February Message from the President

I hope those who attended the meeting this past Sunday enjoyed our speaker, Kim Feddersen and perhaps picked up a few more plants for your collection, whether from Kim or from yet another great fundraiser table!  Thank you Jeanne as always for organizing.

A reminder, we are in show season now so it's important to pay attention to your spiking and budding plants.  

If you have plants beginning to spike, remember to not move them relative to their light source once buds begin forming.  Also, as a spike is developing, if you are going to stake that spike, begin doing it early.  If you wait until buds are fattening up or flowers opening up you may change the direction of the flowers, and not necessarily in a good way!  Stake them early and loosely clip them so the spike can continue to mature.

AND SPEAKING OF SHOWS......no doubt you heard from Mark that our show is coming up in a little over 6 weeks.  Between now and then we'll be reaching out to you to volunteer some of your time to help make our show the success it has been every year.  Your participation is critical to that success.   Please, if you have not done so already, mark your calendars for March 21-23 so you have it in your mind.  If you have any questions about the show, or specific jobs to be filled, don't hesitate to reach out to any board member.

We also have the Amherst Orchid Society show coming up later this month.  Set up will be Feb 20th, with the show open Feb 22 & 23.  We will be looking for your plants to help fill our display so keep whispering those sweet nothings to your spiking plants!

Ginna Plude

President - Nutmeg State Orchid Society (NSOS)