November 2009 Monthly Meeting

This month’s meeting will be held on Sunday November 15th 2009 at 10.00 am at the Caroni Swamp Visitors Wildlife Centre.
To get to this venue;
- turn off the Uriah Butler Highway onto the Caroni Flyover exit and proceed west onto the road leading to the Caroni Swamp and the visitors centre.
-Members traveling southbound on the highway will proceed west onto the flyover,
- while those traveling northbound will exit west directly onto the road leading to the venue.

Monthly Show Table
This meeting will feature the monthly show table.

Presentation of October Show 2009

The results of prizes won at the annual Orchid show “ORCHIDS IN A MAGICAL GARDEN” will be announced to members at this meeting.

Photographs of the winners of American Orchid Society awards are as follows;	Schombocat. C.F. Cherise ‘Bois Jean Jean’ AM
Chtra Ruth Murai “Memoria David Leach’ owned by Michael Burkitt of Barbados.	Den. hybrid to be named – Prov AM owned by Arthur Chin Fatt
Catasetum callosum ‘Jeanette’ AM owned by Philip Macintyre	Den. parthenium ‘Therese’ Prov CHM owned by Christopher Watson

The Show Chairperson Diane Huggins on behalf of the Show Committee will also give an up-date of the just concluded show.

TTOS Photography contest

The deadline for entries for the TTOS photography contest has been extended to December 1st. 2009.
Members requiring official entry forms can download these forms from the TTOS website www.ttorchids.net. (if possible) or obtain them from a member of the Management Committee.

Cultural Topic.

There will be a presentation by Curtis Lutchman on the growing of cattleyas

December 2009 Monthly Meeting.

This month’s meeting will take place on Sunday December 13th 2009, tentative venue is HSTT, Lady Chancellor Road, Port of Spain.
This will be the Society’s annual Christmas Luncheon with all the usually trimmings.
This meeting will have the monthly show table.

New Members

We take pleasure in welcoming one new member to our Society:
Hyacinth Tom.