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Green House For Sale

Got this from Bill Byrd today.
I had this fellow out today that wants to sell his greenhouse.
It is a 21' by 48' greenhouse with 2 fans, wet pads, and heater.
He paid 10,000 dollars for it and wants to sell it for 2500 dollars.
He also has some orchid supplies that go with it.
It is a fairly new greenhouse so it is in good shape.
Who ever buys it has to disassemble it and remove it from his land.
His number is 321-591-1103.


For Sale

Bill Byrd has approx 100 antique milk bottles for sale.  These would be ideal for you guys that are flasking up your own seed.  If interested please give Bill a call at 859-5060.


AOS Membership Special

If you are not an AOS member, now is the time to join. 

AOS has a discounted membership drive going on. 

Click on the link above for further details.

AOS Spring Class Schedule


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First Place winner C Lavender Ice X C aclandiae

owned by Barbara and Dave Sumner

 

JUNE 2008 PLANT TABLE WINNERS

MARCH 2008 PLANT TABLE WINNERS

FEBRUARY 2008 PLANT TABLE WINNERS

JANUARY 2008 PLANT TABLE WINNERS

SELBY GARDENS FIELD TRIP


 

ROS Display Committee Hard at Work at Highlands County Show

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ROS Display after Judging - Display took a Second Place Ribbon and our Members took a total of 25 Ribbons

 

Ribbons Won at Highlands County Show 2008

Pictures from Venice Show 2008

Ribbons Won at Venice Show 2008



PLANT TABLE WINNERS 2006 & 2007

PHOTOS FROM 2007


ROS 45th Annual Show Display

RIBBON WINNERS

TROPHY WINNERS


Bill Byrd wins CCM at Tampa Orchid Club Show

AOS judges awarded a Certificate of Cultural Merit to Gastrochilus dasypogon owned by Bill Byrd

The plant in the picture above, taken by Jim Clarkson, had a total of 260 flowers on 27 inflorescences.


Rare Ghost Orchid Found in Florida Tree

The orchid apparently thrived in a cypress tree for years without being seen.

AP

Posted: 2007-07-12 06:57:08

Filed Under: Science

NAPLES, Fla. (July 11) - A rare ghost orchid has been found growing high in an old cypress tree in a southwest Florida nature preserve.

Andrew West, News-Press / AP

The orchid apparently thrived in a cypress tree for years without being seen.

Two visitors looking for owls on Saturday spotted the endangered orchid growing about 45 feet off the ground in a tree at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary in Naples. The orchid, featured in the nonfiction book "The Orchid Thief" and the fictional movie spin-off "Adaptation," is about 150 feet from the sanctuary's boardwalk and can be seen only with binoculars and good lighting.

The orchid, which blooms for about two weeks, has nine flowers, triple the usual number. It is not clear how long this ghost orchid has been blooming.

Naples photographer Ralph Arwood spent hours waiting to get a shot of the rare blooms.

"They're very rare, and this one is unusual because it has so many flowers," Arwood said. "They're pretty impressive flowers, too, as big as your hand. It's nice to have it at Corkscrew. If it's here, it's safe."

Park Manager Ed Carlson said the orchid could have been in the tree for decades. It is the first ghost orchid discovered near the sanctuary boardwalk in 12 years.

"It's got a big, old root mass on it," he said. "We've just never seen it before. I'm sure it's been blooming, but they bloom in June and July, and that's when cypress are leafed out. So, it's possible a cypress branch covered it up all those years and fell off in Hurricane Wilma. Who knows?"


 

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