There will be no regular meeting in February. The meeting in February is being replaced with the 50th Anniversary Kickoff Event on February 2nd. See the announcement below for more details and then sign online to attend.

The March meeting will be held March 1, 2012. The meeting will be preparing members for our annual orchid show later in the month of March on the 16th, 17th, and 18th. Demonstrations will be given to instruct members on table top exhibits, container exhibits, cut flower exhibits, how to show individual plants, and how to complete the registration forms for all entries.

At the January meeting, the gold ribbon winners in the monthly orchid judging were Steve Hall and Wilma Swan. Steve Hall won the Special Hybrid Award for his plant Ascda. Nicole Eaton, and Wilma Swan won the Special Species Award for her plant Encyclia cochleata.

Join us for a spectacular evening celebrating 50 years of promoting the appreciation and cultivation of orchids as a hobby and to help preserve the wild orchids indigenous to Southwest Florida through research and education.  Silent auction and raffle will help raise money for the Audubon Corkscrew Sanctuary Education Program.  Please click here to register and pay online.

Silent Auction Items:

• Opera Naples—two $50 tickets to Faust, February 2012
• Corkscrew Swamp Audubon Sanctuary Family Membership package
• Conservancy of SWFL—family membership
• Wynn’s Market–$100

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