Tampa Orchid Club, Inc.
An affiliated Society of the American Orchid Society
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Tampa Orchid Club, Inc. An affiliated Society of the American Orchid Society
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| HOME Meetings are held the 4th Tuesday of every month at the Ragan Center 1200 E Lake Ave, Tampa, FL Doors open at 9:00 a.m. - We begin promptly at 10:00 a.m. Orchid products for sale at meetings
May Installation Luncheon A great time was had by all as we installed our new slate of Officers. Below are photos of the highlights of the Luncheon. The new Board, President Sue Barnum accepting the AOS DASSA Award from Jim Clarkson on behalf of the Club, Doris Cook accepting her AOS Award for Outstanding Service and Sue Barnum accepting her AOS Award for Outstanding Service
Tampa Orchid Club's April Meeting A day of picnicking and re-potting at our Community Service Project, the Orchid Collection at USF Botanical Gardens
TOC Annual Orchid Auction This year's Annual Auction went off without a hitch. The weather was picture perfect, a true Chamber of Commerce day. The final outcome was our best ever. Pictured below are photos from the set-up, the auction itself and the presentation of a check to the USF Botanical Gardens of a portion of our profits.
Ryan Kowalczyk Continues Winning Streak With Three More AOS Awards TOC member Ryan Kowalczyk seems almost unstoppable in his quest to garner AOS awards. In January Ryan won an FCC on one of his Paphiopedilum crosses and in February he earned another another three awards, an FCC and two AMs. As you can see from the photos below, they were all very well deserved. Congratulations !
Paphipedilum Ma Belle 'Ursa Major' FCC/AOS
TOC Enters Display at Florida State Fair The TOC Display Committee entered a display in the Florida State Fair for the first time this year. The display pictured below was the brain child of Jim Clarkson and was in place from Feb 5th until Feb 16th. TOC members manned the display daily in three hour shifts handing out culture sheets and info on our club as well as answering questions from Fair goers.
Photos courtesy of Doris & Ken Cook TOC Has Moved to a New Location The move will last for an undetermined amount of time and we will let you know when we are allowed to move back into our regular meeting space. The Address of our new, temporary meeting place will be: The Ragan Center 1200 E. Lake Ave. Tampa, Florida Jim Clarkson Wins Two More AOS Awards TOC Member Jim Clarkson won another two AOS awards one at the Venice Show and one at the Tampa Judging Center.
Paphiopedilum Ponkan's Ebony 'Emily' AM/AOS Cattleya nobilior 'Emily' HCC/AOS Ryan Kowalczyk Starts the New Year Off Right TOC member Ryan Kowalczyk started the New Year off the way some growers and hybridizer only dream of, by earning an FCC from the AOS for one of his own crosses. His cross, pictured below was made by crossing Paphiopedilum Hsinying Web with Paphiopedilum concolor. The results proved to be wonderful, not what one would readily expect from the cross, a dark vinicolor maudiae type Paph that is a sequential bloomer. I can't wait to see the real thing.
MEMBERS'/JUDGES' CHOICE AWARD WINNERS (To see a larger picture, click on the desired picture. To see more photos, click the arrow on the right)
February 2009 Judges Choice Masdevallia livingstoneana 'Doris Duke' CCE/AOS owned by Doris Duke & Bill Thoms
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