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DEC 5 |
Carol Siegel - Is that an Orchid -- Botany; Understanding
what is an Orchid |
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Carol Siegel - Dolly the Orchid -- History of Cloning
Orchids |
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| NOV 7 |
Carol Siegel - How to grow Great Orchids with awful water
- Explains water hardness; Ph
- Filters for water
- Water absorbtion by differing potting materials
- Watering Techniques
- Members share their experiences with watering; filters, technique
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A.O.S. Bulletin - May 1990 - Confessions of Overwaterers
- The horror of Overwatering
- Water Temperature
- Water in Air
- Fertilizing; understanding
- A quick guide to watering
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| OCT 3 |
Carol Siegel - Thou Shalt Not Buy - Great Tips on what to
buy that will work for you or not |
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| SEPT 12 |
Carol Siegel: Making Spaghetti Sauce
- Explains diatomite
- Ordering Information
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Alan Koch - Doing it Really Different
- Repotting techniques
- Using Hydrogen Peroxide
- Foliar Feeding
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George Vasquez - Growing Great Phalaenopsis
- Growing in Chilean Moss
- Very different potting techniques
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Dr. Harold Koopowitz - Phalaenopsis
- Potting in bark & lava rock
- Foliar feeding
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Carol Siegel - Ten Questions to make your Orchids Bloom
- Checklist on all environmental needs for blooming your Orchids
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AUG, JUL |
Glen Decker - A summary of wisdom from Mr. Decker's lecture
on Phragmipedium culture |
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Carol Siegel - Ten Types of Orchid Growers - Carol's great
observations on us. |
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JUN 6 |
Carol Siegel - Cutting it off and throwing it out - How,
When, Where to cut spikes, if at all |
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Dorothy Wise Miller - What does your plant label tell you? |
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MAY 2 |
Highlights from 2 of our members, who won A.O.S. Awards at
the Easter Show at the California Hotel
Mike Levin
- Phrag. - Sorerer's Apprentice
- Phrag. - Lady Isabel
Diana Smith
- coelogyne Lawrenceana
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Carol Siegel - The Zen of the Orchid Club |
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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 |
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APR 4 |
Carol Siegel - Freaks and Stinkers
- Unusual Scents of Orchids
- Unusual Sizes and Habits
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MAR 7 |
Susan Fordyce - Illusions of Grandeur - Poem from an Orchid
Junkie |
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Associated Press - Vanilla Prices Skyrocket |
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Carol Siegel - Black spots in your Ice Cream - The Legends
and Lore of Vanilla |
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FEB 1 |
Clarice Dean - Touring California Orchid Growers - Part 3 |
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Carol Siegel - Battling Orchid Growers discouragement
Success is Just Beyond the Splat |
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JAN 4 |
Synopsis of 2003 |
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A.O.S - Information sheet on Dendrobiums |
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| DEC 7 |
Clarice Dean - Touring California Orchid Growers - Part 2 -
Los Angeles area |
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Craig Pittman - St Petersburg Times - The scandal about
Phragmipedium Kovacii |
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| NOV 2 |
Clarice Dean - Touring California Orchid Growers Part 1 -
San Diego |
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Carol Sieigel - Orchids for Magic, Religion, and Dinner OR
There are things you can do with them even if thy don't bloom |
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| OCT 5 |
Carol Siegel - Preparing your plants for show; Going to the
Orchid Beauty Salon |
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Wilford B. Neptune, M.D. - A.O.S. Dec 1989 - The Growing of
specimen plants |
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Altman Hotel - Turkey - Salep
- Article about harvesting orchid tubers to make drink called Salep
- Myths, legends, and culture of Salep
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BBC News - Ice Cream threatens Turkey Flowers - Impact of
Orchid Collecting to make Ice Cream |
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| SEPT 7 |
Summary of members input to the Virtual Greenhouse Tour |
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| JUL 13 |
Carol Siegel - An unlikely place to find an Orchid Treasure
- Ash Meadows, NV - Spirantles infernallis |
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Troy Meyers - Capsule drying and seed preparation |
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| JUN 1 |
Clarice Dean - Announcement of the formation of the Orchid
Mating Club |
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Carol Kaesuk Yoon - New York Times - An Orchid by another
name: An Asparagus |
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Greg Allikas - How to mount Orchids |
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| MAY 4 |
Carol Siegel - Did you know you were 2N - Polyploid,
diploid, triploid, and tetrapliod |
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Q & A - OrchidWeb.com
- Bud blast, buds full off
- Cutting of spike and bloom
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Orchids.com - Basic repotting about dividing - supplies,
potting mix, tools, and trimming |
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| APR 6 |
Cathy Bishop - Beauty and the Beast - Insects and
cultural practices |
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Carol Siegel - Our Big Fat Orchid Wedding - pollination of
Cattleya schroederi |
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How to set seed on an Orchid |
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| MAR |
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| FEB 2 |
Section 24 - Murphy's Law for Phaleanopsis Growers
- Guidelines for insanity
- Guidelines are Prozac Resistant
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Carol Siegel - Bob Gordon: A Phalaenopsis Genius Speaks |
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Section 17 - What kind to grow - Bob Gibson - Caltue of the
Phalaenopsis |
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| JAN 5 |
Synopsis of 2002 |
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Carol Siegel - Come Explore the Orchid Internet - Growers,
supplies, art, books, etc |
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Alex McKyton - How to build a Web Site |