Bromeliad Society/Houston

Meeting Date: Tuesday, July 20, 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Meeting Place: On your computer, tablet, or phone, it’s a ZOOM meeting!
Program Presenters:  Scott Sandel
Program: Scott will give a travelogue-style slide show featuring a May, 2019 trip he made to Bolivia. Like Peru, its neighbor to the north, Bolivia is a land of multiple habitats – including coastal deserts, the high Andes Mountains, inland foothills and valleys, and finally the eastern jungles, which drain into the mighty Amazon River basin. The slideshow will show many different habitats and will introduce you to some of the area’s archaeology as well.

Meeting Agenda:

• Login (Beginning at 7:00 p.m. Check your email or Bulletin for your invitation.)
• President’s Welcome
• Announcements
• Committee reports
• Program
• “Show and Tell” with John Schmidt and Gordon Stowe
• Adjournment

Next Scheduled Board Meeting: Thurs., July 15, 2021 7:00 p.m. It will be a Zoom meeting.
Deadline for the August bulletin:  August 5, 2021

Meeting Date: Tuesday, June 15, 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Meeting Place: On your computer, tablet, or phone, it’s a ZOOM meeting!
Program Presenters:  Christy Jones
Program: Christy is the Education and Volunteer Coordinator Assistant for Mercer Botanic Gardens.  Her presentation is titled “Mercer’s Harvey Recovery and Master Plan”.

Meeting Agenda:

• Login (Beginning at 7:00 p.m. Check your email or Bulletin for your invitation.)
• President’s Welcome
• Announcements
• Program
• “Show and Tell” with John Schmidt and Gordon Stowe
• Adjournment

Next Scheduled Board Meeting: Thurs., July 15, 2021 7:00 p.m. It will be a Zoom meeting.
Deadline for the May bulletin: June 1, 2021

                                  ***** BREAKING NEWS *****

BS/H had a plant sale on Saturday May 1, 2021 at Jimbo’s Nursery in Santa Fe, TX.  The sale was very successful.  Thanks to the Jimmy and Joanne Woolsey for providing the site.  A big thank you goes out to Allyn Pearlman and all of his helpers for pulling tags, answering questions, running the register, and doing all the other jobs that contributed to the sales’ success.

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Meeting Date: Tuesday, May 18, 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Meeting Place: On your computer, tablet, or phone, it’s a ZOOM meeting!
Program Presenters:  Ed Erwin with Bee Harmony
Program: Mr. Erwin will speak to us about pollination of our Bromeliads and other garden plants.

Meeting Agenda:

• Login (Beginning at 7:00 p.m. Check your email or Bulletin for your invitation.)
• President’s Welcome
• Announcements
• Program
• “Show and Tell” with John Schmidt and Gordon Stowe
• Adjournment

Next Scheduled Board Meeting: Thurs., July 15, 2021 7:00 p.m. It will be a Zoom meeting.
Deadline for the May bulletin: May 5, 2021

Meeting Date: Tuesday, April 20, 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Meeting Place: On your computer, tablet, or phone, it’s a ZOOM meeting!
Program Presenters: Christy Brenner
Program: “Bromeliad Adventures in the Venezuelan Tepuis”

Christy is currently the president of the Saddleback Valley Bromeliad Society in Mission Viejo, California.

She has visited the Venezuelan Tepuis on two separate trips.  The first, which we will see, included a lowland tour near the Orinoco River, followed by a helicopter expedition to the top of Auyun Tepui, famous for Angel Falls.

Meeting Agenda:

• Login (Beginning at 7:00 p.m. Check your email or Bulletin for your invitation.)
• President’s Welcome
• Announcements
• Program
• “Show and Tell” with John Schmidt and Gordon Stowe
• Adjournment

Next Scheduled Board Meeting: Thurs., July 15, 2021 7:00 p.m. It will be a Zoom meeting.
Deadline for the March bulletin: April 5, 2021