Refreshments will be provided by:
Cynthia Gaumont
Kay Patton
Bob & Doris Lee
Tara Patel
Ria Kelz-Reminar
Esther Texeira
Members are to
bring their own drinks
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Mahalo to those who brought refreshments
for the September meeting:
Inez Brunson
Ann Geschwandtner
Sets Bluemke
Laura McClead
and thank you to anyone else who broughtan item but
was not mentioned above.
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Cultural awards for August:
Hobbyist: Mike & Ann
Morano – Bulphylum
Lobbii ‘Bills Bronze’
Commercial grower:
Kim Fernandez – Paph Valime ‘Val’ AM/AOC x
Pinechio Idresden and
Clem Roldan – den.
bracteosum x siibing
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HOS Orchid Show
on Oct 8-10 at
Washington Inter School. Free.
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NOTE: “Monthly Members Only Sale”—Members
are welcomed to sell plants/supplies/ baked goods at our monthly club meetings
- 10% commission of your sales goes to the club. 2) Members
are to bring their own drinks to the meeting – only coffee will be served.
Minutes of the September 13, 2010 Meeting
Call to order: President Chita Stewart called the meeting
to order at 7:07 p.m.
New member/Guest: Kathleen Eastlack (new
member) and Gary Moniz
Approval of Minutes: The minutes of 8/2/10
were approved as distributed.
Treasurer’s Report: Our current account balance
is: $4,956.17. Checking: $2,470.22; savings: $1,326.69;
and CD: $1,159.26. Treasurer’s report was accepted by the membership.
OLD BUSINESS:
1. Christmas Dinner: Chita said reservations for our Christmas
dinner were made at Alonzo’s, the restaurant at the Mililani Golf Course
restaurant for December 4 at 11:00 a.m. The restaurant’s contacts
are Harris or Tara for the buffet menu. The committee members are
Cynthia, Margaret, Clem, Bob, Ernie, Laura and Sets who will select a menu
in October and find out the cost for the dinner buffet. A separate
room has been reserved which can accommodate 40 people.
2. 2011 Officer Nominations: Chita reported that she has
been unsuccessful in getting nominations for the 2011 officer nominations.
3. September 18th Orchid Safari: Chita said that 5 members
have signed up for the safari so far and introduced Gary Moniz, a Species
Club member and Kunia Orchid Club’s President. Gary told members
who were planning to go to the safari on Saturday, September 18, to meet
at Kaimuki’s McDonalds at 8:00 a.m. Directions to McD’s were:
on H-1, heading towards Koko Head, take the 6th Avenue exit and turn left
at 6th Avenue. St Patrick’s will be on the right and McD’s
will be on the left. The safari will then leave McD’s at 8:30 a.m.
for Kawamoto Nursery on Palolo Avenue. The driveway to the nursery
has a little “orchid plants” sign on the road. Gary encouraged members
to carpool and reminded them about the signup for the lunch potluck.
NEW BUSINESS:
1. Monthly speakers: Chita said that we still need speakers
for October and November.
Announcements:
1. Chita thanked members who brought in refreshments for the
meeting and also to those who brought refreshments for the last meeting.
She also thanked Ron who has been picking up the key to the cafeteria and
opening and closing the facilities.
2. She announced that there were orchid magazines available.
3. Reminders: help cleanup after the meeting - take
care of the trash and
don’t forget to VOTE this Saturday.
Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 7:23 p.m.
The next general meeting will be held on October 4, 2010 at the Mililani
Mauka Elementary School.
Respectfully submitted,
Gail Yamanaka, Secretary
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MAHALO to Gary Moniz and the Species Club for inviting our club to the
September 18th orchid safari to Kawamoto Nursery and H&R Nursery!
Hopefully, the members who went on the safari got a good collection of
the orchid plants that they wanted. Just to visit the local nurseries
is an awesome trip where you get to see all the different orchids that
they are growing!
A BIG THANK YOU goes to Ann Geschwandtner for being our speaker at our
September meeting. Ann brought in three tables full of her orchids
and plants from her nursery in Kaawa and showed us that “Variety is a Garden
of Life”. There were blooming orchid plants, bromeliads, cacti, ti
leaf, tropical flowers, anthuriums, and more. She talked about each
plant and what media was used and how she experimented with the media to
see which mix made the plant grow best. Ann reminded us that her
nursery is located in a wetter climate so her style of growing her plants
may not be the same for Mililani but she encouraged members to experiment
doing different things to make your plants grow better.
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