Cape Fear Orchid Society
Wilmington, NC
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Meeting:
June 10, 2009 7pm
Location:
New Hanover County Aboretum
Speaker:
Jose Exposito
Subject:
Orchid Culture
Jose
Exposito is President of Soroa
Orchids, Inc. which is located in the heart of the
Redland
Orchid growing area in Florida. In 2005, the company expanded its business into
Canada,
opening Soroa Orchids Canada in Toronto. He is an accredited judge of the
American
Orchid Society and travels around the world selling orchids and lecturing about
orchid
breeding and culture. He has presented at the World Orchid Conferences in Rio
De
Janeiro, Brazil and in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Jose
was born in Cuba, but immigrated to the United States in 1980 from Cuba during
the
Mariel exodus. He was an accomplished writer, considered to this day to be the
youngest
published writer in Cuba where he won national prizes for literature when he
was
only 16 years old.
Jose
is a founding member of the International Orchid Alliance, past president of the
East
Everglades Orchid Society, past president of The Coalition for Orchid Species,
past
member
of the Education Committee of the American Orchid Society, and he served several
years
as a board member of the South Florida Orchid Society. Currently he is Vice
President
of the Redland Orchid Growers Association and Redland Orchid Festival, Inc.
Jose
will be speaking about general Orchid Culture.
Jose
may be contacted at: Soroa Orchids, 25750 SW 177th Avenue,
Homestead,
Fl. 33031
Website:
http://www.soroa.com
Email:
soroa@att.net, Phone: 305-247-2566, Fax:
305-247-2955
Show
Table for May 2009
First
Place
:
C. schilleriana
grown by
Leah & Nathan Grenell
Second
Place
:
Phalaenopsis
hybrid
grown
by
Polly
Kopka
“Orchids
101”
So you have your
first orchid!
CAPE
FEAR ORCHID SOCIETY LIBRARY INVENTORY Members
only
2009
Programs:
July
15 Rob Majkowski -
Hands on potting session
August
12 Digging into Orchids
September
? Picnic and problem solving
October
14 What do you want to know?
Nov. 11
- Fritz Rohde -Slipper orchids and their relatives.
Dec. 9 -
Holiday
Program
Carol Shores -
Vice President
Jan Denney
- Secratery/ newsletter
Jane
Raney –
Treasurer
Carol Shores –
AOS Rep
Jan
Denney–
Newsletter
Bill
Novakowski –
Web Master
CFOS Mission Statement:
The
mission statement of the Cape Fear Orchid Society is found in our bylaws,
Article II: Object, Aims & Purposes. It
reads as follows.
The Cape Fear Orchid Society is a non-profit organization established for
the purposes of:
1) scientific research and study of orchids (including their
classification, evolution, propagation, culture, care and development);
2) the
dissemination of educational information and knowledge about the orchid family
to the general public;
3) showing the cultural
and economic importance of the orchid interest as well as the intrinsic beauty,
biological or ecological importance of this fascinating group of plants; and
4)
supporting the conservation of orchids in nature.
The object and purpose of this Society is research and education. No part
of its earnings or capital shall inure to the use or benefit of any individual
member. This Society shall not
engage in any activities which are not permitted by the Section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code, or corresponding provision of any future United States
Internal Revenue Law.
American
Cattleyas
Species and Outstanding Clones
That Define American Hybridizing
by
Courtney Hackney
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