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GLVOS NEWSLETTER INDEX

Newsletters for 2007

January July
February August
March September
April October
May November
June December

Newsletters for 2006

January July
February August
March September
April October
May November
June December

Newsletters for 2005

January July
February August
March September
April October
May November
June December

Newsletters for 2004

January July
February August
March September
April October
May November
June December

Newsletters for 2003

January July
February August
March September
April October
May November
June December

Newsletters for 2002

January July
February August
March September
April October
May November
June December

 

 

2005

MAR  
   
FEB  6 Charles Rowden - Great Photographer - Tips for Great Photos
  Bug - Home Remedies - Bev Tall
  Controlling Pest in Your Greenhouse without Poisons
  Douglas E. Conkin - Pest Management for the Orchid House
   
JAN 9

Carol Siegel & Friends - Let There Be Light

  1. Light Measuring

  2. Light Measuring Equipment How to Use

  3. Charts, Species Light Ranges

  4. Growing undr Light

  5. Members Experience with Light in Their Environment

   

2004

DEC 5 Carol Siegel - Is that an Orchid -- Botany; Understanding what is an Orchid
  Carol Siegel - Dolly the Orchid -- History of Cloning Orchids
   
NOV 7 Carol Siegel - How to grow Great Orchids with awful water
  1. Explains water hardness; Ph
  2. Filters for water
  3. Water absorbtion by differing potting materials
  4. Watering Techniques
  5. Members share their experiences with watering; filters, technique
  A.O.S. Bulletin - May 1990 - Confessions of Overwaterers
  1. The horror of Overwatering
  2. Water Temperature
  3. Water in Air
  4. Fertilizing; understanding
  5. A quick guide to watering
OCT 3 Carol Siegel - Thou Shalt Not Buy - Great Tips on what to buy that will work for you or not
   
SEPT 12 Carol Siegel: Making Spaghetti Sauce
  1. Explains diatomite
  2. Ordering Information
  Alan Koch - Doing it Really Different
  1. Repotting techniques
  2. Using Hydrogen Peroxide
  3. Foliar Feeding
  George Vasquez - Growing Great Phalaenopsis
  1. Growing in Chilean Moss
  2. Very different potting techniques
  Dr. Harold Koopowitz - Phalaenopsis
  1. Potting in bark & lava rock
  2. Foliar feeding
  Carol Siegel - Ten Questions to make your Orchids Bloom
  1. Checklist on all environmental needs for blooming your Orchids
   
AUG, JUL Glen Decker - A summary of wisdom from Mr. Decker's lecture on Phragmipedium culture
  Carol Siegel - Ten Types of Orchid Growers - Carol's great observations on us.
   
JUN 6 Carol Siegel - Cutting it off and throwing it out - How, When, Where to cut spikes, if at all
  Dorothy Wise Miller - What does your plant label tell you?
   
MAY 2 Highlights from 2 of our members, who won A.O.S. Awards at the Easter Show at the California Hotel

Mike Levin

  1. Phrag. - Sorerer's Apprentice
  2. Phrag. - Lady Isabel

Diana Smith

  1. coelogyne Lawrenceana
  Carol Siegel - The Zen of the Orchid Club
  E. Shaunn Alderman -

A.O.S. Bulletin - Dec 1999 - Neem Oil proves popular - Uses and Benefits

A.O.S. Bulletin - July 1999 - Oil of Wonder - Uses and Benefits of Neem Oil

   
APR 4 Carol Siegel - Freaks and Stinkers
  1. Unusual Scents of Orchids
  2. Unusual Sizes and Habits
   
MAR 7 Susan Fordyce - Illusions of Grandeur - Poem from an Orchid Junkie
  Associated Press - Vanilla Prices Skyrocket
  Carol Siegel - Black spots in your Ice Cream - The Legends and Lore of Vanilla
   
FEB 1 Clarice Dean - Touring California Orchid Growers - Part 3
  Carol Siegel - Battling Orchid Growers discouragement Success is Just Beyond the Splat
   
JAN 4 Synopsis of 2003
  A.O.S - Information sheet on Dendrobiums
   

2003

DEC 7 Clarice Dean - Touring California Orchid Growers - Part 2 - Los Angeles area
  Craig Pittman - St Petersburg Times - The scandal about Phragmipedium Kovacii
   
NOV 2 Clarice Dean - Touring California Orchid Growers Part 1 - San Diego
  Carol Sieigel - Orchids for Magic, Religion, and Dinner OR There are things you can do with them even if thy don't bloom
   
OCT 5 Carol Siegel - Preparing your plants for show; Going to the Orchid Beauty Salon
  Wilford B. Neptune, M.D. - A.O.S. Dec 1989 - The Growing of specimen plants
  Altman Hotel - Turkey - Salep
  1. Article about harvesting orchid tubers to make drink called Salep
  2. Myths, legends, and culture of Salep
  BBC News - Ice Cream threatens Turkey Flowers - Impact of Orchid Collecting to make Ice Cream
   
SEPT 7 Summary of members input to the Virtual Greenhouse Tour
   
JUL 13 Carol Siegel - An unlikely place to find an Orchid Treasure - Ash Meadows, NV - Spirantles infernallis
  Troy Meyers - Capsule drying and seed preparation
   
JUN 1 Clarice Dean - Announcement of the formation of the Orchid Mating Club
  Carol Kaesuk Yoon - New York Times - An Orchid by another name: An Asparagus
  Greg Allikas - How to mount Orchids
   
MAY 4 Carol Siegel - Did you know you were 2N - Polyploid, diploid, triploid, and tetrapliod
  Q & A - OrchidWeb.com
  1. Bud blast, buds full off
  2. Cutting of spike and bloom
  Orchids.com - Basic repotting about dividing - supplies, potting mix, tools, and trimming
   
APR 6 Cathy Bishop - Beauty and  the Beast - Insects and cultural practices
  Carol Siegel - Our Big Fat Orchid Wedding - pollination of Cattleya schroederi
  How to set seed on an Orchid
   
MAR  
   
FEB 2 Section 24 - Murphy's Law for Phaleanopsis Growers
  1. Guidelines for insanity
  2. Guidelines are Prozac Resistant
  Carol Siegel - Bob Gordon: A Phalaenopsis Genius Speaks
   
  Section 17 - What kind to grow - Bob Gibson - Caltue of the Phalaenopsis
   
JAN 5 Synopsis of 2002
  Carol Siegel - Come Explore the Orchid Internet - Growers, supplies, art, books, etc
  Alex McKyton - How to build a Web Site
 
 
Events
 
 
 
 
 
 
• MEDALS AND AWARDS

 
Becky Biondi won an AM/AOS Award of Merit 83 points for her spectacular BLC Tsika Lily 'Becky' (LC Trick or Treat X BLC Fuch's Orange Nugget) which had 65 brilliant orange blooms.

Mike Levin won TWO awards, both HCC/AOS (Highly Commended Certificate) for two lovely plants of the same grex Paph Jamboree Knight (Sunglow x Knight's Challenge) winning 76 points for one and 77 points for the other.
 
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