[OGD] Orchid Supplier in India

>From time to time people ask about reputable suppliers and importing orchids. For the past 5-6 years I have coordinated an annual order for our orchid species study group from Nursery International in Kalimpong, India. They provide nursery-propagated cool- to intermediate-growing species of the ge

[OGD] The decline of the AOS

The AOS is in decline. Membership is dropping, and they are spending more money than they are taking in. Although its demise is not imminent, it is gradually bleeding to death. I, for one, believe that a strong, national orchid society is a good thing, so it is worth doing something about it.

[OGD] Okay, I lied

I said I would end it..but truely I have one more important piece of information..my friend Lloyd DeGarmo..another Board member..and one who was a board member until last year..a good one..a staunch one..one who loved his position and who was regarded with esteem by all...except,,maybe those who

[OGD] Attitude

Fifty years of the wrong attitude does not make things any better...I will stake my thirty years of good attitude against fifty years of complaining and not making things better any day..period..and I do not intend to answer or read any replies..that is MY attitude..period..one of construction..

[OGD] Peter & Andy

Viatuer has the best links to good information but, some people think these guys are what keep this group interesting... the fact that they may seem to go at each others throats sometimes just goes to show "you can't always believe everything you read". I won't even try to explain "pot stir

Re: [OGD] Orchids Digest, Vol 9, Issue 51

A big WOW; I am so cynical I am tempted to say \: the words are perfect but seeing is believing As a matter of fact this note is going to Carlos. I have known him for many years (North East Region0 IPA. Hey! Good to hear from you Betty L. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto

Re: [OGD] Lee

Bill, In this case you are just flat wrong! I was a Trustee during that time frame. Lee was the driving force behind and in the lead of the expenditure of AOS money. His budget estimates for revenue from tourists, the gift shop, and everything else were grossly inflated ( I still have all my co

[OGD] Lee

Where do people get these things..Lee had nothing to do with the move or the money spent on anything..When you wrote to him, he could only pass it along..He has been maligned for far to long..the reason he is leaving..Others made the decisions for all these years..and who evers name is out front

Re: [OGD] Orchids Digest, Vol 9, Issue 52

[snip]> Kathy (a real AOS cheerleader) [snip] > Merv> AOS member since 1969 snork! Good one! I nearly split my sides laughing! Merv, if asking people to quit complaining here and take it to the people who can actually *do* someting about it qualifies me as a cheerleader then I accept the

[OGD] germination of species / clearing of rain forests

"Students at the South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics... summer research at universities throughout South Carolina [US]... Lauren Chandler of Hemingway. ... spent her summer at Clemson University, where she researched the germination of orchid species endangered by the cl

[OGD] nature's call / art

"the notion of the urinal as artwork is being revived by one enterprising sculptor 90 years after artist Marcel Duchamp unveiled his "Fountain." Kathy Dorfman, 36, spent $10,000 on a one-of-a-kind urinal hand-sculptured from porcelain by Clark Sorensen, a San Francisco artist, in the form of a