Please welcome our new members (and add them to your membership roster)!

David Kubiak
1710 Mizzou Place Apt 4C
Columbia, MO 65201
573-256-7317
Kubiakc@health.missouri.edu

Bea Smith
3100 W. Southern Hills Drive
Columbia, MO 65203
573-445-3100
Smithbb@missouri.edu

Please note the following change of address:

John and Carol Beilharz
1136 Country Road 2328
Moberly, MO 65270

Mini-blind slats make great plant labels! Buy one blind for less than $5 and get a lifetime supply of labels. Take the blind apart and cut slats to preferred length.

The last meeting was Sunday, September 12, at 4:00 p.m. at the Adams Conference Center, College of Veterinary Medicine. There was a good turnout and yummy snacks. Thanks to all those who brought snacks!

Members discussed how they treated their orchids before bringing them inside for the season. Treatments ranged from spraying them with soapy water to drenching them with pesticides to repotting them in fresh mix.

Special thanks to Tom Dundon for the paphs. Everyone took some home. So far the reports are that they are growing very well.

There was a nice selection of plants for show and tell. The plants were nicely grown with beautiful flowers.

The next meeting will be Saturday, October 9th at 2:30 pm at Birds Botanicals underground Orchid growing facility at Interstate Underground Storage. David will meet us there and escort us underground, so we need to arrange carpooling and arrive as a group. We need to leave Columbia by 12:15. Orchids will be available for purchase.

Driving directions: Traveling West on I-70, take the 435 North exit. Take the first exit (23rd Street). Turn right on 23rd. Take the first left and go to the last cave entrance.

If you are willing to drive someone or if you need a ride, please call Howard (874-1772) or Barbara (474-9337) right away and they will try to match you up.