Sometimes those Floridians have to be reminded that they are not the only
SFOS in the world.

Here on the left Coast the SFOS is the San Francisco Orchid Society...

K Barrett

"Daniel Sumner" wrote in message
...
SFOS Annual Speakers' Day will be on Sunday, October 12, 2003 at the Fire
Fighters Memorial Building, 8000 N.W. 21 Street, Miami. We have a
wonderful
panel of highly respected speakers presenting an enjoyable and educational
program. Speakers' Day also includes AOS judging and SFOS Ribbon Judging
(all points for Ribbon Judging will be doubled for this event). Plants
for
judging must be registered by 10:00 A.M. and can be picked up starting at
12:00 P.M. Speakers' Day has AOS approval for judging seminar credits as
well. Several of our speakers will have plants to sell and authors will
be
available to sign their books. All sales will be open only to registered
seminar participants. Tickets for Speakers' Day are $35.00 per person for
SFOS members and AOS judges, and $45.00 per person for nonmembers. The
price includes a continental breakfast and a sit-down lunch. This is one
of
the major orchid events held annually in South Florida! Be sure to
register
early since tickets are limited and sold on a first-come, first-served
basis. The deadline for ticket sales is Tuesday October 7th, 2003.
Tickets
are not available at the door. To register, please send your check to
the
SFOS office: 10801 S.W. 124 St., Miami, FL 33176. You may also visit
our
website at www.sforchid.com

This year's speakers a
Bill Peters - Bill is an Accredited AOS Judge and the Training Coordinator
for Student Judges in the Florida Caribbean Judging Center. The title of
Bill's talk is " The Tolumnias: A Short History". Tolumnia is the new
name
for equitant oncidiums, which Bill has been growing, and breeding since
the
mid 1970's.

Dr. Mark W. Chase - was one of the first plant taxonomists to apply DNA
data
to problems in plant taxonomy. The title of his lecture is: "DNA
Sequences
and Orchid Names"

Harry Zelenko - is a painter, illustrator, writer and part time gardener.
His work has been published and he has lectured and exhibited nationally
and
internationally, receiving many awards for his work. He is currently
working on promoting the Quito Orchid Show & Conference as the
International
Coordinator, with Selby Gardens and Kew Gardens as co-sponsors, to be held
from February 5th through the 8th of 2004. Harry will be speaking on
"Oncidium".

Dr. Kiat W. Tan - A recognized authority on Orchidaceae, Dr. Tan served
as
Director of the Orchid Identification Center, and Director of the Museum
of
Botany and the Arts at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota. Dr.
Tan
will speak on the "Orchids of Singapore and the Malay Peninsula".

Michael Sinn- Michael Sinn, owner of Canaima Orchids in Caracas, has
specialized in seed-grown Venezuelan cattleya species for more than 25
years. His plants are the recipients of many flower-quality awards from
the
AOS, Japan Orchid Growers Assn. and others. Michael will speak on
"Venezuelan Cattleya Species and Their Habitats".
The deadline for ticket sales is Tuesday October 7th, 2003.

Happy Orchids to All
Daniel Sumner
South Florida Orchid Society

On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 00:47:46 GMT, "K Barrett"
wrote:

Sometimes those Floridians have to be reminded that they are not the only
SFOS in the world.

Here on the left Coast the SFOS is the San Francisco Orchid Society...

K Barrett

I read all the way to here. Before I moved from SF to FL.
Happy Orchids to All
South Florida Orchid Society



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