Yearly Dues running from January thru December.
Web Users Please Print Out this Form
Please bring this completed Membership Form and your check made out to: `Sandpiper Orchid Society'
to your next Society meeting. Meetings are held on the 4th Thursday of the month at the Galloway
Branch of the Atlantic County Library system located at 306 East Jimmie Leeds Road, Galloway, NJ.
or Mail this form and check to:
Membership
George Bollenbach
239 E Upland Ave
Galloway, NJ 08205
Sunday, March 27
Judging
Mid-Atlantic Judging Center
Higgins, Catherine, 140 Rodney Circle, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-3834; H:(610)525-4956, Cell:
(610)733-7175, Email: crh7175@gmail.com.
Judging takes place at the Philadelphia Horticultural Center, 100 N. Horticultural Dr. and Montgomery
Dr., Philadelphia, PA at 7:00PM on the third Wednesday of the month. Send cut flowers to: Walter Off,
Waldor Orchids, 10 East Poplar Ave., Linwood, NJ 08221.
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