A look ahead to Annual and Semi-Annual IPA meetings and Symposiums , major orchid shows and other events of interest to IPA members
PHAL CALENDAR
A look ahead to Annual and Semi-Annual IPA meetings and Symposiums , major orchid shows and other events of interest to IPA members
2011 2012
Oct . 5 – 7 — South Florida Orchid Society “ Autumn Festival of Orchids .” Bank United Center , 1245 Dauer Drive , Coral Gables , FL 33146 . Contact : Dan Christensen , 954-252- 8116 , damorchid @ aol . com
Oct . 7 — SFOS Speakers Day at University of Miami Bank United Center , 1245 Dauer Drive , Coral Gables , FL . Contact : SFOS , 305- 255-3656 , sforchid @ bellsouth . net
Oct . 6 – 7 — San Diego International Orchid Fair . San Diego Botanic Garden , 230 Quail Gardens Dr , Encinitas CA 92024 . Contact : Bennie Machado Jr ., 619-948-5942 , bmach16814 @ aol . com
Oct . 19-21 — Connecticut Orchid Society Orchid Harvest 2012 Show and Sale . VanWilgen ’ s Garden Center , 51 Valley Road , North Branford , CT . Contact : president @ ctorchids . org
Oct . 20 – 21 - Orchid Society of Western Pennsylvania Fall Festival . Phipps Garden Center , 1059 Shady Avenue , Pittsburgh , PA . Contact : Virginia Mortimer , 1122 Park Ave ., Tarentum , PA 15804 , 724-224-4012 , vmortimer @ comcast . net
Oct . 20 – 21 — Orchid Society of Arizona ’ s Annual Show and Sale . Arizona State Veteran Home , in Liberty Hall , 4141 S . Herrera Way ( formerly N . 3rd St .), Phoenix , AZ . Contact : Lou Ann Remeikis , Co-Chair 602-803-6889 ( Cell ) 480-892-0263 ( Home ), remeikis @ andiamo-tel . com
Oct . 27 – 28 — Mid-America Orchid Congress Fall Meeting . Hilton Garden Inn , 19677 East Jackson Dr ., Independence , MO . More details http :// kcorchidshow . org / Contact : Mark & Joy Prout , 816-478-7087 , paphphal @ att . net
Oct . 31-Nov 4 — Scientific Conference on Andean Orchids . Location : Centro De Convenciones Simón Bolívar , Guayaquil , Ecuador .
Contact : Jose V . Portilla Andrade , pepe @ ecuagenera . com
Nov . 2-4 — Massachusetts Orchid Society Orchid Jubilee Show and Sale . Tower Hill Botanical Garden , 11 French Drive , Boylston , MA . Contact : Joanna Eckstrom , 603-654-5070 , show @ massorchid . org
Nov . 3 — The 14th International Slipper Orchid Symposium , will take place Saturday , at the Howard Johnson , Altamonte Springs , FL . Contact : Krull-Smith , 407-886-4134 , slippersymposium @ gmail . com
Nov . 13 – 18 — Agremiação Joinvillense de Amadores de Orquideas . Rua XV de November , N . 4 . 305 , Joinville , Santa Catarina , Brazil . http :// www . ajao . com . br / Contact ; Carlos Alberto do Amoral , ( 055 ) 47 3422-5585 .
Nov . 13-18 — American Orchid Society - Fall Members Meeting . Host : The Portland Orchid Society Show & AOS Members Meeting . Doubletree Hotel Lloyd Center , Portland , OR . Contact : Susan Heuer , susanheuer1 @ gmail . com
2013
Feb . 2 – 3 — Orchid Quest 2013 . Alliant Energy , 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way , Madison WI . Orchid Growers Guild Show . Contact : Judy Stevenson / Heidi Maenner , 222 S . Kenosha Dr ., Madison WI , 53705 , 608-231-3163 , judy _ stevenson @ sbcglobal . net
Feb . 2-11 — Eleventh Asia Pacific Orchid Conference . Okinawa , Japan . Contact : No . 1 Imohori , Ushida-Cho , Chiryu-shi , Aichi-ken 472-007 , Japan . Website : www . apoctrust . org
Feb . 8-10 — New Hampshire Orchid Society Annual Show and Sale . Radisson Hotel , 11 Tara Blvd ., Nashua , NH . Contact : Jean Hallstone , jhallstone @ yahoo . com
Mar . 1 – 3 — Orchid Society of the Ozarks Third Annual Orchids in the Garden Orchid
Show & Sale . Botanical Garden of the Ozarks , Event Center , 4703 N . Crossover Road , Fayetteville , AR . Contact : Steve & Cathy Marak , 479-841-4275 , samark @ gizmoworks . com .
Mar . 16 – 17 — Nutmeg State Orchid Society 2013 “ Come See Our Bloomers !” Show . West Hartford Meeting & Conference Center , 50 South Main , West Hartford , CT . Contact : Diane Dean , 860-233-4384 , ddean @ wsj . edu
March 22-24 — International Orchid Show and Sale . Location : Longwood Gardens , Kennett Square , PA 19348 . Contacts : 610-388- 1000 , info @ longwoodgardens . org
March — American Orchid Society - Spring Members Meeting . Host : The Southeastern Pennsylvania Orchid Society . Location : Longwood Gardens , Kennett Square , PA .
Fall — American Orchid Society - Fall Members Meeting . Venue not yet chosen
Fall 2013 Mid-America Orchid Congress . Cincinnati / Dayton Area . Hosted by The Greater Cincinnati Orchid Society and Miami Valley Orchid Society . Dates to be announced
2014-2017
April 30-May 4th , 2014 — Spring AOS Members Meeting and Show . Doubletree by Hilton , 7800 Normandale Blvd , Minneapolis MN . Sponsored by the Orchid Society of Minnesota Contact : Kim Livingston , 952-831- 8135 , thelivingstons @ comcast . net
Spring 2014 — 21st World Orchid Conference . Venue / dates to be confirmed . Provisionally awarded to Johannesburg , South Africa .
Spring 2017 — 22nd World Orchid Conference . Venue / dates to be confirmed . Provisionally awarded to Guayaquil , Ecuador .
For specific details on the dates and times of lectures , luncheons and other IPA events for the Annual and Semi-Annual meetings and the Symposiums . Contact : President Carlos Fighetti , cfighetti @ onelinkpr . net , 787-708-0669 .
Editor ’ s Note . The Third and Fourth Quarter journals will have double issue numbers to align the volume numbers with the calendar year . This is in preparation for the start of electronic publication in 2013 .
30 Third Quarter , Vol . 22 ( 1 & 2 ) 2012 - Phalaenopsis