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January issue of Orchids magagzine--a snore
The discount is $20 ($60 for non-members, $40 for members); seems to have
gone up from last time ... I gather it pays for the award photographer as well as AOS overhead. So you need 3 a year to make the membership pay for itself. Which means I need 2 more this year G. Kenni "Al" wrote in message ... What is the cost of an award for members vs non-members? How many do you or your plants get per year that justifies the $60 expense? :-) I think it is somewhat weird to award a grower a CCM or CCE and then present him/her with a bill to register it.. It turns the grower into something like the Scarecrow in the Wizard of OZ who eagerly agrees with the Wizard that he is smart but needs a diploma to show the world he has brain....as if the brain can't speak for itself. "Kenni Judd" wrote in message ... I had let my membership lapse some time ago, but got roped into rejoining to get the discount on registering an award. Kenni "OrchidKitty" wrote in message ps.com... Maybe it's just me being cranky, but Orchids magazine doesn't seem as good as it used to be. The January issue was exceptionally dull. The article "Slipper Orchid Alliance" was just about people in the slipper alliance and seemed more aimed at ego stoking than anything else. (It would have been great to have had an article about some aspect of the plants themselves.) The article on "Orchids in Costa Rica" was a dull historical perspective focussed on people. (I would have rather have had an article just about the plants in Costa Rica and tours one could take to see them. I have been to Costa Rica, and it was a fabulous trip.) The article on orchid cards was also boring. The article on "Bamboo Shade House" was for Florida growers. The article on "Managing Your Collection" is geared toward the grower with a large greenhouse, lots of land, and a huge collection. The article on Microthelys rubrocallosa didn't exactly make my pulse race either, but it might have been exciting to an AOS judge. On the cover, it says "Staking Basics," and "Staking Orchids" is also on the magazine's spine, which would lead one to think that there is an article on staking orchids. There isn't--there's ONE paragraph about staking cymbidiums. An article about staking with photos or drawings would have been great, but it wasn't there. Now the dues/subscription is going up to $60 per year. Is it worth it? Not to me. I learn more on this newsgroup than I do in the magazine. What do you guys think? |
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