Diablo View Orchid Society
Newsletter Excerpts

The newsletter is sent to every member and to guests for three months after their first visit. It contains DVOS news, growing tips and other items of interest. Here are some excerpts of articles from our newsletter.

We are going to try putting up the complete newsletters in .pdf format.  You will need to load the Adobe Acrobat Reader from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html, this will allow you to see the newsletters in full color.

If you're having trouble reading the newsletters, please make sure you have the latest version of Acrobat Reader 5.0 installed, something seems to be different with the new provider and I've had trouble getting past the first page with version 4.0.

May 2008
April 2008
March 2008 Tips on how to grow better orchids.  Recap of Alan Koch's talk. 
Pictures of DVOS display at POE in San Francisco "Orchids Gone Wild"
February 2008
January 2008
December 2007
November 2007
October 2007
September 2007
August 2007
July 2007 Sources for potting materials
June 2007 Pictures of potting party and of Mt Tamalpais native orchid walk
May 2007
April 2007 Several potting mix recipes
March 2007 Pictures of San Francisco show
February 2007
January 2007 Many pictures of the Christmas dinner
December 2006
November 2006 New newsletter format by Liz Charlton & Jamie Wasson 
October 2006 New editorial team: Liz Charlton & Jamie Wasson 
September 2006 This one is pretty large 2.6 MB due to all the photos of the picnic/auction
September 2006 I took one page with pictures of the picnic/auctions out to reduce the size, still 2 MB
August 2006
July 2006
June 2006
May 2006
April 2006
March 2006 San Francisco Orchid Show review with pictures (800K file so be patient).  Here's an enhanced version of the newsletter for printing or for those with a high speed connection (better quality pictures, 2.25MB file).
February 2006 Compressed version of the February newsletter.
January 2006
December 2005
November 2005
October 2005
September 2005
August 2005
July 2005
June 2005
May 2005
April 2005
March 2005
February 2005
January 2005
December 2004
November 2004 DVOS Show and Sale report
October 2004
September 2004
August 2004
July 2004
June 2004
May 2004
April 2004 Rob Florey takes over as editor
March 2004 Review of the SFOS show - DVOS takes top honors again...
February 2004
January 2004 Places to get stuff you won't have thought of.
December 2003 Catasetums: Soon to be America’s Favorite Genus
November 2003 DVOS Show results
October 2003 Details for the DVOS Show
September 2003
August 2003
July 2003 Profile of Scotty Young, growing tips from Alan Koch from Gold Country Orchids.
June 2003 Paph.  culture tips, new life members.
May 2003 And the supplement.
April 2003
March 2003 SF show results, DVOS gets first place (again!).
February 2003 Instructions for the SF show.
January 2003 Kathy Barrett takes over.  Lots of recipes.
December 2002 Mark Rotter says goodbye as editor.  Charlotte Leong's notes on protecting orchids from extreme temperatures when the power goes out.
November 2002
October 2002 Yummy Recipes: Colcannon
September 2002 Culture Corner, mounting orchids by Charlotte Leong
August 2002 Member Profiles: Bernice Lindner and Marlene and Floyd Lundquist
July 2002 Member Profiles: Dick Emory
June 2002 "Orchid Birds" by Frank Fordyce
May 2002 "Culture Thrills" by Frank Fordyce
April 2002
March 2002 Growing tips for Phragmipediums and SF show results and pictures
February 2002 Recipes and Christmas party pics
January 2002 Saving Orchids
December 2001
November 2001
October 2001 BBQ incriminating photos
September 2001 BBQ Report
August 2001
July 2001
June 2001 Dennis Olivas - The Untold Story
May 2001
April 2001 "What is a botanical?" by Thomas Brown McClelland
March 2001 Pacific Orchid Exposition report and pictures, "Orchidizing" by Frank Fordyce and more "Hints and Kinks" from Kathy Barrett.
February 2001 "Should I specialize in one species" by Frank Fordyce and "Hints and Kinks" from Kathy Barrett.
January 2001 Now in .pdf format
December 2000 Now in .pdf format
November 2000 Now in .pdf format
December 1998 Growing tips.
November 1998 Importing Orchids part 2 and November growing tips.
October 1998 Severin greenhouse visit, growing tips.
September 1998 Nathalie Smith interview, growing tips.
August 1998 Dick Emory interview, growing tip "A Light Meter That You Didn't Know You Owned".
July 1998 Importing Orchids, growing tips and an interview with Pauline Brault.
June 1998 An interview with Frank Fordyce.
May 1998 Rick Sumner interviews Bernice Lindner, Indoor/Outdoor Group News, growing tips and a report from Dennis Olivas' GH in Half Moon Bay
Dave Altman's
Culture Tips
3 part series from May, July and August 1999.

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