Special Awards TOPMILLER (Miniatures) 1st: Platstele beatricis Laura Dittmeier 2nd: Phal. unknown (Burgundy Picotee) Heide Boel FANELLI (Standard plants) 1st: Den. densiflora var. albor Anne-Marie Blancquaert 2nd: Bletilla striata Debbie Hanna
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KOS lost a founding member and wonderful friend on February 28, 2021, with the death of Gwen Hartmann. KOS members recently remembered Gwen with these comments: -She was a warm friendly lady who absolutely loved orchids. In fact, her email began “orchidlady.” I was always amazed at her knowledge about orchids of all sorts. During…
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Many of you will remember Terry, Walters, a long time member of the KOS, who passed away unexpectedly on Christmas Day 2020 at her home in Florida. Terry and her husband, Mark, were quite active in the society until they moved to Florida a few years ago. Terry organized the clerks for the judging at…
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The Kentucky Orchid Society lost a long term and active member recently. It was with great sadness that we learned of Ann Hildreth’s passing on October 29, 2020. Ann was president of KOS in 2012 and introduced KOS to social media with its’ first website and Facebook page. She helped me make some administrative changes…
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Dendrobium Buttercup These are pictures of the 2019 club project, which is a Dendrobium Buttercup. All KOS members, please send in pictures of your plant from last year to Jan, Pam or Michelle, whether or not it has flowers! There will be awards at the December meeting!
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Presented by Stephen Benjamin to the Kentucky Orchid Society
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by Pam LaRocco
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The Kentucky Orchid Society lost a long term member and a great lover of orchids in January. Here you will find her obituary from the Courier Journal and some comments from members who knew Mary personally. Our heartfelt sympathy is extended to her family and friends The KOS made a contribution to the American Orchid…
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The US Postal Service announced a new “forever stamp” to be issued on February 21, 2020. Be the first to celebrate our native wild orchids on all your mailings! Wild Orchids Forever StampsFebruary 21 | Coral Gables, FL | PSA booklet of 20, PSA coils of 3,000 and 10,000Click to see 10 different images.Flowers in general are…
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