No December Meeting

A friendly reminder that there is no December meeting.

 

November Meeting

Our next meeting will be November 17, 2007. (See Monthly Meetings for times, location, etc.)

 

October Meeting

Our next meeting will be October 20, 2007. (See Monthly Meetings for times, location, etc.)

 

September Meeting

Our next meeting will be September 15, 2007. (See Monthly Meetings for times, location, etc.)

 

Little known – the “vanilla bean”

The Pioneer Press posted a spiffy little article on vanilla.  Its surprising how short the flower lasts!

 

Finally pictures of the mysterious ghost orchid…

There’s been many articles on the ghost orchid in bloom in Florida.  But I wanted pictures!  Patience has paid off.  News-Press.com was very generous and posted a set of pictures!  (The first of which is spectacular!)

 

Orchid Life Cycle

Susan Taylor of Bella Online wrote a nice summary of the orchid life cycle.

 

New species of orchid found in the Phillipines

Physorg.com reports on a new species of Coelogyne, here.  Picture included in article.

 

August Meeting

Our next meeting will be August 18, 2007. (See Monthly Meetings for times, location, etc.)

There will be a talk by John Iverson, a long time orchid grower from Sioux City and Omaha.

 

Rare orchid in Yosemite, but it doesn’t smell good

The KansasCity.com news ran an AP story on this orchid.  (There’s a picture too.)