Author: David Whipkey

  WE’RE HOLDING IN-PERSON MEETINGS AGAIN! 

Meeting Date: Tuesday, November 15, 2022 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
(ZOOM login/social time at 6:30 p.m.)
Meeting Place: In person at the Metropolitan Multi-Service Center
located at 1475 West Gray St., Houston, TX 77019 and on ZOOM.
Program Presenter:  Scott Sandel
Program: Scott’s Zoom program will be about his trip to Colombia into the Andes and their interior valleys.  He will also include a bit of Colombia’s archeology..

Meeting Agenda:

• Social time/login (Check your Bulletin or your Zoom invitation for more information.)
• President’s Welcome
• Announcements
• Committee reports
• Program
• “Show and Tell” with John Schmidt and Gordon Stowe
• Adjournment

Next Scheduled Board Meeting:  Thursday November 17, 2022 at 7:30pm.  It will be a Zoom meeting.
Deadline for the November bulletin:  November 5, 2022

THE ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING WILL BE HELD BEFORE THE REGULAR MEETING 

Meeting Date: Tuesday, October 18, 2022 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
(ZOOM login/social time at 6:30 p.m.)
Meeting Place: In person at the Metropolitan Multi-Service Center
located at 1475 West Gray St., Houston, TX 77019 and on ZOOM.
Program Presenter:  Scherie Townes
Program: The October meeting program will be a new twist for our members.  We will have a Bromeliad bingo game using plant facts and pictures with Bromeliad plants as bingo prizes.

Meeting Agenda:

• Social time/login (Check your Bulletin or your Zoom invitation for more information.)
• Annual business meeting
• Election of officers
• Regular monthly meeting
• President’s Welcome
• Announcements
• Committee reports
• Program
• “Show and Tell” with John Schmidt and Gordon Stowe
• Adjournment

Next Scheduled Board Meeting:  Thursday November 17, 2022 at 7:30pm.  It will be a Zoom meeting.
Deadline for the October bulletin:  October 5, 2022

  WE’RE HOLDING IN-PERSON MEETINGS AGAIN! 

Meeting Date: Tuesday, September 20, 2022 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
(ZOOM login/social time at 6:30 p.m.)
Meeting Place: In person at the Metropolitan Multi-Service Center
located at 1475 West Gray St., Houston, TX 77019 and on ZOOM.
Program Presenter:  Dennis Cathcart owner of Tripiflora Nursery in Sarasota Florida
Program: Dennis is a noted traveler, herpetologists, plant collector, raconteur, nursery man, author, and all around great guy.  He will be speaking about his two latest Bromeliad hunting trips in Cuba.

Meeting Agenda:

• Social time/login (Check your Bulletin for more information.)
• Our speaker will bring a wide selection of plants for our members to purchase.
• President’s Welcome
• Announcements
• Committee reports
• Program
• “Show and Tell” with John Schmidt and Gordon Stowe
• Adjournment

Next Scheduled Board Meeting:  Thursday November 17, 2022 at 7:30pm.  It will be a Zoom meeting.
Deadline for the September bulletin:  September 3, 2022

  WE’RE HOLDING IN-PERSON MEETINGS AGAIN! 

Meeting Date: Tuesday, August 16, 2022 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
(ZOOM login/social time at 6:30 p.m.)
Meeting Place: In person at the Metropolitan Multi-Service Center
located at 1475 West Gray St., Houston, TX 77019 and on ZOOM.
Program Presenter:  Scherie Townes, our very own Vice-President
Program: Scherie will lead a workshop on planting Bromeliad seeds.  Audience participation is encouraged.  For those who don’t mind getting their hands a little soiled join us for this make and take activity.  Observers are also welcome!

Meeting Agenda:

• Social time/login (Check your Bulletin for more information and your Zoom invitation.)
• President’s Welcome
• Announcements
• Committee reports
• Program
• “Show and Tell” with John Schmidt and Gordon Stowe
• Adjournment

Next Scheduled Board Meeting:  Thursday November 17, 2022 at 7:30pm.  It will be a Zoom meeting.
Deadline for the August bulletin:  August 6, 2022

  WE’RE HOLDING IN-PERSON MEETINGS AGAIN!  

Meeting Date: Tuesday, July 19, 2022 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. (ZOOM login/social time at 6:30 p.m.)
Meeting Place: In person at the Metropolitan Multi-Service Center at 1475 West Gray St., Houston, TX 77019 and on ZOOM.
Program Presenter:  Jennifer Buckner
Program: Jennifer is the Director of Horticulture at Shangri La Gardens in Orange, Texas.  Her Zoom program is about their gardens and their Bromeliad greenhouse.

Meeting Agenda:

• Social time/login (Check your Bulletin for more information and your Zoom invitation.)
• President’s Welcome
• Announcements
• Committee reports
• Program
• “Show and Tell” with John Schmidt and Gordon Stowe
• Adjournment

Next Scheduled Board Meeting:  Thursday July 21, 2022 at 7:30pm.  It will be a Zoom meeting.
Deadline for the July bulletin:  July 6, 2022

Meeting Date: Tuesday, June 25, 2022 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Meeting Place: The home of Gordon and Shirl Stowe (See your June Bulletin for more details.)
Program Presenter: Debbie Taylor
Program: Debbie will be demonstrating some unique methods for mounting Tillandsias.  Everyone will receive three Tillandsias and a choice of mounting materials.

Our annual ABC meeting is devoted to getting to know our newer members and to teaching some basic skills that they might wish to acquire.  In the past it has covered such topics as:  removing pups, potting plants, mounting plants, propagating plants by seed, the general growing conditions needed for various genera.  Veteran members can mingle with old friends and make a few new ones.  Besides, they usually pick up a trick or two from the program..

Meeting Agenda:

• President’s Welcome
• Announcements
• Food!
• Program
• Adjournment

Next Scheduled Board Meeting:  Thursday July 21, 2022 at 7:30pm.  It will be a Zoom meeting.
Deadline for the July bulletin:  July 4, 2022