Sunset Valley Orchids will present a Zoom meeting for our August meeting!

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We are excited to announce that Fred Clarke of Sunset Valley Orchids will present a Zoom meeting for our August meeting!
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 7:00pm 
Presentation – “Becoming an 80 Percentile Grower”
Emails have been sent to our members with the link to the meeting
Everyone will be muted as they join the meeting so Fred can present the program. Chat may be enabled for participants during the presentation. Questions will be answered after presentation through “chat”. Please remember if your camera is on we “All” can see you.
1) Click link below
2) You will be prompted…
If you have Zoom Client installed, launch meeting. Otherwise, download and run Zoom.
3) If new, Run audio and video test. Mic and camera controls on bottom of zoom screen. Please stay muted.
As an added bonus Sunset Valley Orchids is offering a discount in conjunction with the meeting:

Sunset Valley Orchids offers a 20% discount on all plant orders from our club members. The special voucher code is ZOOM. When you check out, type ZOOM into the voucher code box on the shopping cart page and click ‘RECALCULATE’ to apply the discount. This special discount is additive to the existing discount schedule, making for an excellent opportunity.

 

July Meeting and Clinic Canceled

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Sarasota County is closely monitoring the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation. Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources is in regular communication with the County Health Department and we continue to receive updates related to our operations.

To help slow the spread of COVID-19 in our most vulnerable populations, Sarasota County has decided to cancel ALL programming, reservations, events, leagues, tournaments, drop-ins and use of indoor fitness centers and amenities, regardless of size at the Venice Community Center.

Therefore, the VAOS Monthly Meeting July 1st and our Growers Clinic July 9th are canceled

VAOS Meeting Wed, March 4th, 2020

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Next Meeting: Wednesday March 4th at 7:00 p.m.                             Speaker – Dr. Courtney T. Hackney                                                    Location: Venice Community Center (doors open at 6:30pm)           Topic – “Wonderful World of Cattleyas”

Join us for this month’s program as Courtney will be presenting a talk on his favorite genus, “Wonderful World of Cattleyas”. Dr. Hackney is Emeritus Professor of Biology and the former Director of Coastal Biology at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Florida. Previously he was Professor of Biology and Marine Biology at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. He began growing orchids in the Florida Keys in 1962 while working for a small orchid nursery and has continued his interest in both orchid hybridizing and orchid culture since then. He grows many different genera, but his favorite is the Cattleya Alliance. He has about 500 mature cattleyas and even more seedlings, but his favorites are classic clones, some of which appeared in orchid collections over 100 years ago. He makes 8-10 hybrids and species sib crosses per year in various genera.
He wrote a Growing Tips column for 20 years, which ended in December 2013 that appeared in newsletters around the country and has published in Orchid Digest. In 2004, he published “American Cattleyas”, the culmination of a decade of study and interviews, which summarizes in old photographs and print how all of the modern cattleyas came to be. The book also describes what we know about cattleyas and cattleya hybrids, how to grow them, and what to expect from modern hybrids.
He and his wife Rose live in Jacksonville, Florida adjacent to a tidal swamp. Rose paints and he enjoys the Epi. conopseum growing in the trees in his backyard, while he conducts his research in the swamp. His orchids are now enjoying residence in a new 24’x25’ Florida shade house adjacent to the swamp.
Courtney will have plants and their books for sale.
Meeting starts 7:00 – Doors open at 6:30.
Venice Community Center