Wednesday, September 3rd   

Doors Open:  6:30pm

Venice Community Center

Speaker: Beth Lamb

Topic: Orchid virus diseases – Hobbyists 

Ann E. ‘Beth’ Lamb is the owner of a small business Lamb & Lamb, Inc (2003)
involving propagation of orchids from seeds and from tissue culture. I have
been continuously employed in the horticultural industry since 1985 and have
experience in the following areas: Propagation of plants using conventional
tissue culture, and bioreactors; certified-pathogen tested propagation stock,
pathogen-virus elimination, breeding and improvement of new ornamental
foliage and flowering plants, and protecting them via applications for intellectual
property; breeding/ seed and clonal propagation of orchids, contract research /
technical documentation for Plant Patents (USA) and Plant Breeder’s Rights
(EU).

I am also employed as a technical advisor for Phillip Rucks Citrus
Nursery’s plant tissue culture laboratory. Phillip Rucks Citrus Nursery is one of
the largest producers of containerized Citrus transplants in the United States.
My work here since 2010 involves maintaining the on-site tissue culture
laboratory, initiating new cultures and producing clean starter plants of
commercial and experimental varieties of Citrus, Eucalyptus, Peach, Timber
Bamboo and Blueberry.

I have degrees from the University of Florida, Bachelor of Science (’82) and
Master of Science (’85) Plant Pathology and Plant Virology.

Orchid Envy will have plants for sale

Wednesday, August 6th

Doors Open:  6:45pm

Venice Community Center

Speaker: Jim Roberts

Topic:  Summertime and the Growin’ is Easy

Jim Roberts owns and operates Florida SunCoast Orchids in Myakka City, FL. He has been a regular speaker at our monthly meetings and a long time participating vendor in our annual orchid shows. Jim has been growing orchids over 25 years in climates ranging from cold Minnesota to hot SW Florida. In 2001, he moved to Florida with a small collection of plants and the dream of operating an orchid nursery became a reality. He grows his beauties in three gutter connected greenhouses encompassing 10,000 square feet of growing space. As always, he strives to grow and sell the best quality orchid plants and to build a lasting reputation in the industry as one of the very best.

Jim’s presentation topic, Summertime and the Growin’ is Easy, will focus on growing orchids outside in our hot summers and will be of interest to both our year-round and seasonal residents.

www.floridasuncoastorchids.com

Jim will have plants for sale.

Doors Open:  5:30pm

St. David’s Episcopal Church

401 S. Broadway Englewood, FL

Speaker: Bret Ullery

Topic: Dendrobiums

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Bret and his wife Ruth own and operate Accent Orchids in St. Petersburg, FL.  They started their business in 2012 and now grow more than 8000 orchids, specializing in dendrobiums.

Bret has served as president of the Tampa Bay Orchid Society and the Florida West Coast Orchid Society. His love to educate people is his motivation. He currently gives presentations on Dendrobiums, Schomburgkias, Grammatophyllums and watering systems. You can follow Accent Orchids on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/AccentOrchids.  If you have any questions, call him at 813-299-8834 or email bretullery@gmail.com .

Note: VAOS will not have a meeting on July 2nd